Re: 3rd Brake Light/Led Lights

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

I don't want to turn this into a "me-too" posting, but I do have 
specifics on my 3rd brake light. The cross-over is from a late model 
Trans-Am. The light mounts on the edge of the top louver. It stays 
out of my rear vision, but isn't high enought that it exceedes the 
roof height. It does however require that you drill two holes in the 
louver for bolts to mount. But, the nice part is since it comes from 
an F-body car with a glass hatch, it comes with a gasket on the 
bottom. Looks stock no matter how up close you get.

Wiring is simple. Take the two wires, and run them behind the grill 
that covers the bolts for the torsion bars. Then simply fish the 
wires down the hollow upper support of the quarter panel. The opening 
at the other end will be right above the tail lights. Splice the 
wires in, and you're ready to go.

For the installation, I had the option of installing onto the 2nd 
louver. But in my opinion, it doesn't look as good, and it defeats 
some purpose of having a HIGH mounted stop light. An under louver 
installation is fine, but I can't stand that gap in the center. I 
also don't know how much of a blind spot (in terms of the CHMSL's 
beam area) is created by this location. I've also seen 3rd brake 
lights mounted inside the passenger compartment on the rear glass. 
With the louvers in back, and with the height of the DeLorean, even 
someone standing behind the car cannot see the light. So for trucks, 
it really isn't able to serve it's purpose.

I'll scan a photo tonight to upload so you can see what it looks like.

-Robert
vin 6585



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Kevin Abato" <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone mounted a LED 3rd brake light? Are they any good? Was 
going to
> order one from JC Whitney catalog.
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