3rd Brake Light Install

foxmustangman · Feb 24, 2008

I figured it out! Since you have to have a 3rd brake light, and I took my luggage rack off and decided not to go with a spoiler, I had to do something.

I WAS NOT going to spend $60 to buy a licence plate frame with a light in it...so I made my own. $6! Hooked the light up and everything yesterday. Works really well.

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Mr. Rustypwnz · Feb 24, 2008

woa, that looks very cheap dude... its unique but I think some will hate..

good job though..

Mustang5L5 · Feb 24, 2008

I'm not really quite sure that would pass inspection. The third brake light is called a Center HIGH MOUNT Stop light, and is supposed to be above the level of the other two outboard brake lights so it can be seen above traffic or if a car is in front of you.

SVT32VDOHC · Feb 24, 2008

I like it. I am gonna have to get creative with mine too. I am using the 01 drivetrain and harness in my 81 notch...which the 81 never had a 3rd light. The 01 3rd light is in the decklid. So I think I am just gonna take a stock 87-93 notch 3rd light and and take the 01 harness, rewire it and hook it up in the stock location.

foxmustangman · Feb 24, 2008

At least you have it easy. There are very few good mounting places on verts w/o a spoiler or something.

SVT32VDOHC · Feb 24, 2008

You're right about that! I wouldn't like the idea of having no 3rd brake light. Most drivers don't pay much attention driving these days with all the text messaging and navigation units in there cars!! The 3rd brake light might get their attention!! It would suck to get rear ended in a fox body...especially a fox body convertible!!!

iwashmycar · Feb 24, 2008

hmm...didnt know you had to have one..but thatll work....as a temporary get through inspection thing i assume

stykthyn · Feb 24, 2008

SVT32VDOHC said:
I like it. I am gonna have to get creative with mine too. I am using the 01 drivetrain and harness in my 81 notch...which the 81 never had a 3rd light. The 01 3rd light is in the decklid. So I think I am just gonna take a stock 87-93 notch 3rd light and and take the 01 harness, rewire it and hook it up in the stock location.

I have always thought that a flushmount brake light like the 01's have would look sick on a fox. especially a vert or coupe.

foxmustangman · Feb 24, 2008

Yeah, I did a chop of that once, but the question is...where do you move to lock to?

LiquidGT · Feb 24, 2008

foxmustangman said:
Yeah, I did a chop of that once, but the question is...where do you move to lock to?

Shave it off!
But I think the Fox trunk is too curved on the top for a 99 brakelight, or unless you mount it upside down. Anyway you look at it, it's gonna involve some custom work.

Heres a thought get a fiberglass lid and graft a brakelight to the rear of it like on the Cutlass conv.
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I'm glad I dont live in an inspection state, but I dont know if its a good thing or bad thing?

foxmustangman · Feb 24, 2008

Yeah, you could shave it off. But I'm not going to rely on some button to open my trunk that could fail at any given time. I'm just not willing to risk that. I like my keys.

stykthyn · Feb 24, 2008

foxmustangman said:
Yeah, I did a chop of that once, but the question is...where do you move to lock to?

I would remove the lock altogether and use the popper in the glove box.

dcurtis · Feb 24, 2008

On my old nova I took a stock 3rd brake light off of a 95 s10 and put some new 3m double sided sticky and put it at the top of my rear window and hid the wires under the headliner, that way the light wasn't visable unless I hit the brake.

SVT32VDOHC · Feb 24, 2008

stykthyn said:
I have always thought that a flushmount brake light like the 01's have would look sick on a fox. especially a vert or coupe.

I agree. I was thinking about mounting the 01 3rd light in my decklid on my 81 project car. I would have if I would have fixed my rusty decklid on the car because I would have had to weld a lot of metal in there anyways.

But that lid was so rotted I bought a new one from 50resto. 145 + 135 shipping!! I have almost 300 in this lid...I am not gonna cut a hole in it now!!

ryan218 · Feb 24, 2008

foxmustangman said:
Yeah, I did a chop of that once, but the question is...where do you move to lock to?

you could shave it off...most verts came with the trunk poper in the glove box area.

foxmustangman · Feb 24, 2008

As stated above:

foxmustangman said:
Yeah, you could shave it off. But I'm not going to rely on some button to open my trunk that could fail at any given time. I'm just not willing to risk that. I like my keys.

Prime Lord · Feb 25, 2008

I shaved mine. I took a close look at the popper before doing it, and figgured out how to open the hatch from the inside if the popper ever broke. It looks f'n sweet on the outside. well worth it.

As far as the 3rd brake light is concerned, why not get a single row LED bar thats all of 4 or 5 inches long and mount it at the top of the glass (in a notch). For a vert, an inset one like the later SN95's would be f'n sweet.

foxmustangman · Feb 25, 2008

Got pics of your car? I'd like to see that.

Prime Lord · Feb 26, 2008

like dis?

what trunk lock?

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