Flashing brake lights

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Flashing brake lights

Post by c3nturi0n » Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:37 pm

The other day i was reluctantly driving behind new C-class AMG (not for long though :bigwave:).

Something i noticed is that on hard-ish braking, his brake lights were "flashing" which i found really interesting , both functionally and aesthetically.

Hence the question - is this something that could be added or programmed to C6?
2008 RS6 Avant (Monza Silver)
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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by Surrey Sam » Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:48 pm

I've done it for the B8 and just checked the RossTech wiki for the C6, where it looks like you can.

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.ph ... tem#Coding
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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by c3nturi0n » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:10 pm

Surrey Sam wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:48 pm
I've done it for the B8 and just checked the RossTech wiki for the C6, where it looks like you can.

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.ph ... tem#Coding
Thx Sam... i will give it a go.

It may be too much of an ask - do you happen to know how this is triggered on C6, e.g. at certain speed, brake pedal press etc.?
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- Stage II MRC tune with gearbox (720PS/850Nm)
- MIJ Powerflow exhaust (non-res)
- H&R ARBs

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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by Stiggles » Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:31 pm

I believe it's triggered by braking force, ie its to let cars following you know that you've had to slow down at an increased rate, I personally wouldn't like it installed as can you imagine seeing a police car while being naughty, hitting the brakes and the hazards going off, they'd pull a u turn and come after you in an instant lmao

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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by c3nturi0n » Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:57 pm

I have no way to check... hope this looks okay from coding pov?
2008 RS6 Avant (Monza Silver)
- Stage II MRC tune with gearbox (720PS/850Nm)
- MIJ Powerflow exhaust (non-res)
- H&R ARBs

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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by c3nturi0n » Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:00 pm

Stiggles wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:31 pm
I believe it's triggered by braking force, ie its to let cars following you know that you've had to slow down at an increased rate, I personally wouldn't like it installed as can you imagine seeing a police car while being naughty, hitting the brakes and the hazards going off, they'd pull a u turn and come after you in an instant lmao
Good point 😂.

Here is what i’ve done... when i hit Test it does not yield the outcome desired.

Any hints?
2008 RS6 Avant (Monza Silver)
- Stage II MRC tune with gearbox (720PS/850Nm)
- MIJ Powerflow exhaust (non-res)
- H&R ARBs

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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by Stiggles » Sat Jul 06, 2019 1:14 pm

c3nturi0n wrote:
Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:00 pm
Stiggles wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:31 pm
I believe it's triggered by braking force, ie its to let cars following you know that you've had to slow down at an increased rate, I personally wouldn't like it installed as can you imagine seeing a police car while being naughty, hitting the brakes and the hazards going off, they'd pull a u turn and come after you in an instant lmao
Good point 😂.

Here is what i’ve done... when i hit Test it does not yield the outcome desired.

Any hints?
Unfortunately I'd have no idea how to enable it, I have seen it on other cars and it's been triggered in our Merc trucks occasionally when hammering the brake.

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Re: Flashing brake lights

Post by coffey555 » Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:12 pm

I saw it on a Focus RS mk2 about a year ago but it did it everytime he touched the brakes! Bloody annoying to the point of distraction so I let him get far enough ahead not to see the car in the end.
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