Anyone do a LED flasher like the BMW rear view mirrors?

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Jul 20, 2003 | 05:57 PM

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Anyone do a LED flasher like the BMW rear view mirrors?

Hey guys,

I just have my stock alarm which when set, causes the little red bulb to blink. The problem is that it is so small and not noticeable. I just want people to know that I have an alarm.

A family friend has a BMW which has the flashing red where the rear view mirror is.
Has anyone tried making the red light blink where the rearview mirror is?

Thanks

Jul 20, 2003 | 07:49 PM

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You could splice into the power for the stock LED, run the wire up the A-pillar and across the headliner. The first-Gen GS's don't have an auto-dim mirror, so there's no wire guide between the headliner and mirror to hide the wire. Also, a conventional prismatic mirror is thin, so it'd be hard to mount the LED. I had also considered at one time modding my stock alarm LED to a brighter gallium nitrate LED, such as blue, as well. I remember there was a guy who posted a DIY on how to upgrade the alarm LED on the 2nd Gen GS, perhaps that procedure would work on the first-Gen.

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