Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

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Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

March 04, 2011, 09:51:54 PM

So I"ve finally got some spare cash to buy a sequential light kit and see that Carmen no longer sells his kits does anyone have a source for a 2nd best kit?
Eric has Cougars Unlimited listed on his site, anyone using theirs?

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #1 – March 04, 2011, 10:00:46 PM

webelectricproducts make new ones. They even have ones that will plug right into existing harnesses and not require splicing, etc.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #2 – March 04, 2011, 10:50:06 PM

^^^ I just bought a set about 30 seconds ago

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #3 – March 05, 2011, 11:13:26 AM

from webelectronic? I like the fact they don't sequence the brake lights. Let me know how it works.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #4 – March 05, 2011, 10:40:04 PM

Yes from webelectric. They do in fact give you the option to sequence the brake lights, which I will be having them do. It is only one pulse. And yes I will very much be posting a end result video and something of a write up of the install. Hopefully they will be here before the end of next week.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #5 – March 09, 2011, 06:38:42 AM

Cool. Sounds like it's pretty much just a plug n' play setup. I'm definitely interested.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #6 – March 09, 2011, 10:44:14 AM

I'm anxiously awaiting sarjxx's experience. Mine sat around for quite a while before I used it, and I've just been having problem with it, it probably got damp or something, I dunno.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #7 – March 09, 2011, 10:26:30 PM

Geez got em today and these things look to be the simplest thing ever to hook up. I would have done it already but its been pouring rain so I won't have a chance tonight. Its a little more difficult to get rid of the brake light sequencing but if you want to have it then it is gravy baby.

For those of you that are interested in what comes in the kit, here you go:

First of all, big ass envelope.

Then, box in an envelope:wtf:...

Ok now the good stuff- two individual modules, one for each side, and all required connectors plus a generous length of extra wire for the non-sequencing brake light connection:

and a very in depth instruction manual, written well enough for the most inexperienced amateur:

After I get them hooked up, probably tomorrow or sometime this weekend at the latest, I will post a video fo the results, and pics of the install. I will let everyone know how well or not it goes.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #8 – March 09, 2011, 10:41:13 PM

Nice. which kit did you end up buying?

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #9 – March 09, 2011, 11:12:10 PM

STS-1 from webelectricproducts. It looks soooooooo super easy. I can't wait to hook it up.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #10 – March 10, 2011, 04:31:31 PM

Ok I installed my kit. It was super easy. Took less than 30 minutes and thats including documentation. I have to go to my other job in about 4 minutes so I don't have time to explain but after I get home tonight I will be writing a full step by step with pictures and I took a video with the final results. Btw, I got it right the first time and it works perfectly. I have no issues whatsoever. Stay tuned.

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #11 – March 10, 2011, 11:22:32 PM

He does not ship to Canada!

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #12 – March 11, 2011, 12:47:21 AM

Ok. Here we go.

Here is my write up on how to properly install the webelectricproducts STS-1 kit. Pay attention if you plan on getting these because the way you have to do it is a little different than what is shown in the instructions. Not because they are bad instructions, just the way our cars are setup. What is getting done here is basically the same thing, just done in a different process.

Step 1. Well heck, everyone knows step one is disconnect your battery. But who does that anyway? So the real step one would be to get yourself a pair of 3157 sockets and cut out your taillight assemblies to accept them on the innermost light where a 194 socket currently resides. Then of course you need to put them in, and splice together your brown and black wires in that spot. I did this to my car months ago so I don't have the pictures for that, but its seriously easy. Here is what I had before I started the install.

Step 2. By this time you should be in your trunk and have the panels torn off and out of the way. Now the fun starts. First you need to cut and bare some wires. Now pay attention, its important which ones get cut. Look in the picture below. You can see that the colored wire on the outer two sockets are cut and are bared. The other end of the wire that was connected to the outermost socket from the loom is nutted off so that it does not cause a short. This wire is no longer necessary. You will also see that the innermost socket, the new one, is not bared.

Step 3. Now you need to start the connecting of the sequencer module. First thing to do is connect the red wire on the module to the colored wire from the loom that was connected to your middle socket. This and the next step are the parts that vary from the instructions. If you haven't figured it out yet, you'll see why in a minute. I used butt crimp connectors to make these connections, simply because I had some, and I prefer them over wire nuts. The wire nuts that he supplies are plenty adequate however, should you choose to use them.

Step 4. Now you need to take one of the provided scotch lock connectors, or quick splice or t splice or whatever you call them, and connect the red wire to the unbared section of the new socket that you installed. Now you see why we changed the directions. The instructions say that you should splice your red wire into the first socket on your tail lights. Well, since our cars by default did not come with one on the inside, we can't do this. However, it does not matter which signal wire it is connected to, since they all flash at the same time. He only tells us to do this for ease of installation. We can just as easily connect to the middle wire. But, the important part is that the red wire on the module controls the first light in the sequence, so we have to be sure that the signal reaches the correct bulb, thus we connect it to the inside light.

Step 5. Now we connect the white wire to the middle lamp.

Step 6. Next we connect the blue wire to the outside lamp.

Step 7. Now we connect the ground, black wire on the module, any black wire on our sockets. I used the one on the middle light, just for ease of installation and least confusion later. Grond is ground, it really doesn't matter which wire you connect it to, just be sure to use the scotch lock connector so you don't have to cut up the wire.

Step 9. Repeat process on the other side.

Step 10. Make sure everything works properly and if so, button everything back up and you're good to go.

Now my friends, enjoy your kit, hopefully it works out. Mine did, and here is what it looks like. Keep in mind I am using LED bulbs and a thermal flasher, so yours may blink a little differently.

For this vid I did a few left signal, a few right signal, few hazard flashes, stepped on the brake a few times, then turned on the lights, and did each side a few times.

[video=youtube;36FE3lt97uk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36FE3lt97uk[/video]

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #13 – March 11, 2011, 01:23:13 PM

Nice!

Availabilty of Sequential Light kits

Reply #14 – March 14, 2011, 07:03:30 PM

Looks good, do you have the system sentry, if so when it sequences does the lamp out light go on? Also did you set this up to sequence when you brake or is that how its designed? My old 69 cougar only sequenced with the turn signals and hazard lights that was what I was hoping to do to my T-Bird.