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Lights Out Switch

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by bluke90, Sep 14, 2015.

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  1. Sep 14, 2015 at 9:18 AM
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    bluke90

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    so i want to create a switch that will turn off all my lights (brake lights, license plate lights, daytime running lights, ect...) even when I'm driving i was wondering if there was a way to do this and run it to a switch so when i flip the switch on it turns them off. how would i do this is there an easy way to do this or do i have to run all my lights to 1 switch?

    I have a 2009 tacoma pre-runner.
     
  2. Sep 14, 2015 at 2:44 PM
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    just curious -

    ... Why ???
     
  3. Sep 14, 2015 at 2:46 PM
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    Sounds like someone wants to either engage in some illegal activities...
     
  4. Sep 14, 2015 at 2:54 PM
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    Sounds like FUN!

    I know from experience and I'm guessing blake is a young man looking to
    1. sneak up on friends
    2. Hide in parking lotts when with side Chick
    3. sneak out at night
    Mainly #2 but I agree it can be difficult (basically impossible) to get all your lights to cut off in a orderly fashion
    So help the kid out lol
     
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    Bump for OP's nighttime escapades!!
     
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    That's an old moonshiner trick right there. Back in old Appalachia, rum runners would cut their lights off so that the pursuing authorities didn't know when they were slowing down for turns on unlit back-roads. Cops would take the turn to fast and end up in a ditch and our heroes would ride off with the goods.
    Enough of the history lesson- sub'd...
     
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    Your best bet would be to splice a switch into the wire coming from the fuse for that system. Just be sure to put the switch AFTER the fuse, and make sure the switch is rated to handle the current.
     
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    ...too much shit to list.
    LOL. Yeah...run everything with nothing more than a single switch and you are tying all the circuits together. Genius.
    I could tell you how to do it...but that would be participating in illegal activities with is against the CoC.
     
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    I'm getting the sinking feeling this is going to end up like the "bed lined my whole truck" post and the OP is just going to disappear lol
     
  12. Sep 14, 2015 at 3:14 PM
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    Well, when your second post is "Hey, I'm looking to do something to my truck that could be misconstrued as illegal." you're usually gonna have a bad time.
     
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    Fucking look it up
    :popcorn:
     
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    You may have a point...but there are still plenty of fun legal applications...kinda-ish:notsure:
     
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    Such as? I'm genuinely curious
     
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    But! You can't do that! see side chick is usually so awkward that you have to have the radio on, that and so she doesn't freak out every time a car drives by..

    I see plenty of great applications to this mod y'all just need to get your head out of the illegal gutter! and more into the teenage gutter!
     
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    I'd certainly use it to creep into an early morning hunting blind/area. Allows you to be slightly less conspicuous when doing so.

    EDIT: also what he said :rolleyes:
     
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    If she's worth modding your truck for she better be your main girl
     
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    FACT
     
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    Side chick isn't a single girl, you just refer to her as a single unit in order to not sound like a manwhore :thumbsup:
     
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