Brake High-mount brake light looks poorly

Andiww · 17th March 2008, 23:04

I wonder if anyone have the same problem. The stop lights on the boot doesn't light up equally. It seems like the middle part lights up stronger than the rest. Looks oddly like it was broken or several leds were burned.

HappyMan · 21st March 2008, 18:14

I agree!

TTDegs · 21st March 2008, 18:17

Happened to follow another Civ yesterday, and t'was as you descibe, so I guess it's normal

whether it's good or not - I don't often get to see mine come on

Andiww · 21st March 2008, 18:31

I just realised there are no leds there just one bulb with kind of wide piece of glass or something. Think I'm gonna get there and see whether I can replace this everything with a 12V red led stripe. I'll post the effects as soon as possible.

ctrdaveg · 21st March 2008, 19:15

I've noticed this too, but when the car in front turns the effect appears to stay the same. Maybe it's designed this way for safety.

JOHNARAKARAS · 17th June 2008, 10:35

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Originally Posted by Andiww

I just realised there are no leds there just one bulb with kind of wide piece of glass or something. Think I'm gonna get there and see whether I can replace this everything with a 12V red led stripe. I'll post the effects as soon as possible.

No, dear Andiww you are wrong. 3 weeks ago, I dismantled mine and I realised that it has 4 (or 5 , I don't remember exactly) LEDs with a plastic wide deflector.

Andiww · 17th June 2008, 12:56

Well I still don't have much time to get there and see how its all fitted. I also had some problems with removing the plastic cover from boot doors. Any idea how to remove it without braking it... ?

allan40alt · 17th June 2008, 13:18

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Originally Posted by Andiww

Well I still don't have much time to get there and see how its all fitted. I also had some problems with removing the plastic cover from boot doors. Any idea how to remove it without braking it... ?

Give it a good tug!

It goes 'crack' and comes away. I removed mine to fix the brake light cover.

Further details can be found here: Cover for brake lights discussion (split)

...and here (see #19): Brake Light Covers for sale by Gers

Kremmen · 18th June 2008, 07:04

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Originally Posted by Andiww

I just realised there are no leds there just one bulb with kind of wide piece of glass or something. Think I'm gonna get there and see whether I can replace this everything with a 12V red led stripe. I'll post the effects as soon as possible.

I was going to say that - it's just a single central bulb. At some angles it does look like you have a LED strip with some not working

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21st March 2008, 18:14	#2 (permalink)
HappyMan Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 16th August 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,948 Thanks: 25 Thanked 71 Times in 65 Posts iTrader: (0)	I agree!

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Happened to follow another Civ yesterday, and t'was as you descibe, so I guess it's normal whether it's good or not - I don't often get to see mine come on

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Andiww Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th March 2008 Location: Poznan, Poland Posts: 109 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I just realised there are no leds there just one bulb with kind of wide piece of glass or something. Think I'm gonna get there and see whether I can replace this everything with a 12V red led stripe. I'll post the effects as soon as possible.

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ctrdaveg Type R-GT, R-11859 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 11th February 2008 Location: Nantwich, Cheshire Posts: 453 Thanks: 15 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts iTrader: (0)	I've noticed this too, but when the car in front turns the effect appears to stay the same. Maybe it's designed this way for safety.

17th June 2008, 12:56	#7 (permalink)
Andiww Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th March 2008 Location: Poznan, Poland Posts: 109 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Well I still don't have much time to get there and see how its all fitted. I also had some problems with removing the plastic cover from boot doors. Any idea how to remove it without braking it... ?