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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[mgp4591]

I saw a great solution for a 3rd brake light at RRC. Ernie had a unit from an 80s or 90s Chevy Suburban or Blazer- they bolt on to the upper tailgate with 2 bolts and come off just about that easy. The 2 wires tie into the brake light lead and a ground while the existing 2 bolt fit through the grill in the engine cover and bolt back up. Easy! Simple! And looks pretty damn good... I know, I know, THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS!!! I ain't got any but go to your local boneyard. They've got at least 10 of em there and they're cheap. Hell, buy 2 and give one to a friend as a late Christmas present! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

[Tom_T]

I saw a great solution for a 3rd brake light at RRC. Ernie had a unit from an 80s or 90s Chevy Suburban or Blazer- they bolt on to the upper tailgate with 2 bolts and come off just about that easy. The 2 wires tie into the brake light lead and a ground while the existing 2 bolt fit through the grill in the engine cover and bolt back up. Easy! Simple! And looks pretty damn good... I know, I know, THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS!!! I ain't got any but go to your local boneyard. They've got at least 10 of em there and they're cheap. Hell, buy 2 and give one to a friend as a late Christmas present! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

Really! .... REALLY!! .... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

So you think bolting some truck lights on your engine grill is a better & cleaner looking solution - than just adhering one of these minimal height flat-n-wide LED units to the top of the 914 rear window just under the roll bar!!??

To each his own I guess.... heck why not just drill the rear trunk lid & bolt them on there L & R side!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Geesh ... try to help some members out, & the peanut gallery comes out of the underbrush with the hillybilly solutions! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

And I say that out of due respect, being a WVa Hillbilly & Indian myself! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[mgp4591]

I saw a great solution for a 3rd brake light at RRC. Ernie had a unit from an 80s or 90s Chevy Suburban or Blazer- they bolt on to the upper tailgate with 2 bolts and come off just about that easy. The 2 wires tie into the brake light lead and a ground while the existing 2 bolt fit through the grill in the engine cover and bolt back up. Easy! Simple! And looks pretty damn good... I know, I know, THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS!!! I ain't got any but go to your local boneyard. They've got at least 10 of em there and they're cheap. Hell, buy 2 and give one to a friend as a late Christmas present! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

Really! .... REALLY!! .... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

So you think bolting some truck lights on your engine grill is a better & cleaner looking solution - than just adhering one of these minimal height flat-n-wide LED units to the top of the 914 rear window just under the roll bar!!??

To each his own I guess.... heck why not just drill the rear trunk lid & bolt them on there L & R side!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Geesh ... try to help some members out, & the peanut gallery comes out of the underbrush with the hillybilly solutions! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

And I say that out of due respect, being a WVa Hillbilly & Indian myself! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I didn't realize you were pushing your solution as THE ONLY solution- I thought is was a suggestion. And a good clean suggestion it is! I've seen a few nice clean 3rd light installs on this site- yours isn't the first. Nor is the one I saw the worst (or best) I've seen, it was merely another idea that I'd seen. It really doesn't look THAT hillbilly- looks alot like factory solutions in the 90s. Come to think of it, some of those looked pretty backwoods too! Does the light reflect off the inner sail panels and rear deck? If it does, it's a distraction you don't want no matter how clean it looks... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) You haven't been sippin out of the Kanawha just down from the steel plant around Smithers have you?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

[Tom_T]

I saw a great solution for a 3rd brake light at RRC. Ernie had a unit from an 80s or 90s Chevy Suburban or Blazer- they bolt on to the upper tailgate with 2 bolts and come off just about that easy. The 2 wires tie into the brake light lead and a ground while the existing 2 bolt fit through the grill in the engine cover and bolt back up. Easy! Simple! And looks pretty damn good... I know, I know, THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS!!! I ain't got any but go to your local boneyard. They've got at least 10 of em there and they're cheap. Hell, buy 2 and give one to a friend as a late Christmas present! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

Really! .... REALLY!! .... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

So you think bolting some truck lights on your engine grill is a better & cleaner looking solution - than just adhering one of these minimal height flat-n-wide LED units to the top of the 914 rear window just under the roll bar!!??

To each his own I guess.... heck why not just drill the rear trunk lid & bolt them on there L & R side!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Geesh ... try to help some members out, & the peanut gallery comes out of the underbrush with the hillybilly solutions! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

And I say that out of due respect, being a WVa Hillbilly & Indian myself! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I didn't realize you were pushing your solution as THE ONLY solution- I thought is was a suggestion. And a good clean suggestion it is! I've seen a few nice clean 3rd light installs on this site- yours isn't the first. Nor is the one I saw the worst (or best) I've seen, it was merely another idea that I'd seen. It really doesn't look THAT hillbilly- looks alot like factory solutions in the 90s. Come to think of it, some of those looked pretty backwoods too! Does the light reflect off the inner sail panels and rear deck? If it does, it's a distraction you don't want no matter how clean it looks... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) You haven't been sippin out of the Kanawha just down from the steel plant around Smithers have you?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

No, my wife's dad was from down there in Summersville & thereabouts, whereas my Mom's side was from Paw Paw & Berkely Springs over in the eastern panhandle area, then some relocated to Pittsburgh we I was born - still in the Alleghenies! Her Dad was an IE for J&L Steel there!
So we drank the water there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Not pushing it as the only solution at all - but you & the other posters initially were commenting without even knowing what the unit was nor that it attached to the glass.

And - sorry - but no, I don't think bolting stuff onto your 914 is a good idea! Even those dang unneeded rear trunk luggage racks & rear spoilers are rust-baits! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)