$20 LED 3rd brake light

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hotrodlarry
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$20 LED 3rd brake light

Post by hotrodlarry » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:01 pm

This one is easy and everything you need is available at Home Depot/Tractor Supply and the local AutoAdvancePepBoysZone.

Step 1 - 8" "Flex LED" retails for $14.99 at parts store

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Step 2 - Cut scrap piece of metal to fit into housing. I used aluminum that I bought at TSC for $5 for a 4 ft length.

Step 3 - trim metal to fit housing, then glue into place. tape lights to metal

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Step 4 - put housing and lens back together

Step 5 - test to make sure no wires are pinched.

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Step 6 - install lens in trunk and splice into wiring for stock 3rd brake light. Black is ground, black with white stripe is positive.

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.. and that's it.

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Post by Jenni » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:09 am

Paint the reflector black. Will look more decent.

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Post by hotrodlarry » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:01 am

didn't think of that, thanks.

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Post by Ramroid » Fri May 30, 2014 8:23 pm

Mondo revival, but i did this today. Instead of splicing into the 3rd brake light, i spliced into the tail lights. I now have a 3rd brake light, and each side of the 4 inch section acts as another turn signal

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Post by Lantern04rt » Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:31 am

who cares about grave diggin when you do a cool mod imo, you have any pics? did you split the wiring to get it to split for turn signal?.
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Post by occasional demons » Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:29 am

It looks to be two pieces, wired from each end, so it is already split.
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Post by Ramroid » Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:05 pm

occasional demons wrote:It looks to be two pieces, wired from each end, so it is already split.
This exactly. They are 2 4" sections, wired individually into each tail light. Painted the inside housing black, and it looks great. 4 months on and going strong..except for the fact i broke the plastic housing and had to jb weld them back together.

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20 LED 3rd brake light

Post by WarnerTok » Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:48 am

This is highly unusual Abs this light comes in a one piece unit ,so no individual led can be replaced,it will be covered under the cars 3 years warranty.

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Re: $20 LED 3rd brake light

Post by occasional demons » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:16 pm

Spam fail?

If only these had a warranty. :lol:
Bill
Olha Koba, a psychologist in Kyiv, said that “anger and hate in this situation is a normal reaction and important to validate.” But it is important to channel it into something useful, she said, such as making incendiary bombs out of empty bottles.
2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCM
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester

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