I was mainly posting because I noticed Old Navy came up with original idea or w/e ... this random guy goes and makes money off ON's idea and does not even credit him or the forum

if its a big money maker, someone will undercut him. I doubt he is going to ever make back the money for his effort, let alone enough to make it worth while. must be a hobby.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

He isn't making any money on that, its a nice kit though.


This is nothing new ideas have been barrowed from this forum before.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Hmmm. For me a visit to the pull a part is about a 75 mile round trip.
That's 3 gallons of fuel, about $9.75 these days.
It costs me $1 to get in the door.
The 2 sockets would probably be a couple bucks each.
Not to mention my time.
I think $19.95 is a pretty fair deal.

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Was/is the seller a member of this forum? If so I do not know what to say. It is hard to protect or claim an idea. I told a guy where I worked that I had applied for a different position (the next day was the last day to apply). Until I told him he had not herd of the opening. That guy applied and got the position! I can only blame myself for what happend. I made an assumption that he would not act on the information.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

I was not aware that I had one brake light out. Got stopped by a cop and had to report to Motor Vehicle Dept to verify light was fixed. Bulb was good but not making proper contact. (These are 20+ year old cars and a bad brake light can easily go unnoticed.) Motor Vehicle Dept seemed to be unaware of any program to inspect such vehicles. Explained what I needed at Motor Vehicles and got someone there to check my now functioning brake light. He decided to check a bunch of other things too. That was a couple years ago. Now a motorist pulled up alongside me and told me one brake light was out.
So you just made a sale for this guy. I know it's only a couple sockets and bulbs and connections. But now it shouldn't take me a couple years to fix it. He's not ripping me off. He's selling me something I want.

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1985 300D Turbo
"Evolution is God's way of giving upgrades" Francis Collins

He may not even know of this forum. He may think it was his idea, or maybe he got it from the BMWCCA which is where I first saw it about 10 years ago when I wired up my 535i so that it did the same as this kit does.

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.

I bought and installed this kit. Think I bought the 1st or 2nd one he offered. I've been to pick & pulls and the folks don't want to break up tail light assemblies. So, for the price of two movie tickets, I now have twice the tail lights I had.

The kit came with two German Osram and color coded wires, simple install ...

I've blown 20 bucks on much less!

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So what is this, extra bulbs for the taillight

True. TomJ was selling them for $3 + $4 shipping in 2005.
Brake light mod for 123's

bgkast gave me the setup for free!.. all I need are the wires.. which I have

Just snag a pair from a local junkyard car. Most places will probably let you take them if thats all you get.

Pretty much ... For some reason MB only installed 2 brake light bulb assemblies in the tail lights of W123 sedans & coupes although there is extra space for an easy "upgrade" to 4 lights. Basically, by using this mod, you can throw of 84 watts of "STOP NOW" red glare out of the back rather than the factory spec 42 watts of "Stop Please"

I think it's simply a safety issue, so for whatever price you can upgrade, I would.

Months ago I posted a request for a pair of the elusive white plastic bulb holders in the "Parts" area of this Board to fashion my own mod, but only got one response questioning what I was gonna do with them?!? Maybe we've found the scaliwag!

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