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Old 06-17-18, 05:06 AM
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Hello! Is this a new feature or a mod?

I saw one RX with a blnking RX brake tail light and said oh nice mod. Then yesterday, I saw another RX with the same feature. Coinkidink? Or Is there a feature I didnt know about!
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It's a device added to make the brake lights more visible. My dealer installed it on all new Lexus and charged 395 for it.
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It’s called PULSE... lots of dealers are starting to install this on all their cars...

https://www.pulseprotects.com/
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wow. thanks for the info haha
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So you are paying $400 for something you can get for $20 on amazon and install in 10 minutes? OOOOOK

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Originally Posted by TeKKieNYC
So you are paying $400 for something you can get for $20 on amazon and install in 10 minutes? OOOOOK

https://www.amazon.com/blinker-flash...dp/B00SQEI4GO/
Dealer's kids gotta eat!
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This was something already pre-installed at the dealer and had no saying in it... I saw a Honda dealer had done the same also on all their cars..

Not sure if I’d want some Chinese made 15 dollar contraption going into my 60k+ RX anyway.. The dealer will have to warrant their Pulse crap if anything goes wrong at least...
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Originally Posted by Doney01
This was something already pre-installed at the dealer and had no saying in it... I saw a Honda dealer had done the same also on all their cars..

Not sure if I’d want some Chinese made 15 dollar contraption going into my 60k+ RX anyway.. The dealer will have to warrant their Pulse crap if anything goes wrong at least...
Yea but if anything goes wrong, just buy another one for $15 lol. I havent seen these in Canada but im intrigued by this now...
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Is it legal having a blinking tail light now? In the past I installed in my car, got pulled over.
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Originally Posted by simiviper
Is it legal having a blinking tail light now? In the past I installed in my car, got pulled over.
I think it's a grey area (at cops discretion), but if you google this, every single car and bike forum compares this offer to a dealer's scam. You are literally paying hundreds of dollars for the same cheap module available anywhere. This is not rocket science. The only thing that maybe challenging for some is the actual splicing and tapping in... The dealership will be doing the same thing, unless pulse protects provides a plug-n-play option, which should cost max $50, but not 350-450...

If this was so crucial and life saving to driving, DOT would have made this a mandatory factory install.
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Originally Posted by TeKKieNYC
So you are paying $400 for something you can get for $20 on amazon and install in 10 minutes? OOOOOK/
Using less than $5 in electronics and cables.....
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I think this thing is cool & may keep the A-hole tailgaters at a safe distance (probably not). The directions say you need to access the wires to the 3rd brake light to install. Anyone know if they are easy to get to on the RX? Could be a 10 min project or an all day job to install. Here's the install pdf:

http://www.3rdbrakeflasher.com/docum...eFlasherS1.pdf
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Originally Posted by DenverRx
I think this thing is cool & may keep the A-hole tailgaters at a safe distance (probably not). The directions say you need to access the wires to the 3rd brake light to install. Anyone know if they are easy to get to on the RX? Could be a 10 min project or an all day job to install. Here's the install pdf:

http://www.3rdbrakeflasher.com/docum...eFlasherS1.pdf
Oh, so this is for the third brake light? Somehow I thought they were talking about the tail lights.
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It's one screw holding the light. I just looked, everything is easily accessible.

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