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Since I drive a Jeep, I tend to be light on the right foot and as a result, I am a bit slower than some others.
Around these parts, drivers can be rather aggressive and are quick to tail-gate.
This got me thinking. I need a James Bond style oil slick. This of course would be a illegal, but what about something else, like cola?

I have since ordered a generic window washer retrofit kit. I plan to run the hose out the back, near the rear camera and attach a spray nozzle on it. I will then fire cola or other annoying, but non-damaging liquid at the cars who love to get right on the rear bumper.

The other idea / plan I had was to dedicate one switch to powering a RCA splitter. These normally always run to port A until a voltage is applied and then take input B. This would be an easy / cheap way to get front camera AND still have it in HD.

Anyone else have "strange" or interesting uses for their AUX buttons?
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I like your rear sprayer idea, but I’d use it differently. I’d use it on the trail where I make it up a tough obstacle, and then I use the rear sprayer to spray something slippery on the obstacle to make it tougher on my buddies
 

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I have my Voswitch ignition wire triggered with Aux4. Makes it easy to trigger multiple lights at once and control whether the Voswitch is ignition or battery thru the UConnect.
 

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I think the sprayer idea is a good one but I’d leave it at just that. If said tailgater had a dash cam and you sprayed cola and then because the driver was now distracted by that brown spray and he/she wrecks... I’d say that’s probably not a situation you would want to find yourself in.
Probably unlikely, but still.

So much easier to move over to let them pass.
 
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A guy that I've known since I was a kid, whose about 70 now, has had a tailgate sprayer for years now. He loves old GM cars, which are slow by today's standards, so his sprayer must see a lot of use. Whenever I happen upon him around town, I pull over for a couple minutes to avoid getting some overspray. His liquid of choice is used brake fluid.
 

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I had a really stupid idea the other morning in the shower - get a set of 4 air horns, tuned so I could play the opening riff to “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple whenever I felt like it.
 

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Since I drive a Jeep, I tend to be light on the right foot and as a result, I am a bit slower than some others.
Around these parts, drivers can be rather aggressive and are quick to tail-gate.
This got me thinking. I need a James Bond style oil slick. This of course would be a illegal, but what about something else, like cola?

I have since ordered a generic window washer retrofit kit. I plan to run the hose out the back, near the rear camera and attach a spray nozzle on it. I will then fire cola or other annoying, but non-damaging liquid at the cars who love to get right on the rear bumper.

The other idea / plan I had was to dedicate one switch to powering a RCA splitter. These normally always run to port A until a voltage is applied and then take input B. This would be an easy / cheap way to get front camera AND still have it in HD.

Anyone else have "strange" or interesting uses for their AUX buttons?
I don’t know how non-standard it is, but I haven’t heard of anyone doing it, but I’ve got my #3 and #4 aux switches wired to my lockers. I also have tazer mini which allows you to use lockers whenever you want, but it’s a little slower, as it’s still dealing with the computer, the aux switches are nanny free....;)
 

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I had a really stupid idea the other morning in the shower - get a set of 4 air horns, tuned so I could play the opening riff to “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple whenever I felt like it.
They're not air horns but I hooked up a little soundboard.
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