A third brakelight legally? I want to remove the one on my hatch’s lid… will I get shit for that?
I know other people have done it…just wondering about around here.
Thanks
Mark
if it was OE then yes. it would be illegal to remove it.
peace
As far as I know if you make it so it doesn’t look like one belongs there, then you can.
i.e. brake light in window, you take the whole pod out.
I personally wouldn’t risk it, there’s a reason we have them.
^ +1
It’s illegal, but if you do it right, cops aren’t gonna know it’s missing, so they won’t ticket you.
iirc anything 89 and older do not require a third brake light
wrong, if it came from the factory with a brake light then it is required to be working but if it didn’t then you don’t have to add one
I took it off my hatch and had cops harass me looking for stuff to give me a ticket for the other day, they didn’t catch it. But if there was a way to put one on the window inside the car i would… but then u have to cut the tint to go around and shit. I took off all the side markers too. but i’m pretty sure thats legal.
I would NOT want to get ride of it. It really helps dumb people when you are stopping
well when i had my 240 it kinda fell out because the hatch kinda got bet one night. i drove like that for a while… never got harassed for it.
it is illegal to remove sidemarkers as well
on my first car, the 3rd light, and passenger side brake light didnt work, never got a ticket, at night time both tail lights would light up, but only driver side brake lamp worked, im sure if you do a clean job its not gonna matter, it is a good idea to have one tho,
I don’t know if it’s been piosted before since I doidn’t bother reading any responses.
As a sop told me when I was pulled over for wat I thought was a brake light out (coupe), he told me that legally you need to have 2 WORKING brake lights.
So, you can remove the third light, but better make damn sure that your taillights do not go out.
I don’t think side markers are mandatory. I’ve seen a lot of new cars without them. My front passenger marker is covered by a piece of steel, lol. For brake lights I’d leave 3 in. All new cars have 3. However my '87 AE86 hatch had a 3rd brake light, but the 85 didn’t.
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Read the HTA see what it says about it.
my 87 200sx had a 3rd brake light but when i put on a hatch from an 84 i no longer had one. frankly i want it back. it was in the wing anyway. which i misss
all those people talking about driving without working lights change your fucking bulbs i hate people who don’t fix that shit as soon as they know about it how much is a freakin bulb cheap asses.