Some light removal and 3rd break light?
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bulbs should just pull out of the 3rd brake light
3rd brake light bulbs can be tough. Easiest way is to take the entire housing off and gently poke them out from the back side with a small screwdriver. Word of warning, the bases on your new LED bulbs might be too wide and cause a short in the housing. I bought some LED bulbs for mine and they were just about 1mm thicker on the bases than standard bulbs but that was enough to cause a short and start blowing 20a fuses in the box until I replaced them with standard bulbs. Those bulbs also permanently widened the sockets so they didn't grip the standard bulbs very tightly anymore. I later went to a full aftermarket LED housing because my lens cracked and is no longer produced. Center dome light just pops out, if it's stuck in there real well you can kind of shimmy it down on one side with a screwdriver until it pops loose. Map lights on the side have little loops that hook into the fixture, put a little pressure on the metal pieces that grip the bulb and it should slide out no problem.
EDIT: Re-read that and I'm not sure if you were asking about the dome light cover or the bulb itself. The cover has a small indention on the long sides that you can stick a small flat head screwdriver into and gently push in towards the bulb, that will release pressure on the little plastic clips and let it slide down out of the housing.
EDIT: Re-read that and I'm not sure if you were asking about the dome light cover or the bulb itself. The cover has a small indention on the long sides that you can stick a small flat head screwdriver into and gently push in towards the bulb, that will release pressure on the little plastic clips and let it slide down out of the housing.
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someotherguy
Truly Awesome
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Ballin on a budget
Personally I would recommend the full led 3rd brake light, way better than leds in the stock housing
You're lucky the fuse blew.
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Richard
Yikes! First thought that popped into my head when it happened wasn't "Wow, I'm lucky" but I'm starting to rethink that. Also I agree with the recommendation for the full LED housing, looks awesome.
New LED 3rd brake light does come with a seal, however I had to silicone around mine to stop a water leak. In my case that was probably caused by my SiriusXM antenna being routed out of that hole to the roof. Here's the one I used, I bought Anzo to match the rest of my exterior lighting.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ann-531065
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ann-531065
