ZILLA: (How-To) *REAR FOG LIGHT WITH BRAKE LIGHT* MOD! - Page 7 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

mtscaletta · 09-26-2013, 12:29 PM

Great write up, I used this last night. I did notice, however, that you have the tail light and brake light power wires reversed in the write up. I only wanted to hook up as a fog light and not as a brake light, I was a little weary about cutting through the reflector, and attached my power to the green cable as stated. This added brake light functionality instead of fog light. I don't know if the BRZ is different from the FR-S, I would assume not but you never know. It was a simple fix but I just wanted to put that out there in case anyone wanted to only do fog lights. Zilla, thanks for the great step by step though!

DrDuquette · 09-26-2013, 07:07 PM

The 8th picture where things are soldered. Look in the background. You'll see more wires with white tape. Disconnect them from the light and you will get more room. Take the tape off of them and you will find a place where you don't have to splice the wires. A place where 3 wires where joined together. One set of these wires is positive and one negative. You could attach both there or one to the positive and one to the ground, I soldered both of mine. Use your multi meter to figure out which one is positive. A hell of a lot easier. Then re-tape when you are done. No splicing or stripping=no fuss.

Chinadian · 10-19-2013, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunman

Well, there is on the BRZ, that's where I grounded mine.

Not my pic, but this shows it.

Just to confirm, the yellow "light bulb" the (positive) is going to the Green or Red wire on the bottom of the picture (2) and the other wire from the bulb (negative) is to be attached to the area on the top (1)?

Also how do we do the attachment to the "ground"?

Thanks

mtscaletta · 10-19-2013, 12:13 AM

For the ground you need to crimp/solder an eyelet onto the wire you are using for a ground remove the bolt and add the eyelet to that group of existing ones. As for the positive, are you doing a fog light or a brake light? Or both?

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mtscaletta · 10-19-2013, 12:20 AM

I'm gonna make this easy. This is the picture from page 1 of this write up. The red is tail light green is brake light(at least they were on my car). You want to tap in at this socket, the one going to the back of the light itself. Easiest way to do it.

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Hachiroku14 · 01-17-2014, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtscaletta

I'm gonna make this easy. This is the picture from page 1 of this write up. The red is tail light green is brake light(at least they were on my car). You want to tap in at this socket, the one going to the back of the light itself. Easiest way to do it.

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is that yellow wire from the harness too? coz in the JDM ones, the yellow wire is (+) for the rear fog light switch. hmmm....

Thongpocket · 05-12-2014, 01:10 PM

Would you need a dual intensity LED and a relay to make this flash with your brakes like some of the kits i've seen? I wanted to order the below bulb and do this but I would like it to flash with my brakes.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower/633/1908/

FRSfan111 · 05-13-2014, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thongpocket

Would you need a dual intensity LED and a relay to make this flash with your brakes like some of the kits i've seen? I wanted to order the below bulb and do this but I would like it to flash with my brakes.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower/633/1908/

That or just run 2 bulbs. One to the brakes and a ground, the other to driving lights and a ground. That's what I did.

Trphotomediadotcom · 07-10-2014, 12:22 AM

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did mine today.

nickmerronesucks · 07-10-2014, 12:44 PM

how would we make this flash like the mugen SI's?

Blizzard86 · 07-11-2014, 11:21 PM

I must do this. I was just thinking today about how to do this. My hub is a electrician so I hope I can get him to do this.

Candlejack · 07-11-2014, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by nickmerronesucks

how would we make this flash like the mugen SI's?

Brake Light Strobe Module

And to switch the bulbs over to LEDs. Filament bulb wouldn't dim fast enough to flash well.

I'm probably going to end up doing this mod. But I'm going to use a dual-wired LED (two brightness settings, can also be found at the link I shared).

nickmerronesucks · 07-12-2014, 01:09 PM

AWESOME!!!! im stoked now. haha

Trphotomediadotcom · 07-21-2014, 11:17 AM

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Heres another pic

10-19-2013, 12:13 AM	#88
mtscaletta Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Ultramarine MT Fr-s Location: Chicagoland Posts: 60 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	For the ground you need to crimp/solder an eyelet onto the wire you are using for a ground remove the bolt and add the eyelet to that group of existing ones. As for the positive, are you doing a fog light or a brake light? Or both? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Last edited by mtscaletta; 10-19-2013 at 12:27 AM.

10-19-2013, 12:20 AM	#89
mtscaletta Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Ultramarine MT Fr-s Location: Chicagoland Posts: 60 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm gonna make this easy. This is the picture from page 1 of this write up. The red is tail light green is brake light(at least they were on my car). You want to tap in at this socket, the one going to the back of the light itself. Easiest way to do it. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Attached Images

07-10-2014, 12:22 AM	#93
Trphotomediadotcom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Queens, NY Posts: 142 Thanks: 19 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the DIY! did mine today. __________________ Build Thread IG @Trphotomedia Flickr Website - Trphotomedia.com

07-10-2014, 12:44 PM	#94
nickmerronesucks Ned flanders Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 13 BRZ, 16 Hellcat, 22 Ram 2500 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 885 Thanks: 451 Thanked 362 Times in 254 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	how would we make this flash like the mugen SI's? __________________ 797Performance.com

07-12-2014, 01:09 PM	#97
nickmerronesucks Ned flanders Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 13 BRZ, 16 Hellcat, 22 Ram 2500 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 885 Thanks: 451 Thanked 362 Times in 254 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	AWESOME!!!! im stoked now. haha __________________ 797Performance.com

09-26-2013, 12:29 PM	#85
mtscaletta Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Ultramarine MT Fr-s Location: Chicagoland Posts: 60 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Great write up, I used this last night. I did notice, however, that you have the tail light and brake light power wires reversed in the write up. I only wanted to hook up as a fog light and not as a brake light, I was a little weary about cutting through the reflector, and attached my power to the green cable as stated. This added brake light functionality instead of fog light. I don't know if the BRZ is different from the FR-S, I would assume not but you never know. It was a simple fix but I just wanted to put that out there in case anyone wanted to only do fog lights. Zilla, thanks for the great step by step though!

05-12-2014, 01:10 PM	#91
Thongpocket Master Troll Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 399 Thanks: 110 Thanked 77 Times in 46 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Would you need a dual intensity LED and a relay to make this flash with your brakes like some of the kits i've seen? I wanted to order the below bulb and do this but I would like it to flash with my brakes. https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower/633/1908/

07-11-2014, 11:21 PM	#95
Blizzard86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Coronado, CA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I must do this. I was just thinking today about how to do this. My hub is a electrician so I hope I can get him to do this.

07-21-2014, 11:17 AM	#98
Trphotomediadotcom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Queens, NY Posts: 142 Thanks: 19 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Heres another pic __________________ Build Thread IG @Trphotomedia Flickr Website - Trphotomedia.com

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