High level brake light

Stuballsed · Dec 17, 2013

Hi All

Thinking of fitting a single brake light above me fender rear door. Been mighty foggy round here and gets real dark.

Can find what I want by searchin, so any top tips for a light and best way to wire it in?

Cheers

Oldseadog · Dec 17, 2013

Depends on if it is a single 25W bulb or one of those long LED types.

Either way, you should be able to drill a hole through for your cable and attach it to the existing brake light circuit.

Should work OK with a single lamp, although I'm not sure about LED's as some have had problems with them!

Good idea though!

agew · Dec 17, 2013

Stuballsed said:
Hi All

Thinking of fitting a single brake light above me fender rear door. Been mighty foggy round here and gets real dark.

Can find what I want by searchin, so any top tips for a light and best way to wire it in?

Cheers

In addition to the one already fitted at the top of the rear door.......? Or didn't all Defenders have them like wot mine does? Mind you mine is not working - fitting/bulb is fine, must be earth - but watching how you get on as ditching it for something else might make more sense....

Good luck. A

V8-Ninety · Dec 17, 2013

Id imagine just mount it run the positive off of one of the brake lights and run the negative to an earth

SteNova · Dec 17, 2013

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tacr2man · Dec 17, 2013

You need to decide inside rear window top, or above rear door on the outside, there are plenty of LED ones on ebay , and tis just a matter of selecting one suitable and running a wire down to the rear brake light circuit , on the o/s rear of the vehicle , and also a earth , so that its not relying on earthing thru the door latch or hinges. HTSH

agew · Dec 17, 2013

SteNova said:
High level only td5>

Learn something every visit here - ta! A

Stuballsed · Dec 23, 2013

Cheers Gents, Ill give it a go. Was just worried about whether I needed to put a relay of fuse in the circuit to above blowing the rear circuit.

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