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Old 02-09-2013, 05:15 PM   #1
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Default 3rd brake light LED MOD

My 3rd brake light is starting to show its age and is fading to kind of an orangeish color now. I searched for a 3rd brake light LED mod but didn't see anyone who has posted one up. If anyone has one lets hear about it. Is there an option to switch out the bulbs for an LED option and would that be any good? From some of the reading sounds like the LED's may not be as bright or throw out as much light, I've never experimented with LED for replacing the incandescent bulbs for the brake/tail lights??

Looks easy, from this picture the bulbs come out of the top of the red plastic lens and the replacement bulbs would be the no. 194 bulbs (or which ever equivalent fit in those black 1/4 turn caps). Thinking the red bulbs wold rejuvenate the faded red lens a little.



Thinking these may fit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIR-68x-SMD...8266ec&vxp=mtr

or these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-Red-MEGA...8ae32b&vxp=mtr
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I'd like to see the results.
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I've always used http://www.superbrightleds.com/ as reference/starting point. I would have to disagree about the brightness, though. Output will vary by level of intensity the bulb/unit provides. I don't know why you would want something super bright anyways for brake lights.
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Not really looking for super bright, don't want to blind anybody . But, just want something at least as good as incandescent in this case, just don't know what a good equivalent is since I've never messed with the LED replacements at all.
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I did it with a third brake light from an e93. I just cut the front off the e93's light and the back off the ti's. siliconed them together and sprayed it flat black. Even modified the plug to work. Looks oem and is very bright!
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I did it with a third brake light from an e93. I just cut the front off the e93's light and the back off the ti's. siliconed them together and sprayed it flat black. Even modified the plug to work. Looks oem and is very bright!
Got any pics?
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I did this on my Ti, it came out to be more of a pain! You can use T10 Wedge bulb style LED, go to your local vatozone (autozone) and purchase a can of red VHT night shade and hit the plastic with some paint (prep of course) and reinstall it. You should be good to go!.

Here is the paint.
http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/niteshadesred/
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I did this on my Ti, it came out to be more of a pain! You can use T10 Wedge bulb style LED, go to your local vatozone (autozone) and purchase a can of red VHT night shade and hit the plastic with some paint (prep of course) and reinstall it. You should be good to go!.

Here is the paint.
http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/niteshadesred/

Thanks man! This paint looks like just the ticket for my faded lens. I'll give it a shot and maybe put up some pictures when I get around to doing this. I bought 4 of the 6 LED's that I need to change out the bulbs from AutoZone too.
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