Todays mod - push button ABS
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Todays mod - push button ABS
Well alot of us know what its like to hit the trails, and how scary it can be when you want or need to stop but your ABS thinks otherwise. so i wired up a push button on/off switch in my glovebox. Now i can lock em up when ever i want!!!
Here are the pics step by step.
^cut that wire
^crimp on some ends
^the switch i used
^connect the switch
^ ground switch for the leds in the switch
^ABS on
^ABS off
^mounted in the glove box
Here are the pics step by step.
^cut that wire
^crimp on some ends
^the switch i used
^connect the switch
^ ground switch for the leds in the switch
^ABS on
^ABS off
^mounted in the glove box
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Yes i have, the place i go wheelin is pretty tight and there are some good hills, if you start to slide going up a hill and hit the brakes sometimes the ABS will kick on and ill go backward down the hill toward trees. not to fun.
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Who hasnt had problems with ABS? lol - Try hitting a steep downhill gravel road with a sharp corner at the bottom in 2wd - or trying to somehow stop in an icy situation.. sometimes locking things up is what saves your butt.. on off on off doesnt work when you already know conditions are bad.
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10-4 thats the first mod i did to my truck helps u actually stop in mud lol not skip then stop after u want too.....they have a how to in fourwheeler mazagine it just finding the fuse and tappin in with fuse taps.....i did mine with solder n heat shrink im an electrician and idont like those crimps but its nice to have a quick disco set up like u did
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If the offroading you do consists of driving a few feet on dirt and parking your tire on a rock to take pics and post them on here then you don't need to do this.
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yeah, im not worried about that. the switch is small and it has to be pushed in past flush with the switch housing. I can always remount it if i need to i just didnt know where to put it.
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well i always was told and read that once your tires lock up then your out of controll.... i may be wrong
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Yes that is true. The purpose of ABS is to allow you to steer away from an obstacle not to help you stop faster. But again it is designed to to work on the street. On loose surfaces it can prevent the tires from actually slowing you down. If you know how to drive properly you will be fine without ABS.
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Yes that is true. The purpose of ABS is to allow you to steer away from an obstacle not to help you stop faster. But again it is designed to to work on the street. On loose surfaces it can prevent the tires from actually slowing you down. If you know how to drive properly you will be fine without ABS.
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04 xlt, as someone said before, traction=control, when you are on pavement, the most traction (read "friction" or "ground resistance") is when the tire speed matches the road speed, when you are in soft conditions (snow, gravel, mud) you want to dig your self a hole and get your tires into that, we all know how hard it is to pull someone out of a hole they have dug themselves into by spinning all 4 tires, this is basically the same principal. you are creating a hole, with a bank only infront of you, Whippersnapper said it better than I ever could have, it works just like a wheel chock.
If you are on black ice, where your tire is not going to dig into the ice at all, due to how hard it is, your best bet is to try to match the speed, and slow down slowly, and in actuality, a bald tire or racing slick deal would work better (provided that the tires are soft at that tempature)
If you are on black ice, where your tire is not going to dig into the ice at all, due to how hard it is, your best bet is to try to match the speed, and slow down slowly, and in actuality, a bald tire or racing slick deal would work better (provided that the tires are soft at that tempature)
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