Re-wiring tail lights

Someone on this thread should have said thank you to you for your thoughtful research and advice.

Take a look at my thread about how to add functionality and see what you think

 

for sure.

Its a matter of time before someone comes out with a kit...

having attended SEMA last year I can assure you there is no shortage of keenly minded aftermarket LED head and tail light companies who will see this opportunity.

 

Thanks for the comment, MalibuGuy and you're welcome. As can be seen, I tend to drill down into specifics to know things for certain, and not abide by the mythology (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). I responded on your other string re LED's replacing the incandescent bulbs, also (great reading hahahahha). Regards, Bob H

 

I suspect the reasons why the two Enzo-style lights aren't functional are:

- a car must have at least 2 fixed brake lights... AND
- there's a maximum limit of 3 brake lights that can be displayed

WHY?
The Cali already has a centre light strip on its trunk so that rules out a blanket restriction on brakes lights that are not fixed... but it does not rule out a possible reason that you can only have a maximum of 3 brake lights.

A further reason why Ferrari did not put a SINGLE fixed brake light lower down where the current 2 brake lights are, may be because it would look weird and interfere with the placement of the license plate OR maybe a car must have at least 2 FIXED brake lights and the single centre light strip is just an option.


Just guessing... if regulations did allow 4 brake lights, I think Ferrari would have opted to make the 2 Enzo lights functional instead of using the centre light strip.


Michael

 

I think the centre light has to be at a minimum height, certainly for Europe it is referred to as the high level brake light

 

Is there really a problem at all with the rear lighting.

The Cali's third brake light is centrally located ,at eye level , and quite long and bright too.

It is about three feet wide!

I don't think there is a problem unless cali's are getting rear ended more that other cars.

 

"Hey Buddy, your brake lights are out" ... Drive a Cali and you will hear it, not regularly but you will hear it.

Rick

 

The driver who tells you that probably saw your third brake light and stopped safely.
He noticed that the trunk lid did not light up and so thought your regular brake lights were out.

Next time someone tells you this ask him if he almost rear ended you? Was the center third brake light effective?

But I do think my idea of using the third brake light for power to cannibalized LEDs from a separate third brake light would work perfectly.

If you are good with your hands and can open a light you can do it.
I used to own a 360 and the head lamps would get condensation inside.
A bunch of us learned how to open the 'sealed' light by baking it at a low temp and then opening a seam with a sharp knife. Search for threads in 360 forum and there is some great info with pictures.

I also replaced my third brake light on my 360 all by myself. So I have. Little experience in this area.

 

has an solution been found for this?

 

Yes. I just finished up the rewire this weekend is it works exactly as Ferrari originally intended. Shout out to Todd McGaughey who documented the steps.

 

Where can I find this ?


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Here's a link to the original post, Todd also has a procedure for the California T: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rq4pcyr1j3d0m8a/How to Make Your Ferrari Cali's Brake Lights Work - Todd McGaughey.docx?dl=0

 

Hello guys, just to share what I did sometime ago with a brilliant guy near London who made it happen. He is a retired engineer and does these kind of works. Very neat and clean. Cali has a much better look, safer and it works perfectly. You can put it back as it was in literally 2 minutes.
Video attached:
1) I put lights on
2) Foot on brakes - finally proper brake lights
3) I turn the back fog light on
4) Reversing lights on
He also did a couple of more works for me including the emblems coloured in black.
What do you think?
Lou

 

How are directional signals wired?

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Hi Lou,

Do you have the details of the modification or can you put us in touch with the engineer? I live in the UK.

Thanks


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