How About This For Something Different

[BrianR]

I cant think of another car that has a horn push on the end of the indicator stalk AND on the steering wheel. And I have always hated the sequential headlight dip/main/flash switch fitted on some cars like the Clio.

Not being used to it, when I drive these cars at night and use the headlight flash, I always catch the main beam at least once before I remember. Very annoying and dangerous if you blind some poor sod in the process.

I was working on my Sons 172 today fitting an alarm controlled headlight timer when I noticed the connections for the steering wheel horn push buttons.

I disconnected them and the horn buttons on the wheel obviously stopped working but the stalk was operational.

Couple of quick connections and a relay and hey presto the buttons on the wheel are now the headlight flash instead of the horn.

It doesnt change the operation of the stalk and for me at least it makes more sense.

Another option would be to connect airhorns to the buttons on the wheel, keeping the pah! pah! on the stalk end for use in town and for the MOT (not me officer, listen pah! pah!)

You could adapt the idea to work something else like flashing the brake lights great for tailgaters or in the middle of a bend when you have someone stuck up your arse, frighten the s---t out of them or watch them disappear in the boonies when they lift or panic brake. :nono:

How about the other way round, press to stop the brake light coming on when you suddenly notice the Police car on the slip road, so you dont make it obvious that you are speeding and have hit the anchors. Or what a brake test for persistant tailgaters if you have the bottle.:evil:

Or you could flash the reverse lights when you have someone behind with main beam or fog lamps on. The possibilities are endless.

Oh, and the headlight timer works great.......

 

[Herdie172]

awsome! the options are endless!

 

[Ads_172]

Lol, liking the idea of 'slamming' the brakes on and forcing a tailgater to back right off!

 

[BrianR]

I was playing around with this idea and came up with something very dodgy, which of course I do not recommend.

The lighting switch has separate wires for the left and right high beam and a jumper wire at the fuse box to join them together. I suspect there are different requirements for some areas of the world.

However, I removed the jumper and the lights still worked as normal, they are now separately fused, and more interestingly, separate circuit connections on the headlight switch.

I found that by running a jumper wire from the supply I could turn one main beam on at a time.

Add a single pole change over relay and a caravan flasher unit, connect to the push buttons on the steering wheel (as per my original post) and when you push the buttons on the wheel the headlights flash alternately.

You should see how quick the motorway clears half a mile in front.

Not that I would ever do this of course.

 

[mwatts_tci]

^^^^ Prob being a dumbass, but is this acually an MOT failure?

 

[bmh.01]

I haven't got a horn button on the end of my light stalk ? Is it an RS only thing ?

 

[BrianR]

^^^^ Prob being a dumbass, but is this acually an MOT failure?

Well of course it is, thats another reason I would never do it :evil:

 

[BrianR]

I haven't got a horn button on the end of my light stalk ? Is it an RS only thing ?

I guess it must be, as I said, I dont know of any other cars that have both

 

[brisa4984]

theres no horn on the end of my stalk dude. don think there is on any RS here.

 

[brisa4984]

theres no horn on the end of my stalk dude. don think there is on any RS here.

 

[brisa4984]

admin somthing wrong with forum.. keeps posting me twice.

 

[brisa4984]

admin somthing wrong with forum.. keeps posting me twice.

 

[Djw John]

Make em NOS buttons!!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I was playing around with this idea and came up with something very dodgy, which of course I do not recommend.

The lighting switch has separate wires for the left and right high beam and a jumper wire at the fuse box to join them together. I suspect there are different requirements for some areas of the world.

However, I removed the jumper and the lights still worked as normal, they are now separately fused, and more interestingly, separate circuit connections on the headlight switch.

I found that by running a jumper wire from the supply I could turn one main beam on at a time.

Add a single pole change over relay and a caravan flasher unit, connect to the push buttons on the steering wheel (as per my original post) and when you push the buttons on the wheel the headlights flash alternately.

You should see how quick the motorway clears half a mile in front.

Not that I would ever do this of course.

Add some blue flasher units on the backs of the sun visors and a siren and you've got me interested:quiet: