3rd brake light for a cabriolet
- Victor Ingram
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3rd brake light for a cabriolet
Has anyone installed a 3rd brake light in a cabriolet? 6volt system. Would love to see some pictures
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Re: 3rd brake light for a cabriolet
Behind the grill versions here: http://thirdbrakelight.blogspot.com
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Re: 3rd brake light for a cabriolet
If you have a Lietz luggage rack, you can do what Charlie White did on his 65SC cab and install a 911 rear red fog light as a 3rd brake light (on the left; back-up light on the right): Or you could use 2 of the 911 rear red fog lights (from Pelican Parts, about $50 each) as I did, which I have wired to the right and left brake/signal lights (and flash together with them), giving maximum visibility.Victor Ingram wrote:Has anyone installed a 3rd brake light in a cabriolet? 6volt system. Would love to see some pictures
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Re: 3rd brake light for a cabriolet
The prior owner of my car was a neurosurgeon who was paranoid about a rear end collision. He had this installed and I kept it.
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Re: 3rd brake light for a cabriolet
Just finished mine. Its an old Bosch red fog light I got from the Samba classifieds and put some super bright motorcycle LEDs in. Made a stainless bracket to bolt to the luggage rack. Does not interfere with luggage, but is also not visible when luggage is on rack, which is not too often.
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Re: 3rd brake light for a cabriolet
All great ideas, i will adapt one to them to a 6 volt system, maybe 6 volt led's would work best.