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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 08:24 PM
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Any recommendations as to what LED light you guys used to replace the stock 3rd brake light?
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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 09:06 PM
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Another OEM LED one is probably best?
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OEM is an LED already. Just polish it a bit to get it looking right.

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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 09:50 PM
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ebay one for like $40 is what I have and it looks much better with 5-6 led's.
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There are a few on ebay, but performance wise, they are on par with OEM. The only reason to change would be aesthetic. A coupe of styles use the same LEDs as the halo tail lights so if you're shooting to match those, it would be a good reason, but otherwise i would leave it OEM.
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ebay one for like $40 is what I have and it looks much better with 5-6 led's.
I use the top one






This design is much closer to LED Halo tails than stock is.
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I like the stock lens. Looks great when polished and good contrast with a black car
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I like the stock lens. Looks great when polished and good contrast with a black car
How did you go about polishing the lens?
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Originally Posted by MWWarlord
How did you go about polishing the lens?
Any car rubbing compound, I used meguiars on all my red lens.

If you have a DA machine then use that too but hand polish works fine. just do at least 3 passes.
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Thanks, that was very helpful!
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Thanks, that was very helpful!
no. The stock setup looks better than led imho.
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