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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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LED 3rd brake light or stock tinted

well, i was able to get my hands on another Lightning LED 3rd brake light. but now that i have it im not sure if i should install it on my scab or not. i spray tinted the stock one, so its blacked out, but i dont know if i should install the LED brake light or not. what do you guys think. i already did it on my lightning, so it's all good there. i just dont know if i should go through the trouble of installing it on my scab. just looking for opinions to sway me to one side of the fence or the other.

currently looks like this


but could look like the lightning
 
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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If you choose not to swap, I will gladly take it off your hands. (Not trying to sound like an A....)

I think on some trucks it works, others not. Maybe if you painted your window trim, the blacks would match better...
 
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 11:41 PM
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well, i actually did paint the trim. i tinted the lightning 3rd brake light (since my 99 came with the same one that is on my scab) and the one on my scab at the same time. but looking through my pics, that is the only pic i have of the end result. so in all actuality(sp?), both of those pics are of my lightning, lol....did that even make sense, lol.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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i think the stock one "flows" better
 
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ebxgsxr
well, i actually did paint the trim. i tinted the lightning 3rd brake light (since my 99 came with the same one that is on my scab) and the one on my scab at the same time. but looking through my pics, that is the only pic i have of the end result. so in all actuality(sp?), both of those pics are of my lightning, lol....did that even make sense, lol.
Yeah, it does.

And I kind of agree with blackedout. the matching curves of the stock just flow better with the trim.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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I've been searching forever to get an Lightning CHMSL
 
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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Put the OEM lightning LED 3rd brake light...then to top it off get some LED tails and your set...
 
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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I've been searching forever to get an Lightning CHMSL
lol, that's why i jumped on this even though i wasnt sure that i was going to do it. i wanted to have it just in case.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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I loved my Lightning 3rd brake light

 
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