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Best led third brake light

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Babybluetaco, Oct 6, 2019.

  1. Oct 6, 2019 at 6:24 PM
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    Babybluetaco

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    Looking for a quality led third brake light to match my smoked tails. Purchased one off eBay only to install it and it blow my tail light fuse which in turn kept the truck in park. So looking for a nice quality third brake light. And yes I did the leds in the stock light and didn’t like the looks of it. To me it looked out of date.

    Thanks for any suggestions
     
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  2. Oct 6, 2019 at 7:01 PM
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    3Dog

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    here ya go: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-third-brake-light-info.628084/#post-21491106
     
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  3. Oct 6, 2019 at 7:02 PM
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    Babybluetaco

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  4. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:33 AM
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    Anyone??
     
  5. Oct 7, 2019 at 6:16 AM
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    The LED ones you find everywhere are garbage!

    Replace the lens with LED bulbs and you’re set!

    Have the light smoke with red LED bulbs.

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  6. Oct 7, 2019 at 6:19 AM
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    Blais03

    Blais03 Guess I'll bring a spare wheel bearing...

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    build your own! Heres mine!

     
  7. Oct 7, 2019 at 7:16 AM
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    How much would that cost me
     
  8. Oct 7, 2019 at 7:17 AM
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    Blais03 Guess I'll bring a spare wheel bearing...

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    I built this for like $75 or so. If you like it, I could make another
     
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  9. Oct 7, 2019 at 3:27 PM
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    dirtdigginjoe

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  10. Oct 7, 2019 at 3:39 PM
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    Exactly what I need. Thanks man
     
  11. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:50 PM
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    Wouldn’t matter if you wanted a meso anyway, he hasn’t had second gen stuff for months on end.
     
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  12. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:50 PM
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    Good to know
     
  13. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:53 PM
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    I just polished my third brake light lens and put some good led red bulbs in it
     
  14. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:54 PM
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    Trying to match my smoked led tails
     
  15. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:55 PM
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    Oops missed that part. Damn old eyes
     
  16. Oct 7, 2019 at 5:55 PM
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    As seen here.

    Photo won’t upload
     
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    thinking of doing a similar project. The bitch is finding an aftermarket brake light to chop up, for 3rd gen DCLB. They virtually don’t exist. Anyone have fitment experience with the cheapos? It would just be for the housing really.
     

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