Parking lamps are on also.

could a guy feed the wiring into the interior bolster and down the firewall? the po already has the wiring coming into the cabin (his dumb light's gone). it looks like i could hide everything completely this way.

looks great!

I agree that this is the best looking high mounted 3rd brake like application I have seen on a 914. The problem is that now this part that is no longer in production is $160

David

I agree that this is the best looking high mounted 3rd brake like application I have seen on a 914. The problem is that now this part that is no longer in production is $160

David
This is the same lamp used in the Ford Taurus wing, just turned over. The Taurus part at the time I did the mod, was more then the GT. ( price set by demand)

I sure you can find a used 2002 Taurus lamp, wing or even a the whole deck lid for less.

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That's where I located mine

Thanks for the heads up. I just bought one off EBAY for $50

David

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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More, and it’s very bright.

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Very neat installation, well done.

I have a spare crossbar trim piece and plan to do pretty much the same thing with a wide LED strip. My only fear is cutting the opening - not sure of the best method to accomplish the task.

I don't think my hands are steady enough to try it with a Dremel tool

Should I make a fixture to hold the trim piece and use a router with a small diameter bit? ...

... or make a fixture and attempt to run it through a vertical mill?

Are used a router bit, in a drill press. It’s an old craftsman so I adjusted the belt to a slower speed and used a piece of wood for a fence clamped to the table on one side. Tried two word guides to slide the piece in but binding became a concern.

I used my first attempt, only because of how much time it took to slowly remove material. I adjusted the depth with each pass. Did about a third at a time, easier to work with that way .

That sounds like a good method. Thanks