So ;  the other night while backing into a spot at our local cruise night, my buddy corvette guys tell me the third brake light on my 88 convertible is out. Not ever being behind my car this was news to me.

______________

good point on doing a thorough check before swapping out bulbs. as you said you never go back and unless someone points it out you may not know so all three bulbs could be out. my 90 has 5 bulbs in it and each bulb is about $8.00. a couple were burnt out so i replaced all of them when i took it apart. was a pain as the bulbs are really small and broke one just putting it in. two bulbs burnt out again and when i repainted the car and had everything apart i bought a strip of led lights and wired them in. shouldnt burnt out now for a long time to come.

______________


















the dynamic duo

c3vr life member #97

I changed to LED bulbs too but then the flasher timing was messed up because the OEM one requires a load to flash properly. Grote makes one that is load independent and solved all the flashing problems. I don't have the number on me but I marked it down if anyone is curious or check their site, and you should find the part number there.

______________

didn't have any problem with mine as i only used it for the third brake light. as mine is above the rear window it's possible it was wired differently.



______________


















the dynamic duo

c3vr life member #97

Hi Caladonia Brian

I THOUGHT about adding a third brake light. It LOOKED simple. Just take off the painted fiberglass trim above the rear window and either replace the whole trim piece with the light or just bore a coupla holes in the old trim piece and add the light.

NOPE! That trim piece is ON there! I don't think dynamite would remove it! In fact I had the car painted before I replaced the back glass. I just planned on trading out the aforementioned trim piece. But I really don't think it can be done without breaking the rear glass.

______________