roket's Dark Horse - "Azureus" Project

[roket]

just upgraded my dash cam from a Viofo A229 Pro to a Redtiger F77 V2. surprisingly easy, as both are powered and connect to the rear camera via USB-C ports

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[DarkMatterGrey]

just upgraded my dash cam from a Viofo A229 Pro to a Redtiger F77 V2. surprisingly easy, as both are powered and connect to the rear camera via USB-C ports

Where did you wire it in the car? USB from the mirror (I don’t have one of those) or hardwired somewhere else?

 

[roket]

Where did you wire it in the car? USB from the mirror (I don’t have one of those) or hardwired somewhere else?

a couple fuse taps in the BCM

 

[roket]

i decided to take a break from getting frustrated with amber DRLs, and get annoyed with a different type of lighting instead, ambient lighting. first big hurdle: the Mustang uses a 4-wire common cathode setup. basically all other Fords and Lincolns use a LIN ambient lighting setup. so, i did some digging and found that the Mustang has used a common cathode setup since the S197, but also more vehicles used to use it. LIN is cheaper, but common cathode allows for a lot more customization.

the 2008-2015 Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX, 2010-2012 Ford Fusion/Lincoln MKZ/Mercury Milan, 2008-2012 Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner, 2009-2019 Ford Flex, 2010-2012 Lincoln MKS, 2010-2019 Ford Taurus, 2011-2019 Fiesta, and 2011-2015 Explorer all also used the common cathode ambient lighting. interestingly, the 2013-2016 Lincoln MKS and 2010-2019 Lincoln MKT used common cathode as well, but had a 5th wire for a dedicated white LED. everything else uses LIN.

i will take out my 3D scanner sometime soon and see if i can make a 3D printable bracket that allows the Lincoln Corsair cupholder to mount to the Mustang, or maybe even make a brand new cupholder

 

[GrabThatBlue]

i decided to take a break from getting frustrated with amber DRLs, and get annoyed with a different type of lighting instead, ambient lighting. first big hurdle: the Mustang uses a 4-wire common cathode setup. basically all other Fords and Lincolns use a LIN ambient lighting setup. so, i did some digging and found that the Mustang has used a common cathode setup since the S197, but also more vehicles used to use it. LIN is cheaper, but common cathode allows for a lot more customization.

the 2008-2015 Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX, 2010-2012 Ford Fusion/Lincoln MKZ/Mercury Milan, 2008-2012 Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner, 2009-2019 Ford Flex, 2010-2012 Lincoln MKS, 2010-2019 Ford Taurus, 2011-2019 Fiesta, and 2011-2015 Explorer all also used the common cathode ambient lighting. interestingly, the 2013-2016 Lincoln MKS and 2010-2019 Lincoln MKT used common cathode as well, but had a 5th wire for a dedicated white LED. everything else uses LIN.

i will take out my 3D scanner sometime soon and see if i can make a 3D printable bracket that allows the Lincoln Corsair cupholder to mount to the Mustang, or maybe even make a brand new cupholder

Why do you want to make the Lincoln cupholder fit. Did you not already fixed this issue and have a working ambient cupholder? Or are you going to make one plug and play cupholder for others who are interested. In that case I'm in lol. I really want ambient lights in my cupholder but I can't solder or do anything with cables. Wish there was a plug and play solution.

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