Thread: 4th Brake Light (Under Decklid)

super old thread but ive had the same idea lately, i didnt know that others have done it too. my plan was to get 2 12" amber and 1 24" red and maybe even 2 2" white and do a whole spread across the back of my car, red and white in middle and then amber on my tails in the groove

so it would be from (L>R) amber white red white amber

Originally Posted by chamilton89

Hmm, I mean functionality I think it would work fine, but idk how it would look with all those wires ruining inside your trunk as well as the back of your car because of all those different colors. Also, and this is just me, do you want ambers on the back of your car? The only reason i ask is because I don't think your GP has amber rear turn signals, just a brighter red, correct? May look kinda goofy to have a amber thrown in there, maybe something to think about.

im not worried about the wires, im kinda anal about lots of wires everywhere so i would make it as clean as i possibly can and the wiring "invisible" and hidden. and yes i do have amber turn signals. otherwise i wouldnt even bother with them lol. no worries tho i understand exaclty where you are comming from and how 97+ are all just through the brake light instead of a whole seperate turn signal circuit such as on the pregens. i got he turn signal idea after seeing how the under fire(im pretty sure i got he brand name wrong) light bars under the tailgates of trucks started having the turn signals. im not sure if one of those would fit. depending how how everything prices out i may look into the truck lightbar and see if i could modify it to fit or somehting. there will deffinately be a write up when i do it

im about to begin looking into strips.
the bottom of my trunk is 30"

*option a: so im thinking a 24" with a 3" white on each side (24+3+3=30)and then a 12" amber on the taillight. a 20" would be more than adequate as it would wrap around to the side and go to the front of the taillight.

*option b: im also wondering about id i matched up the leds with the taillight and did red at the bottom of my trunk 30" and hten 4" on each taillight above my reverse lights, and then a 16" for the blinkers, going to the front of the taillight.

any input? im thinking the second idea would look better since the groove goes around the sides and to the front of the taillights

Originally Posted by iroc2

im not worried about the wires, im kinda anal about lots of wires everywhere so i would make it as clean as i possibly can and the wiring "invisible" and hidden. and yes i do have amber turn signals. otherwise i wouldnt even bother with them lol. no worries tho i understand exaclty where you are comming from and how 97+ are all just through the brake light instead of a whole seperate turn signal circuit such as on the pregens. i got he turn signal idea after seeing how the under fire(im pretty sure i got he brand name wrong) light bars under the tailgates of trucks started having the turn signals. im not sure if one of those would fit. depending how how everything prices out i may look into the truck lightbar and see if i could modify it to fit or somehting. there will deffinately be a write up when i do it

Yeah great plan. Sorry about the misunderstanding with the amber turn signals, my 02' has me all confused. Well like i said I just bought a plasmaglow Fire and Ice tailgate bars. Heres a picture of what im talking about


It is able to be cut on either side, so I am really hopin it will fit under the decklid. It will give me turn signal, brake, and reverse light functionality.