Patriot 3rd brake led light on xj?

87manche said:

why not just put an LED strip in the factory housing?

superbrightleds.com should have some PCB stuff in the approximate dimensions. Rock out with a soldering iron.

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87manche said:

there's always the replacement bulbs, but I gather that the OP is looking for that LED strip look where you can see all of the emitters on the new brakelamps.

if that's the look you want, take aprt the factory housing, replace bulb with red LED strip wired to a lamp base. replace red factory plastic with red tinted plexi and voila, an LED third brake light that looks "modern"

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CharlesS said:

The LED strip is a nice idea, but I would stay away from the plexiglas.
Plexiglas is prone to turning foggy, yellowing and cracking when exposed to the constant UV of sunlight.

You might locate a clear factory replacement housing and then install a red LED strip inside the housing.

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DanMan2k06 said:

http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=931033

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winkosmosis said:

Forget that, how about Patriot grill and headlights??

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NCjeepgirl83 said:

Hey all,

I've recently noticed how similar the patriot's 3rd brake light is to the xj's and I'm wondering if I could put one on my xj. I love the led look of the 3rd brake (makes it still retain a factory look) while updating my xj a bit.

Has anyone tried this and if not, what do you think?

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87manche said:

plexiglass is generic. UV resistant polycarbonate to be specific, you can get it at a plastics place. I would think a bit of polycarb would be fine.



very nice.

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