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> 3rd Brake Lamp, my best try..., Now bigger and better! 2019
Garland
post Apr 9 2005, 10:20 PM
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Well can you see it?


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post Jul 23 2019, 05:59 PM
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I’ve been wanting to extend the third brake lamp for more width. So this time I’m using the lamp from a Cadillac tailgate . I had to extensively modify the lens size, by filing and sanding it to fit inside the 914 trim. I wanted to reinforce the rollbar and give a backstop to the lamp, so I utilized some underlying material used for floating floors inside the roll bar. It also took quite a bit of time to shave/mill the hole in the roll bar trim.

Also I used the reflective material to get the best performance from the lamp.

Do to do the additional depth needed for the lenses and the style lamp, I needed a little more height, the trim is mounted ontop of the pinch weld, instead of over it. The center section of the pinch weld I removed when installing the other lamp, so a set screw at each end holds the trim in place.

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Garland   3rd Brake Lamp, my best try...   Apr 9 2005, 10:20 PM
Garland   Ask, and you will see more!   Apr 9 2005, 10:24 PM
scott thacher   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Apr 9 2005, 10:25 PM
Aaron Cox   pretty cool... wheer did you put the wires>?   Apr 9 2005, 10:27 PM
Garland   A little closer look.   Apr 9 2005, 10:38 PM
Garland   Wires are inside the stock roll bar. Then behind t...   Apr 9 2005, 10:40 PM
Garland   Cut the hole in the trim to fit the face of the la...   Apr 9 2005, 10:44 PM
Garland   Light on   Apr 9 2005, 10:46 PM
Garland   DOT approved lamp, brightest light on the car.   Apr 9 2005, 10:48 PM
Garland   Top off.   Apr 9 2005, 10:50 PM
Garland   Again flush, almost with trim. Did not want to hav...   Apr 9 2005, 10:53 PM
Garland   This picture just was cool.   Apr 9 2005, 10:54 PM
SGB   Most certainly a keeper! It is great. Where...   Apr 9 2005, 10:57 PM
Flat VW   Will that illuminate on deceleration as well as wi...   Apr 9 2005, 10:58 PM
Andyrew   Who What When Where How much? Are you reproductin...   Apr 9 2005, 11:04 PM
Garland     Apr 9 2005, 11:10 PM
Andyrew   I dono.. that car looks expensive..... what is i...   Apr 9 2005, 11:14 PM
Garland   You can just see it at the top of the rear glass. ...   Apr 9 2005, 11:14 PM
Garland   Ford GT   Apr 9 2005, 11:16 PM
Andyrew   How the heck did you get that part??? How much?? ...   Apr 9 2005, 11:18 PM
Garland   <...   Apr 9 2005, 11:22 PM
lagunero     Apr 9 2005, 11:23 PM
Aaron Cox   that is AWESOME   Apr 9 2005, 11:24 PM
Garland     Apr 10 2005, 12:38 AM
neo914-6   Demick did similar some time ago for not much less...   Apr 10 2005, 01:10 AM
Garland   Wow I did the same lamp last year. I wanted someth...   Apr 10 2005, 08:11 AM
Elliot Cannon   So I can just walk into any Ford dealer and order ...   Apr 10 2005, 09:03 AM
Garland   ht...   Apr 10 2005, 10:40 AM
Jeroen   wow! excellent job!   Apr 10 2005, 10:45 AM
GeorgeRud   Got the part from my local Ford Dealer today. The...   Aug 19 2005, 02:44 PM
Ferg   wow, that looks great, and I happen to have a spar...   Aug 19 2005, 02:54 PM
redshift   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/e...   Aug 19 2005, 03:02 PM
Garland     Aug 20 2005, 09:10 PM
Garland   Here is the pocket cut out of the roll bar. I used...   Aug 21 2005, 10:37 PM
Garland   This view shows the cut a little closer. (The roll...   Aug 21 2005, 10:38 PM
Garland   Cut to top and bottom edge.   Aug 21 2005, 10:40 PM
Garland   The trim needs to be cut out of the top 2/3 for th...   Aug 21 2005, 10:41 PM
Garland   This shot shows the trim bar upside down. Notice t...   Aug 21 2005, 10:42 PM
Garland   This is from the back side of the trim. The black ...   Aug 21 2005, 10:43 PM
Garland   Another view of the backside.   Aug 21 2005, 10:43 PM
Garland   The wiring comes out the back of the lamp through ...   Aug 21 2005, 10:44 PM
Garland   Down the sail behind the sail trim,   Aug 21 2005, 10:44 PM
Garland   and between the left grill end piece,   Aug 21 2005, 10:45 PM
Garland   into the trunk. Along the left side wiring harness...   Aug 21 2005, 10:46 PM
Garland   I hope that will help anyone doing this 3rd brake ...   Aug 21 2005, 10:47 PM
SpecialK   NICELY DONE!! Looks like it should have b...   Aug 22 2005, 08:33 PM
Garland   A few more shots.   Aug 22 2005, 09:18 PM
Garland   Parking lamps are on also.   Aug 22 2005, 09:22 PM
lotus_65   could a guy feed the wiring into the interior bols...   Aug 28 2005, 09:24 AM
Harpo   I agree that this is the best looking high mounted...   Oct 4 2013, 04:05 PM
StratPlayer   That's where I located mine   Oct 4 2013, 07:09 PM
Harpo   Thanks for the heads up. I just bought one off EB...   Oct 5 2013, 07:14 AM
Garland   I’ve been wanting to extend the third brake lamp...   Jul 23 2019, 05:59 PM
Garland   More, and it’s very bright.   Jul 23 2019, 06:03 PM
Tdskip   Very neat installation, well done.   Jul 23 2019, 08:27 PM
euro911   I have a spare crossbar trim piece and plan to do ...   Jul 23 2019, 08:59 PM
Garland   Are used a router bit, in a drill press. It’s a...   Jul 23 2019, 09:42 PM
euro911   That sounds like a good method. Thanks :thumbsup:   Jul 23 2019, 11:58 PM


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