DIY: Remove 3rd Brake Light

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:51 am

This how to is for people who either want to completetly remove the middle brake light or just want to remove it to clean behind it.Heres what you do.

Step 1Grab the brake light on both sides and give a slight upward tug and it should pop out.(It should look like the pic below)

Step 2Grab the wire connecting the brake light to the car and push the tab in and pull apart.

Step 3Remove the light from the rear deck.

Post by **mcheddadi** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:58 am

Nice! I always wondered how to do it

Post by **phobs** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:06 am

coool, nice writeup

Post by **marlin29311** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:20 am

Good write up...

However, everyone please note that without this light your car techincally becomes "illegal." It is a law that you are required to have 3 braking lights on your car - so if you do this but have a rear spoiler (ie G35) that has a brake light you are ok.

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:32 am

marlin29311 wrote:Good write up...

However, everyone please note that without this light your car techincally becomes "illegal." It is a law that you are required to have 3 braking lights on your car - so if you do this but have a rear spoiler (ie G35) that has a brake light you are ok.

Post by **dldjros69** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:36 am

nice write up.

If bugs fly get in there i can clean them out.

I noticed there were some spots behind my brake light, most likely condensation. Wow now i can clean it. Thank you

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:40 am

Thats the reason i first removed it. Because there was a giant moth back there and spots on the window. Both are now gone!!

Post by **phobs** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:15 am

How'd the giant moth get in there the first place?! HAHA

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:02 am

thats exactly what i was wondering, but it wasnt the first time a bug got into a tight space. I found a japanese beatle in my rear deck speaker once.

Post by **ESP** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:38 am

Yeah, I removed mine a while ago and overlaid a homemade stencil for the new Batman symbol on it!

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:20 am

ESP wrote:Yeah, I removed mine a while ago and overlaid a homemade stencil for the new Batman symbol on it!

Pictures?

Post by **ESP** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:28 am

Nope...didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped... The area is too small to see any great detail and those LEDs in there are damn bright! haha

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:44 am

That woulda looked pretty cool

Post by **dangeris** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:56 am

Nice write up but i did this to disconnect my third brake light when I installed my spoiler a year ago. Pretty straight forward and is explained in the FSM

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:09 pm

I just decided to make this writeup to help those who hadn't read the FSM and didn't know how to do it....and maybe get a custom title.

Post by **dldjros69** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:10 pm

i hope they give you a custom title.

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:16 pm

Me to i have been thinking about what i could do a writeup on for a while and i found it by cleaning out my car.

Post by **Colton92** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:37 pm

Dangeris did you put anything over the hole when you took out the brake light?

Post by **bina12834** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:51 pm

marlin29311 wrote:Good write up...

However, everyone please note that without this light your car techincally becomes "illegal." It is a law that you are required to have 3 braking lights on your car - so if you do this but have a rear spoiler (ie G35) that has a brake light you are ok.

not necessarily true.....my 1985 Ford Bronco II doesnt have a 3rd brake light, and i never got pulled over for it.

Post by **Kanard** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:36 pm

good writeup hopefully i will b able to do this when i need to "clean" and colt..we need to get together n get a "shoot" goin..lol if the nc meet dont turn out liek planned. lol red/white.. maybe find a blue coupe. lol

Post by **6sp3.5** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:20 pm

bina12834 wrote:
not necessarily true.....my 1985 Ford Bronco II doesnt have a 3rd brake light, and i never got pulled over for it.

3rd brake lights weren't mandated until 1986, & mostly on passenger cars.

Post by **Cali 2 Balti G** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:53 am

6sp3.5 wrote:
3rd brake lights weren't mandated until 1986, & mostly on passenger cars.

I think the first cars to have them (and it led to them being mandated) were NYC yellow cabs . Now if you have a new or newer (made since the 1990s) car - and you don't have the light - then you are at risk.

Post by **Colton92** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:46 pm

Kanard wrote:good writeup hopefully i will b able to do this when i need to "clean" and colt..we need to get together n get a "shoot" goin..lol if the nc meet dont turn out liek planned. lol red/white.. maybe find a blue coupe. lol

That would be awesome especially if we got a blue coupe.

Post by **Kanard** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:16 pm

we need to do that. lol

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