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Old 07-13-2010, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Georgieb
Any pics of the results of the Ricky mod that we can add to this thread for reference?
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Old 07-13-2010, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 545felix
question, why don't we have it so only the rods light up as taillights and make the foglight bulb go from off to full brightness when the brakes are pressed? that would provide a large enough visual difference.
Actually, I am not sure why this is a big concern. For those of you that have not seen it in person, it's actually lit up considerably brighter, and definitely visible enough.

My friend was warning me about this prior to doing this mod, but afterward, he agreed that it's definitely a brighter indication than how it is stock. To be honest, he thought it was too bright and I say it's just fine.
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Originally Posted by ricky1329
My mod of the Fog light can still manual on/off to pass the MOT. 99% driver never turn on rear Fog during driving or even don't where is the rear fog switch.
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Totally agree about the 99% and fully understand Bruce's point about the 1%. I'd ditch the rear fogs but unfortunately we must have them here

BTW starting to love this mod....the way the rods become brighter is kick ass I think I'll have to have the Ricky Effect !
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Never heard of the ricky brake effect. Am I right to have inferred from this thread that it's using the fog lights as supplemental brake lights (but with a switch somewhere to enable/disable this) ?
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Originally Posted by DD_545i
Never heard of the ricky brake effect. Am I right to have inferred from this thread that it's using the fog lights as supplemental brake lights (but with a switch somewhere to enable/disable this) ?
Look here: https://5series.net/forums/topic/882...&#entry1041049
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Originally Posted by nomis_nehc
Cool. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by 530dE60
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Old 07-13-2010, 06:36 PM
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Nice!!! Thanks for the pics 530dE60 and Ricky. How's the survey look so far Bruce, still deliberating....
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Would this be a piggy-back to the v6 cables or a replacement?


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