Has anyone tried removing their rear window brake light before? The one that sits between the two rear speakers.

I have a spoiler with brake lights built in, the 06 OEM spoiler and really want to get rid of the window one.

Getting my back window retinted so it's a perfect time to remove it.

 

i looked into it, and it looks like a lot of work just to remove a lamp. Pretty much most of the rear interior panels and seats need to be removed and im assuming you have a non-brake light rear deck panel as removing your will leave a hole of some sort, if not you'll need to source.

 

is it led or a blub my buddy is trying to see what is wrong with his

 

If yours is black and you want the peice that doesnt have it lets trade cause I need the brake light sicne I have my CF trunk on and eliminated the wing. PM me if interested

 

shouldn't be too hard, when i got my windows tinted the guy didn't have to make a cut out where my third brake light is. you can't even tell that i have a third brake light until i hit the brakes.

 

yeah, you think it'd be ok to just remove the bulbs and tint over it? think the tint is gonna be 18% too, so pretty dark.

 

It's purty easy removing the high mount lamp. You'll have to remove the trunk lining which is held in place by a couple of snaps. Once you've done so, you'll literally see what needs to be push, unhooked, etc to remove the lamp.

 

why is everyone making it sound so difficult?

fold down the rear seats, push forward and up right in the middle of the 3rd brake light. it should lift right up. unhook the harness and off comes the brake light. takes less than 10 seconds.

 

you'll need to replace your rear deck cover. It's a pretty big hole under the light cover. I don't know how difficult it will be to get the new rear deck in. If you do it by the book, you need to remove the rear seats and inner quarter panels.

 

i really don't see how one can tint over it.. Seeing tints are applied on the inside..

 

if the OP is really ****, then yes he will need a new rear deck. however, seeing he's getting 18% tints, it will be hard to see anything inside, especially the hole where the 3rd brake light used to be. and from the inside, the rear seats are too high up for one to simply glance back and see the hole.

i left mine open, but stuffed some gray/black foam padding in to cover it. but you cant see it at all from the outside.

 

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Fold down rear seats, push forward and up on the 3rd brake light housing, disconnect the harness...

 

Agreed if the intent is to disconnect the harness or remove the bulb. If the OP wants the housing gone, there will be a hole in the rear deck cover. if it's not an issue for the OP no issue here either.

 

Well it was the suggestion of the window tint guy to just disconnect the bulbs and that 18% tints would be dark enough the hide the housing from the outside.

the tint, he said, wouldnt be a problem to go in between the housing and the glass.

 

just to make sure the tint goes on with no problem, take out the 3rd brake light. you can always put it back on after the job is done. cuz it's pretty tight in back there already