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 3rd brake light options

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 Posted: Mar 28, 2019 04:09PM
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I wanted something a bit higher (as our cars are so short), so I picked up a strip of red LED lights and an aluminum channel for them to go in, and bent the housing to the curve of the rear windscreen.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/accent-lighting-led-module-strings/

It's narrow, bright and at the top of my rear glass to make it more visible - I've routed the wire to come down from the headliner (as I had the headliner out when I installed it).  Took me some time to find a glue to hold it in place, but finally settled on some strong double sided tape which has done the job for 3 years.

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 Posted: Mar 28, 2019 09:51AM
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Originally Posted by Alex

Fog lamp.

Just get a common or garden fog lamp as fitted from around 1980 onwards and mount it upside down on the rearf parcel shelf.  

Looks factory, works well.

   

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Fog lamp.

Just get a common or garden fog lamp as fitted from around 1980 onwards and mount it upside down on the rearf parcel shelf.  

Looks factory, works well.

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Most excellent! Thanks for the ideas and links fellas. 

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The Hella is a good product, not a Chinese el-cheapo. I think they're made in New Zealand.
I got mine from here>>> //www.danielsternlighting.com/products/products.html
Pretty sure it was the Model 39, that's the least angled one. 

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I got mine from Hunter classic Sports Cars. his web site is down, but he is still in business.

Also, In the past I raided junk yards, 1st gen Ford tempo/Mercury topaz worked well as i recall. The ones from Hunter were cheap and good however.

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Mine would not be of much help to you.  I ordered a compact LED one years ago and thought it was too big.  I made a much smaller sheet metal enclosure for the lamps and installed that at the top of my car's rear screen.  The unit is about 1/2" tall so it does not significantly block rearward vision.

I have seen a number of people suggest using the angled Hella 3rd brake lights.  They have a black plastic housing that has an angled mounting surface covered with double-sided foam mounting tape.  They appear to be available with different angled mounting flanges to accommodate different cars.  For some off-site reading about the Hella lamps, see the link below.

https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/105048-3rd-brake-light-consensus-hella-38/

EDIT:  I forgot to post a picture link to my 3rd brake lamp.  I cannot post a direct link but see the page below and look for the "brakelight02.jpg" file.
https://sites.google.com/site/purlawson/home/pictures

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Thinking its about time to install a high mount/3rd brake light for safety sake. What is everyone using that works well?

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