Aurora

Hey Everyone!

Well, it's been a while since I've messed around with a new project for my tC. As some of you may know from the past, I always am trying to find new ideas/modifications that make the tC stand out just a little more from the rest. And with the tC's successor coming out very soon, this is true now more than ever.

SO, I'd like to do this to my tC:


Relocate the Third Brake Light from the garnish area to along the upper part of the rear window. I've thought along the same lines as the Oznium TBL upgrade for the 1st and 2nd Gen xB's...but the tC's window is about 43" wide.

From this, I'm sure some of the creative juices are flowing in all you tC owners, and even other model owners. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

DJ08tC

so you are going to have 4 brake lights or are you going to shave the brake light on the hatch because someone already shaved the TBL and it looked extremely stupid.

Aurora

I'm still kind of playing with the idea. In retrospect of safety, 4 brake lights wouldn't be bad at all, but that might be a little much. I did have the thought of converting the LED's in the TBL to white and have that tied into the reverse lights, that way it's still 3 brake lights but just an extra reverse light (more visible to other drivers). At least you keep the OEM look and don't take away from the tC.

Yanki01

meh, plenty of ghetto trucks in my area having an LED stirp on their tailgate. it will pretty much be the same thing, waste of money even with high quality LEDs IMO.

draxcaliber

okay...lemme ask you something...do those full width LED brake light strips that people put on there pick-up truck tail gates look good?

DJ08tC

i stand corrected the person shaved the whole handle section and left the third brake light. Still dont know about the idea, i dont think it looks good on that bentley

Aurora

If that question is directed to me, then no, they don't. But the Bentley does.

Yanki01

we're driving no Bentley here.

Aurora

True, but the same could be said for the Evo look.

I'm just wondering if the look could be pulled off, and if so, how might one do it.

Iceman04503

iTrader: (1)

^ I agree with you about the evo thing. I'd like to see the 43" third brake light.

Aurora

Thanks. In the very least it's all functional. So, any ideas Iceman?

Joyride

meh. id say dont waste your time n money

kalinakona

Well, I think if you really wanted to get at it you would have to place the strip on the inside of the window because the way the hatch opens it would get in the way. Also, the transition between the top glass and the hatch glass wouldnt look so good because the light would stick up. So I think you could cleanly run the light up through inside the hatch and put it at the top inside. If you wanted you could probably line the whole inside of the hatch.

LuckyPablo7

hmmmmm maybe if done right; it could look good.........interesting

Iceman04503

iTrader: (1)

It would have to be on the inside. Maybe something like this: http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips . Attach it to the top interior piece of the hatch with the led part facing out the windows.

Aurora

Would this be better: http://www.oznium.com/beefy-led-strip. It comes in a black casing so that would help to not light up the trunk but more focus the LED's in the direction you're facing them.

I think along that inner, upper hatch panel piece would work out good.

O5_TRD_tC

not feeling it, not even that Bentley or on any Cadillac.

kalinakona

Yeah, I think that would work a little better. The hardest part would be running the wires.

Aurora

I just realized something for mounting it to the interior of the glass. It most likely won't shine through. There's that black "covering" that is a part of the defog that is built into the window.

kalinakona

Idk, it might shine through. Just put like a little light up to it and see if it works