 How to: Center high-mounted stop light, cheap and removable |
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| anderssj |
 Jan 14 2013, 07:36 PM
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Dog is my copilot...  Group: Members Posts: 1,780 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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With what seems to be a lot of teeners being rear-ended during the past year, I decided to put an easily removable center-mounted stop light on my car. Turned out pretty well--pretty cheap too--so I thought I would share this.
First, I got a center stop light from a wrecked Volvo V70 (MY 1998-2000), part number 9151490. It was about $10 at the local PnP.  I was also able to get about 4+ feet of the wiring harness, which I cleaned up and reused. I picked this light as I'm pretty familiar with Volvo stuff, and had noticed on the road that these were pretty bright, even if I wasn't directly behind them. In taking the light apart (curiosity can be dangerous (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) ), I found that the wide viewing angle is due to a couple of clear plastic diffusers.  Next step was removing a couple of ribs/mountings from the bottom of the light.  I used a rotary tool (dremel?), then sanded it smooth. |
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| anderssj |
Jan 14 2013, 08:45 PM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,780 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Oh, I just remembered . . . I'm also thinking of tying in a brake-light flasher relay to increase the attention getting factor. Maybe something like this one:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/ca...obe-module/195/ Any experience with these? |
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anderssj How to: Center high-mounted stop light Jan 14 2013, 07:36 PM
anderssj Here's another look at the mounting flange fro... Jan 14 2013, 08:01 PM a914622 That is to funny!! The exact same light w... Jan 14 2013, 08:15 PM
scotty b
That is to funny!! The exact same light ... Jan 14 2013, 08:28 PM Dave_Darling
That's great until you want to remove the top... Jan 14 2013, 09:12 PM scotty b
That's great until you want to remove the to... Jan 15 2013, 08:27 AM anderssj I cleaned the wiring up and put it in heat-shrink ... Jan 14 2013, 08:23 PM anderssj Here's a picture of how it looks with the brak... Jan 14 2013, 08:36 PM Kirmizi :thumbsup:
Nice modification and write up. Jan 14 2013, 08:51 PM anderssj
I'd be more tempted to put that lights in the... Jan 14 2013, 08:53 PM a914622 Ya i was thinking about that, but im not really a ... Jan 14 2013, 11:48 PM Cairo94507 Hey I am having Scott add one of those clear high-... Jan 15 2013, 08:33 AM JmuRiz Crap, I should have sent my brake-light to him to ... Jan 15 2013, 09:15 AM scotty b
Crap, I should have sent my brake-light to him to... Jan 15 2013, 09:24 AM JmuRiz
Crap, I should have sent my brake-light to him t... Jan 15 2013, 09:57 AM AZ914 Good Job! Jan 15 2013, 09:47 AM montoya 73 2.0 Looks great! Sorry to hi-jack but;
I installe... Jan 15 2013, 01:41 PM bandjoey I drive 60 mile per day and its saved my bacon sev... Jan 15 2013, 01:48 PM mrbubblehead
I drive 60 mile per day and its saved my bacon se... Jan 15 2013, 02:35 PM scotty b
I drive 60 mile per day and its saved my bacon se... Jan 15 2013, 08:05 PM Scarlet75
I drive 60 mile per day and its saved my bacon se... Jan 16 2013, 05:19 AM bandjoey Autozone. 6 months now daily driver in all weather... Jan 15 2013, 07:49 PM a914622
Autozone. 6 months now daily driver in all weathe... Jan 15 2013, 11:37 PM jcb29 Nice job Bill. Did you drill the trim and run the ... Jan 16 2013, 05:14 AM |
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