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Installing extra brake light
It is possible to attach the brake light right onto the rear window, but it is better to attach it to the plastic cover.
- Take out the left taillight (two screws and take it out very carefully).
- Remove the cover on the left D-post: Take out the lamp (tilt it out on the left side with a flat head screw driver)
and unscrew the bolt inside, take off the gas damper (insert a broomstick as a support under the tailgate),
two plastic clips (insert a long screw driver and bend out).
- Release the side cover at the rear (two screws).
- Glue the brake lamp onto the plastic cover at the top, close to the rubber seal.
- Remove the plastic cover (two screws + four plastic clips).
- Drill holes from the inside of the plastic cover and into the feet of the brake lamp and put in screws.
- Cut a notch in the edge of the plastic cover (or drill a hole), put duct tape on the wire and put it through the notch.
- Connect the negative lead to ground (rear wiper).
- Pull the plus wire down to the left taillight: First through the plastic sleeve (use a thin string to pull it with),
then fasten with tape on the D-bar, then through a hole (put a plastic sleeve on the wire here)
and into the room where the taillight is located.
- Extend the plus wire and connect it to the brake light wire in front of the box under the back seat (strip the wire,
twist tightly, solder, and put on plenty of insulation tape). If you are connecting behind the
box you will not get alert for defective brake light bulbs. (The plus wires to the power outlet for the car trailer
must also be connected in front of the box.)
- Mount both plastic covers, side cover and left taillight.
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