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  1. Edison517

    Custom 3rd brake light

    The rear glass needs removed for the Model S & Model Y. The Model X needs rear body panel trim removed and lot of other not-fun stuff. But last I checked, this post was in the Model 3 sub-forum, which is the only mod I'm referring to, which again, does NOT require the glass to be removed to get...
  2. Edison517

    Custom 3rd brake light

    What housing seal? The M3 doesn't have any seals that are broken by removing the light assembly. Here are the service manual instructions.
  3. Edison517

    Custom 3rd brake light

    I just looked up the service manual instructions for removing/replacing the rear center high mount stop light in the Model Y; it requires removing the rear glass window 😮 (same as Model S)...so I don't know how many people would be willing to do that just for this mod...so I may not pursue that...
  4. Edison517

    Custom 3rd brake light

    So I say 13v because the light itself says it uses 13.5v @ 4.8W. My 2023 has the 16v battery and it’s been working great for a few months now. My design take up to 20v in and drops it down to 5v for the new circuitry. I designed the new PCB to be a drop in replacement if you want to take your...
  5. Edison517

    Custom 3rd brake light

    Hi everyone, I wanted to share my custom 3rd brake light that I modded. I designed a new pcb with 36 individually addressable RGBW LEDs (I only use red, though), that you can now select different patterns to be shown when the brakes are applied. After 6 seconds, they go solid so they attract...