3rd Brake Light Solution for 914, .... even if a GoWesty Part Options

[Tom_T]

Let me update this to say:

This is an economical ($25-30 part), easy & fast (1-2 hrs to stick-on & wire into tail brakelights/harness) for a quick 3rd Brake Light addition. This light unit is enclosed with wires & adhesive face to mount it to your rear window - no screws nor clips needed to mount the light & no reflecting glare off the glass.

You'll need to look at your 914 wiring diagram to see where best to wire it, but they can be dropped down behind the rear backpad & into the trunk &/or engine bay to tie into the brake lights & pull off any easy existing screw to body for ground.

This part is probably also available elsewhere - maybe cheaper - & is on sale in Jan 2015 at GoWesty (they put them on sale a couple of times a year as Monthly Specials).

There are also several other more expensive & complicated solutions discussed below & with links by other posters, if this doesn't suit your liking. .....

This should also work well for those who want to add a 3rd brake light to their 914 at reasonable cost, but you may need some extra wire to reach the taillight buckets/harness to tie into.

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php...gory_parent_id=



I put it on our `88 Westy as per their instructions at the GoWesty website after my wife had gotten rear-ended in it a couple of years ago, & it works well & adds visibility to our "brick on wheels"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Happy New Year! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[tomeric914]

Nice Tom!

Here's one of the other 3rd brakelight threads http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...er%27&st=20

Spoke's LED brake light conversion is one of THE BEST upgrades for visibility if you don't want to add a 3rd brake light.

[Tom_T]

Nice Tom!

Here's one of the other 3rd brakelight threads http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...er%27&st=20

Spoke's LED brake light conversion is one of THE BEST upgrades for visibility if you don't want to add a 3rd brake light.

I can certainly see going to LEDs in the 914 F TS & R Tail/Brake/TS/Reverse Lites buckets as a great visibility upgrade. I did our 88 Westy in LEDs all around for that reason.

I also helped a member on here a while back locate that Corvette 3rd brake light at your link for his 72 /4 restomod/6-conversion (IIRC he's up to a Tangerine 3.2L -6 in it now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) ).

This GoWesty stick-on LED is a less expensive & easier to install without any drilling, but the con is that it is taller than the Vette one & blocks more view - unless you were to mount it behind one of the headrests which are blocked anyway (or 2 - 1 behind the L & R headrests). It's easily reversible by peeling off the light & pulling the wiring

The pro to the Vette one IMHO is that it is 1/2 - 1/3 the height of the GoWesty sold one & therefore blocks less in the window view, but the con is that requires drilling mounting & wiring holes into our 914's rust-prone sheet metal.

Having to battle the rust issues on my 73 since literally when I bought it 3 years old in 75, I'm reluctant to think of that as a good solution, & would instead try to do the Vette one as a non-invasive interior mount.

IIRC the Vette one I found for Scarlet914 was about $75-100+ (new/NOS), so for many using 914s as economical DD, this $25-30 GoWesty one is the more economical solution & easier/quicker to install.

If the Suburban LED is the same as the Vette one, then that has the same advantages, but I still wouldn't bolt it to the engine lid grill for the same rust concerns with the rubbing & blocking cooling air flow.

Also - since visibility is the reason to do this, on the engine grill the light will be 12-18" lower than if mounted in the rear window under the rollbar - inside or out - preferably inside without screws thru parts. But the rollbar's rear overhang may also conceal it from higher vehicles following when mounted at the rear window location.

IIRC Scarlet914 mounted his Vette 3rd lite without screws, so you could try PM'ing Andy to ask what he did to mount his, since he's not active much on here anymore & just a littl on 914club.

PS - GoWesty sources these from somehwere else & then marks them up, so you can probably find the same product elsewhere for the same or better price.

The primary reason I posted this here - as a new pos for anew solution, was that GoWesty had the 3rd light on their monthly specials (10%+/- off) which I check when I can, & had meant to put it on here for others in the past, but was just too damn busy on work BS - especially 2013-14. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)