3rd brakelight

[Daz ds3]

just had the new clear 3rd clear brakelight fitted well chuffed looks very good

[BeefMasta]

Nice! Was it an easy swap?

[Daz ds3]

had it fitted you have to take all the spoiler off aparently

[BeefMasta]

had it fitted you have to take all the spoiler off aparently

Ah ok, how much did it cost? (if you don't mind saying).

[Daz ds3]

the brake light was £77

[MARK.A]

3rd brakelight

had it fitted you have to take all the spoiler off aparently

The bottom section of spoiler prises off with spoiler still in place. And then there are 2 screws holding the brake light in place

[mjogreen]

The bottom section of spoiler prises off with spoiler still in place. And then there are 2 screws holding the brake light in place

So I've taken the bottom section off, there are about 5 screws securing the light in place and then 2 screws holding a bracket in place (presumably what is holding the sport spoiler on)

How the hell do you get a tool in at that angle?! Its too tight. Also, how do you unplug the light??

[MARK.A]

[emoji23]lol yeah it's abit tight getting in there the light plug you squeeze the sides of plug dude and pull

[JEZDS3]

Or like me,leave it well alone!

[mjogreen]

All done... I'll post a photo tomorrow.

The whole spoiler had to come off. No chance we were getting a torx driver in there.

[Funky]

Every credit Mike. I wouldn'tve tackled that myself. Looking forward to the pic tomorrow.

[mjogreen]

Here's the final product. The process involved taking off the cover from underneath the spoiler, just needed prising off. I used one of those make your own lolipop sticks (just thin and plastic) then pulled it. I don't know how to describe it properly, but it's like 5 big clips. Super easy to pull out and push back in, bit tricky to get it back in due to the angle against the window but anyway.

Once that's off, it's unbolt the bracket that secures the spoiler/light unit to the car. (Mine came off by hand, I shit you not). Then there are two bolts either side of the boot lid (by the gas strut) which secure the spoiler to the boot. (if you look on the outside, there are two like triangles on the window, that's the spoiler too)

Once that's off you can take the spoiler off and manoeuvre it about in order to get to the torx screws. There's 6 of them holding the light in place.

Once the light is unscrewed you need to unplug it. On mine it was wrapped in foam and selotape top job. Rip that off, and then squeeze the bit that looks like it needs squeezing and the plug will pop off.

Be careful with the light loom and also be careful with the washer jet (but that should stay on that bracket anyway)

It took 3 Mancunian lads to do this. 2 doing all the work, and 1 (me) just holding everything. Haha!

[WTF]

Looks great!

Thanks for the info I'll copy into a How To thread.
Now here: http://www.ds3club.co.uk/showthread....ler-Brakelight

Dewiper next?

[mjogreen]

Yeah I was contemplating de-wiper... I don't even use it haha

[Shiro]

Does somebody has a part number? :rolleyes: