EBlend
01-31-2004, 02:27 PM
Hello
Well since many people asked about it but i never really had a howto about it, i decided to make it now. I didn't before because it was already done and didn't want to take it out of the car just to take pictures of it and stuff, but since i sold my clear tails and my girlfriend got me some new bermuda black altezzas, i knew something had to be done to that third brake light as it stood out like a sore thumb (or will at least when my new tails get here), so while i was making over my third light i decided to post pictures of it at the same time, so here we go.
1. Take out the 3rd break light assembly, the whole thing.
2. Remove the red lense from the assembly
3. Remove the rubber seal around it, just pull on it
3. Using a dremel or simular, sut off at the bottom the bubbled out part of the red lence from the flat part. Look at pictures:
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009078.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/IM009091.JPG
4. Measure out the inned diameter of the housing and cut out a peice of 1/8 plexi glass (or something close) to the shape of the inner diameters. (don't mind the dirt and the cracked holes and such, just make it a normal size like in picture, thats my old lenz)
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009079.JPG
5. Measure to make sure it fits nicely inside the housing
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009080.JPG
6. Once done glue it around the edges onto the red peice.
7. Here is where u have a choice, u can either cut out the holes for the little tabs on the bottom of the rubber seal or you can cut off the tabs. I before cut the holes but this time I just cut the tabs and glued the rubber gaster around.
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009081.JPG
Well since many people asked about it but i never really had a howto about it, i decided to make it now. I didn't before because it was already done and didn't want to take it out of the car just to take pictures of it and stuff, but since i sold my clear tails and my girlfriend got me some new bermuda black altezzas, i knew something had to be done to that third brake light as it stood out like a sore thumb (or will at least when my new tails get here), so while i was making over my third light i decided to post pictures of it at the same time, so here we go.
1. Take out the 3rd break light assembly, the whole thing.
2. Remove the red lense from the assembly
3. Remove the rubber seal around it, just pull on it
3. Using a dremel or simular, sut off at the bottom the bubbled out part of the red lence from the flat part. Look at pictures:
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009078.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/IM009091.JPG
4. Measure out the inned diameter of the housing and cut out a peice of 1/8 plexi glass (or something close) to the shape of the inner diameters. (don't mind the dirt and the cracked holes and such, just make it a normal size like in picture, thats my old lenz)
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009079.JPG
5. Measure to make sure it fits nicely inside the housing
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009080.JPG
6. Once done glue it around the edges onto the red peice.
7. Here is where u have a choice, u can either cut out the holes for the little tabs on the bottom of the rubber seal or you can cut off the tabs. I before cut the holes but this time I just cut the tabs and glued the rubber gaster around.
http://www3.telus.net/eblend/Car/Third%20Brake%20Light/IM009081.JPG