Brittle and Broken High Brake Light
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Brittle and Broken High Brake Light
Well as I have read about other people's high brake light falling apart in their hand, mine has fell apart just sitting there. Yes brittle as heck and now laying in the rear deck. Instead of forking out $140 plus for a used one has anyone ever converted to the kits online? The strips that go in the rear window at the top. It say's they are flexable. Any pros or cons? Connection issues(LED vs standard bulbs). Other than it's not original. Have seen some on ebay for $60-70.
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There's a thread where this is discussed, I think its about 4+ years old. I distinctly remember one member used a Bentley LED 3rd light....amongst the others shown.
Here's one...https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-light-159261/
This is the one I spoke of...https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ome-off-76132/
Here's one...https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-light-159261/
This is the one I spoke of...https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ome-off-76132/
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The light part of the assembly is fine -- It's the housing that hold the light bar to the rear glass ..... that's the problem. And the metal clips?
I have no need to switch to LEDs .. just to switch ---- I have never had to replace any of the bulbs.
I ordered the new frame ...... my problem is the clips. I have already glued them once on this car. Actually, the rear glass has come down in price .... if the silly seal was not so expensive I would just order the glass and be done with it.
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I used this product to glue the metal tabs back onto the glass and hold the light fitting in place. It's very good stuff and the lamp has stayed in place, I've used this in other applications and it's held fast. Make sure you heat the glass up first to provide a good bond, and be sure to get it right first time because I wouldn't like to try and prise it off the glass if it wasn't central or straight.
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A simple red LED strip light would give you more room on the parcel shelf and fairwell to the annoying item Jaguar installed, the main benefit is other people seeing your brake through other cars windows, which isn't always the case with the original. Fear of a rear end accident fueled my install.
My LED cost was £10 from a scapper locally that had a Bentley GT in with front and side impact and was literally hanging from the car, The strips on ebay start at 99c - with a simple 2 wire extension tucked behind the C pillar the job is done.
My LED cost was £10 from a scapper locally that had a Bentley GT in with front and side impact and was literally hanging from the car, The strips on ebay start at 99c - with a simple 2 wire extension tucked behind the C pillar the job is done.
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My current situation lol. Likely go the JB Weld route & I have SDZ seat colorant left, let's see what I can cobble together lol. My mount tabs looked to be intact, so just repair the crack & reattach.
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Seems it happened @ the right time, I just noticed the 2 end bulbs are out. I highly suspect the entire cover will now disintegrate as I replace them lol. Of course the only new pieces are in AGD/Oatmeal so I may be using that SDZ seat colorant on that as well.
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Seems it happened @ the right time, I just noticed the 2 end bulbs are out. I highly suspect the entire cover will now disintegrate as I replace them lol. Of course the only new pieces are in AGD/Oatmeal so I may be using that SDZ seat colorant on that as well.
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Not sure I want to start on it right away though as something like a disassembled brake light laying around would irk me to no end lol. Oh who am I kidding I just returned from the midnight Walmart run for Sylvania 2825 bulbs & of course they only had 4 so I'll be stuck w/ a prone to die old unit still in place.
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Ok, not happy I have to fix that dang middle bulb, I had an issue when I put it in and thought I had it covered....grrrrrr.
But as you can see, the LED's are no brighter than the taillights which are bulbs and they don't look that bright in person. The phone camera pics up the lighting different.
Looking at the 2nd pic you can't see the crack I point out in the lower pic. Being that I didn't want to take the chance of cracking it again, I left it. The reason you see it is because the interior lighting defuses the tint vs Post #13 exterior view.
I took pics with and without the flash so you can see the slight inclusions, only viewable with flash, I didn't quite get sanded out, but no one will see.....well, except for now, the whole forum will point it out...lol.
But as you can see, the LED's are no brighter than the taillights which are bulbs and they don't look that bright in person. The phone camera pics up the lighting different.
Looking at the 2nd pic you can't see the crack I point out in the lower pic. Being that I didn't want to take the chance of cracking it again, I left it. The reason you see it is because the interior lighting defuses the tint vs Post #13 exterior view.
I took pics with and without the flash so you can see the slight inclusions, only viewable with flash, I didn't quite get sanded out, but no one will see.....well, except for now, the whole forum will point it out...lol.
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