LED third brake light in a Classic

[p m]

Has anyone heard of any options?

I am tired of seeing that shapeless blob on the upper tailgate, and replacing the bulbs after so many slams.

 

[hks3sgte]

How difficult is it to score an early lid without the third brake?

 

[p m]

I can simply take it off, but I'd rather have it - and roughly where it is. I may buy some red LED square panel and double-side-tape it to the glass.

 

[xalty]

How difficult is it to score an early lid without the third brake?

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[Blueboy]

Has anyone heard of any options?

I am tired of seeing that shapeless blob on the upper tailgate, and replacing the bulbs after so many slams.

Ah. There is the key - you need to reduce the opening and closing of the upper tailgate.

 

[luckyjoe]

Maybe an LED strip along the top edge of the glass (have to re-route the wiring)?

 

[luckyjoe]

Like this link

 

[p m]

I did something similar on my D1 (a-la-Cadillac, two vertical LED strips near the edges of rear glass), but it looked a bit cheesy.
Pulled the housing yesterday, it is too beat up for long-term use.
The 6" red LED big rig marker lights may be just right, though. I'll take a look today.

 

[p m]

ok, that'll do for a while.

 

[Blueboy]

ok, that'll do for a while.

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Did you install LEDs?

 

[p m]

Yeah.
I went through a few options; there are 2"x6.5" oval big rig LED lights, but they would be way too bright for a third brake light. Imagine staring at it at your eye level 10 feet away.
So I bought a set of red LED strips, cut them, mounted on a piece of plastic which in its turn is double-side-taped to the window.
If I don't like it, I'll redo it. One option is to mount pieces of LED strip right on the red lens of the factory light, but it will rattle itself loose.