What 13K$ In LED Tail Lights Looks Like.

[Westech]

This is what 13K$ in tail lights looks like.
I had 2 laying around my work area that had defective Cams in them.
I had to put them to good use.
This is my "truck" that I get around in. Not too bad... I cranked the injection pump and
she can do 35 KPH now.

 

[marchplumber]

Why doesn't that surprise me?

Stay safe!
God bless,
Tony

 

[Speddmon]

What a junker.

 

[319]

So you traveled 6800 (+/-) miles to change a couple of light bulbs? Nice!

 

[gimpyrobb]

Up-armored Gaytor?

 

[Recovry4x4]

Did you replace the defective cams with some type of race cam? Roller maybe? My lights are the camless version.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Who is the gay guy in that pic?

 

[KsM715]

Have you checked the lug nuts lately on that thing?

 

[Westech]

Kenny that is a Check 6 taillight. They have cameras in them. I cant get in to details on what kind or how they work. You will see that the covers are closed in the picture.
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O and you FREAK shows who canned my "westy is going to the Stan" post because of opsec, dont get in a bind. you have NO IDEA how it works. It should have never been canned. so dont freak out on this. I am here you are not!

 

[emmado22]

I dont think it is a huge OPSEC issue if BAE has them on the web.
Check-6 - AUSA - BAE Systems

 

[Westech]

Hey I have to keep the tin foil hat shinny side out guys happy..... there a little touchy here.....

 

[emmado22]

I hear ya...

 

[crazywelder72]

Kenny that is a Check 6 taillight. They have cameras in them. I cant get in to details on what kind or how they work. You will see that the covers are closed in the picture.
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O and you FREAK shows who canned my "westy is going to the Stan" post because of opsec, dont get in a bind. you have NO IDEA how it works. It should have never been canned. so dont freak out on this. I am here you are not!

I'm guessing thermal imaging and the covers are protecting the germanium lens. My geek factor is in over drive now. Time to research.

 

[crazywelder72]

GOD i Love the internet. that didnt take long. Check-6 - AUSA - BAE Systems I know some people at BAE. i should see if any fell of a truck lately near my house.

 

[3dAngus]

OK, I didn't get it at first. Now I get it.

I got those same backup cameras at Wal Mart for $99.

 

[crazywelder72]

i thought it would have been thermal.... nope... just normal ccd infrared. I got mine on ebay from china for $16

 

[3dAngus]

China for $16??? They probably work better than Westechs too, and he paid $13,000.00 for his. I'm gonna go there now and buy two sets, and put one set on the front. That way, I can see where I'm going.

 

[nf6x]

I found references to those Check 6 lights recently when I was looking around for ideas for a reverse gear camera for my M923. I eventually settled on a commercial-grade reverse camera system which I will install under the bed somewhere (hopefully providing a view of the pintle to make hitching a trailer easier), but I considered mounting a camera inside a tail light housing after seeing the Check 6 lights. If good housings from dead Check 6 systems are available, they might make nice housings for home-made reverse gear camera systems on surplus MVs.

I also found another picture of the Check 6 lights with a slightly different housing design. Instead of the rotating metal cover plate, the camera lens was covered with an ordinary flip-up rifle scope cover. It had what appeared to be ordinary round LEDs in place of the cats-eye blackout lights. Maybe that one was an earlier prototype before they finalized their plastics?

Here are two pictures that I found online in BAE literature.

 

[nf6x]

i thought it would have been thermal.... nope... just normal ccd infrared. I got mine on ebay from china for $16

Can you share a link and/or picture of what you got?

 

[crazywelder72]

sure... but i'll probally get a infraction for it.. anyhow... i got a camera like this. they are designed to mount across the top of a lic plate. i mounted mine on the inside of my back bumper using some standoffs i made so just the camera isnt sticking to far out. then I have a 7" LCD monitor in my cab. Both i have running of a 24vlt to 12vlt converter that has a max output of 20amps. Far more than i need.