3rd brake light ?

[bauto]

Hi, any tricks to removing the 3rd brake light without breaking it
thanks inadvance

 

[Goose17]

Remove the 2 screws and then wiggle it out. It gets hung up on the spoiler a bit.

 

[Phil04Cobra]

Don't tug on the ends out close to the screw holes , it will break . When you put it back in , don't over tighten the screws and it should be fine . I just changed mine recently . They aren't cheap if you have to buy them new .

 

[Tractionless1]

^^ You mean they aren't inexpensive, cause they certainly are cheaply made.

 

[Phil04Cobra]

^^ You mean they aren't inexpensive, cause they certainly are cheaply made.

That's what I mean . I wasn't referring to quality .

 

[Daywalker]

Mine just went out, are there bulbs or something to replace or am I stuck paying $200 for a new one???

 

[Jefe]

Yep body shop broke mine taking it out. Both ends broke off

 

[usmcsvtwannabe]

Its an led strip, from my understanding you are stuck paying the 200+ for a new piece

 

[Huachipato]

With LED strips in general being so cheap - has anyone tried to fabricate one from scratch?

 

[Daywalker]

Its an led strip, from my understanding you are stuck paying the 200+ for a new piece

DAMNIT! Oh well, thanks...

 

[gamebred26]

put some jb weld behind the tabs...thicken it up and make it stronger...also don't over tighten it...

 

[Daywalker]

Well, my brand new $200 freakin brake light showed up last night in three pieces! I guess that thing really is as fragile as everyone says it is...:mj::cryying:

 

[Zemedici]

Well, my brand new $200 freakin brake light showed up last night in three pieces! I guess that thing really is as fragile as everyone says it is...:mj::cryying:

whaaat....

 

[Daywalker]

whaaat....

Yeop, American Muscle was pretty awesome though actually. I figured they'd tell me to kick rocks, take it up with UPS but they emailed me a return slip immedietely and shipped out a new one as soon as the UPS store scanned the return tag, with free two-day air at that. I'm still kinda shocked, hopefully this one will be in one piece...

 

[Zemedici]

Yeop, American Muscle was pretty awesome though actually. I figured they'd tell me to kick rocks, take it up with UPS but they emailed me a return slip immedietely and shipped out a new one as soon as the UPS store scanned the return tag, with free two-day air at that. I'm still kinda shocked, hopefully this one will be in one piece...

AM's customer service is on par, except for the fact I was looking for parts a month ago, and PMed 2 different vendors on the forum and never got a response :shrug:

+1 on hoping new one is in one piece! fingers crossed for ya

 

[Daywalker]

Well this one showed up in one piece thankfully, wish me luck with the install...

 

[Daywalker]

Ok so, turns out the only reason why the original one was out is because it wasn't plugged in all the way:rollseyes. By time I realized this, I already had it half-way out and had broken the tab off of the right side. I was much more careful installing the new one and it works great. My question is, is the old one worth anything with a broken tab? I mean, it still works, nothing a little crazy glue couldn't fix if someone really needed one and didn't feel like spending $200.....

 

[Midnight_Cobra]

There is a write up floating around in the how-to about epoxying it back together and making it nice.

 

[Daywalker]

There is a right up floating around in the how-to about epoxying it back together and making it nice.

Thanks I'll look for it, hopefully I can fix this one and sell it...