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Tesla style LED 3rd brake light strip?

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Old 10-10-14, 07:28 PM
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Default Tesla style LED 3rd brake light strip?

Interested in doing something like this to my GS. I want it to look OEM and nice. I also want to convert every light and signal to LEDs. Has this been done?


Old 10-11-14, 06:55 AM
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Don't know about the Tesla brake lights but yes, you can change every light. The headlights will cost you your left arm. There's several threads on the different LEDs you can use.
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That third brake light will be easy to do, just get a long red LED strip and tap it into ur third brake light wires.

But that looks too big for me, never been a fan of a long third brake light.
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Default Tesla Style 3rd Brake light

I will be doing this mod in my 2007 IS250 within the next month. Stay posted and I will upload pictures of my progress and the things I ordered. So far I have everything I need but just have to fly home to start on the project lol.
Old 07-26-15, 04:54 PM
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I was looking to do this with the roof spoiler, then I decided to do an internal one rather than external. I haven't gotten around to it, but I will soon.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Klean
I was looking to do this with the roof spoiler, then I decided to do an internal one rather than external. I haven't gotten around to it, but I will soon.
This is the 3rd light that I bought
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321766789248&globalID=EBAY-US

This is the spoiler I bought for my IS250
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161759111651&globalID=EBAY-US
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Were there any updates or pictures on the final outcome? I'm interested in doing this.
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How about retrofiting the LS460 third brake light into your car?



http://www.flawlessfitment.com/2013/...iler-with.html
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Hmm. That's what I have now but at the bottom. I am looking for something closer to the Tesla style third brake light.
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Not sure how it works in US now, but in Indonesia we can have custom headlamp and tailamp made by this guy.... https://www.facebook.com/yominsugianto80/
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I wanted to do this to a roof wing using an LED strip just like the formual D drift cars.
https://www.driftshop.com/red-fd-led...ght-strip.html
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^ That is interesting!
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Originally Posted by Broncosi
Were there any updates or pictures on the final outcome? I'm interested in doing this.
I received the 3rd brake light and it was way too big for the strip I was going to put on top of the rear window. I've found that the best looking ones are an LED strip but then have a clear plastic/rubber material over the LED strip to make it look like one solid red line when you brake. The hard part is finding an LED strip with the extra material that is low profile enough for whatever wing you end up using. Good luck!
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