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Tail light wiring to move 3rd brake light and license plate light

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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 10:08 AM
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Default Tail light wiring to move 3rd brake light and license plate light

looking to install a license plate relocate piece and im looking to see if anyone knows where to find the 3rd brake light, and the licesne plate light wiring to splice into? I figured i could use parking brake wiring for the license plate, but if anyone has a better idea please let me know.
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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 11:33 AM
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The license lights are wired to the same circuit as the marker lights so you can splice into them to move the lights....or you could just rig up some extensions and use the wiring that is already there for the license lights.

The 3rd brake light can tap off the stop lights.

I have wired two superbright red LEDs as a 3rd brake light...and put them behind the eyes of this....

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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 01:48 PM
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The license lights are wired to the same circuit as the marker lights so you can splice into them to move the lights....or you could just rig up some extensions and use the wiring that is already there for the license lights.

The 3rd brake light can tap off the stop lights.

I have wired two superbright red LEDs as a 3rd brake light...and put them behind the eyes of this....


Awesome thanks, i read somewhere not to use the brake lights soi was worried about it..... not anymore
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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by iluvmud
Awesome thanks, i read somewhere not to use the brake lights soi was worried about it..... not anymore

It is a 3rd brake light and gets triggered by the same switch on the pedal. I don't know how wiring the 3rd brake light on its own channel would be beneficial....
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 09:05 PM
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Done, piece of cake!! Thanks for the pointer
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