ABS On/Off Switch
#46
wow, im shocked there would be such an interest with disabling the ABS brakes. Ive hit fresh snow and gone right thru the intersection with the abs doing nothing to help but it seems to help with ice and at least once a week i have my ABS going off from beating someone to a turn. I give 2 thumbs up for ABS.
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Originally Posted by Wingless Wonder
I think it can help under braking in turns in slippery conditions, where normally you'd lose steering control.
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If you're just cruising along, then ABS can be a good thing in slippery conditions. Sometimes.. personally I hate it. Hit a manhole cover in the rain while on the brakes and it engages ABS and that sucks.
If you're driving hard, then ABS can kill you. We went driving last night, a nice twisty little road, with more than it's fair sair of dirt and pine needles. Go diving into a corner and have ABS kick in and all of a sudden you've gone from predictable slide to almost no brakes and the resulting too much speed through the corner. If you're lucky you have mountain to the outside of the curve, if you're not you have cliff.
I love my ABS switch.
Mine is wire like someone already pointed out. I tapped into the 10 amp fuse, and put a switch on that. Works great.
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