3rd Brake light with pulse strobe, My $5 buck 3rd brake light with $5 strobe Options

[dangrouche]

How many of you are paranoid of being rear ended? I certainly am. Here's my installation of a 24-LED brake light that I installed with a few bits from my workbench. I got this 24-LED from a Bang Good.com. That website gives free shipping. The current model is on sale for $5.19 and that model is SKU010514. I bought the 24-LED version, which they no longer stock and it cost me $4.55. Its $7.49 at AMAZON. NO RELAY OR OTHER ELECTRICAL PARTS NEEDED. I know I have seen these in the FLAPS for at least double or triple that. Anyway, as long as you can wait a couple of weeks, you can either buy it there or go to the FLAPS. I finished the install last night. This morning when I went to open the rear trunk, I see that I should installed the light closer to the rear window. Almost tore the thing off! Pic one shows the wrong way to do it. Pic two shows the wiring from the left rear tail light housing. I put on brass spades (get from FLAPS) that sisters the existing connections and no OEM wiring was cut or spliced to do this install. Pic three shows routing for two leads into the engine compartment into the engine compartment. Pic four shows how I drilled the plastic with a 1/8" bit and threaded the wiring. I also used speed clips (from car speaker install kits) and you see the galvanized metal in the pic. I stuck a patch of velcro as a vibration pad. Pic five shows the velcro in place. I also added a flat washer and a lock washer when I screwed it into place. Pic six shows the completed installation. I also covered the entire wiring in small plastic tubing and zip tied everything in place, leaving a large loop of wire so the engine lid can be opened. I considered installing this under the targa bar, but routing the wire would have been too much work and I did not want to use the double sided foam tape that came with the light. This install can quickly undone with a pair of dykes in a few minutes.

[Cairo94507]

That is what Scotty is going to do to incorporate a 3rd brake light into my car. I want it to be about 12 inches long and I would prefer the lens to be clear so it kind of disappears into the trim unless it you step on the brake pedal. Definitely has to be LED.

[Nürburg Nomad]

That is what Scotty is going to do to incorporate a 3rd brake light into my car. I want it to be about 12 inches long and I would prefer the lens to be clear so it kind of disappears into the trim unless it you step on the brake pedal. Definitely has to be LED.

Then you'll want a 5th Gen Camaro 3rd brake light like I have done. This is the 2010-2013 model for the coupe (not convertible) and is a clear lens, which is the widest OEM produced 3rd brake light you can section into our trim with a clear lens that I'm aware of. After that the slight curvature of the roll bar trim would prevent any wider LED assembly.

Best part is the LED array is so shallow you shouldn't need to hack into the structure of the roll bar itself, assuming you carefully modify the plastic housing on the back you should just need zip a section of the lip off and the wiring can be run underneath the trim.

I ordered 2 from a salvage yard in Cleveland a few years back that had lots of 5th Gen Camaro's and they FedEx'd them to me for about $25 a piece. I tried a few local GM dealerships but they insisted it was only sold with a huge wiring harness leading up to it and the cost was very high; as it's not a part that should ever require replacement given it's location in the back window.