Ultimate 3rd Brake Light mod

Installed
Black roof makes it blend cleaner IMO


Added a silicone bead on top of the foam for double insurance. I have witnessed first hand(not mine) 2 brand new 3rd Gens where the OEM 3rd brake leaked from the factory.


Further back. Nobody would even know its not OEM..until it turns on

 

Think I should yank the red tint and go all smoke?
form vs function

Now onto modding another one

 

light smoke. or match the color of the tails (complete with different shade outline).

 

Word!

 

this is sweet! im pretty sure you have enough following to be worth your while to make a few haha! great job! i agree if the red is as bright as you say it is then smoke would be best. can we see a video of your flashing to solid brake light?

hell id spend the money for sure...

 

I agree, I like the full smoked look or potentially lightly smoked over red to match the tails

 

Ok, what are we talking about here on installation of one of these bad boys? Details please. Not sure I want to fuck with my headliner or not , how bad is it Stew ?

 

you're at it again...prop!

 

Yours is cake. Access cab's are mounted from the outside... no need to drop the headliner. 2 exterior screws and it's out.

And install wasn't that bad..
-You need to remove 6 plastic headliner hooks(2 on the far back, and 2 on each side where the grab handles would have been)
- unclip the left and right interior c pillar plastic covers(where the rear seat belts are going through)
-pull down rear pass/drivers door weather stripping.
After that.. the rear portion of the headliner will drop down. Gaining access to remove 3rd brake

 

Right on man, sounds easy enough, the light came in today, unfortunately I am at work until 7pm..and....if I ask my wife to try to fit it, she would match it up to the headlight instead of the 3rd brake light......blondes, what you gonna do, you know.....all right man, i will be in touch this evening on fitment issues bro, thanks Stew....great light man, just great!

 

WOW!!!
This mod is probably one of the most useful mods if not THE MOST useful one I've ever seen in this forum. I'm also amazed how professionally the job got done. Extremely well done.

Here is a dumb question (I have only 400 miles on my Taco).
How do you turn on the cargo bed light on the Access Cab?

 

You sure you even have one? I don't, hence this mod.

 

@mesojdm what did you use to smoke out the lense?

 

any way to dothis to the 2nd gens?

 

Yes, I am working on a 2nd gen one.(same as 3rd gen access cab)



Here are some updated pictures of my new V2 design. It has a custom made panel to hold the LEDS at critical angles. The cargo lights sit at ~45° for better bed illumination, while the brake lights are at ~60° for more directional light to the driver behind you. This isn't a thrown together light project.. I actually had to put some thought into it

Panel;


Perfect fit;


Here you can see the cargo and brake light angles.




And for those doubting the light output/coverage... here are JUST the cargo lights.
(my trailer is 20' Plus another few to the garage) It's plenty bright with awesome spread.

 

Sub!

 

Just curious but have you left them on for an extended period of time and checked to see how hot they get as opposed to stock?

 

good question! I left the cargo lights on for ~2 hours. The outer lens was warm, but nothing to be concerned about. Obviously more light=more power=more heat VS stock. I would not recommend leaving them on for LONG periods of time. I have actually thought about a temp shut down sensor..maybe for version 3.0



Another one all finished for @bacon_st

CLEAN AND STEALTH;




You can see how the Cargo Light LED's line up perfect with the factory lens diffusers(not an accident



New foam, and seem welded. I want it to look OEM as possible


Can you even tell where it was cut open? It wasn't... this is all factory

 

Nice work! 2nd gens could really use these since we don't have any cargo lights, and no good plug and play options exist.

 

Thank you sir! I'll have a 2nd Gen prototype done today