Or-Fab 3rd breaklight kit

RioJK

RioJK

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I am purchasing the tire carrier with rotopax and not sure if I should also get the 3rd breaklight kit.... Plan to run 35s. I live in CA where I assume 3rd breaklight is not an option. Thanks for the help.


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If you have the extra money, do it. I took a stock tire carrier, a hack saw and a couple of U bolts and made one. It works, but looks ghetto on closer inspection.

Sincerely,
Kevin

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Sure, it's illegal to drive without the third break light. I've never heard of anyone actually getting a ticket for it. I haven't had a third brake light for over 6 months now.

If you did get a ticket, it would just be a fix-it ticket anyway.
 
suicideking said:
Sure, it's illegal to drive without the third break light. I've never heard of anyone actually getting a ticket for it. I haven't had a third brake light for over 6 months now.

If you did get a ticket, it would just be a fix-it ticket anyway.
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It's not illegal it's just frowned upon. Like masterbating on an airplane.
 
The education on this site is truly amazing! Thanks for the responses.... I think.


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in PA i have been without a 3rd brake light for almost a year now. i have a 3rd brake light lug nut kit that im going to jerry rig for when inspection time comes. otherwise for daily driving i have been fine
 
cozdude said:
in PA i have been without a 3rd brake light for almost a year now. i have a 3rd brake light lug nut kit that im going to jerry rig for when inspection time comes. otherwise for daily driving i have been fine
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You have inspections in PA? How often do you have to get it done?

No inspections in CA.
 
suicideking said:
Oh, ok. We have smog (emissions) checks every few years, but they don't check anything else.
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thats nice you dont have the rest of the crap i have. i couldnt get my vehicle inspection done once because i had a small chip in the windshield. they said it was in my line of site. the chip was there for 6+ years and was down int he bottom left right above where the inspection stickers go lol
 
cozdude said:
thats nice you dont have the rest of the crap i have. i couldnt get my vehicle inspection done once because i had a small chip in the windshield. they said it was in my line of site. the chip was there for 6+ years and was down int he bottom left right above where the inspection stickers go lol
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Yeah, sounds like typical DMV crap! :doh:

Always a nightmare dealing with them. When I got my Jeep, they screwed up my license plate with someone else. I got a red light camera ticket -- Some guy driving a Ford Focus and they had our plates mixed up in the system. It was a pain in the ass to clear up. Police were cool about it. I talked to a cop on the phone -- 'yeah, that white Focus doesn't look like a Black Jeep at all...'
 
I'm not trying to be the "one-up" guy, but do a search for Hawaii Recon Inspection. You talk about a nut roll. Just a couple of examples, I had to scrape off my WAYALIFE sticker because it was about 1mm down into the windshield and I had to put a giant amber sticker reflector under the fender because the dude couldn't read "DOT" on the light I had mounted. And that is the inspection I have to do BEFORE the safety inspection. You ready for this? Technically, when I buy different tires, I'll have to do it again if I go from 315/70-17 to 35/12.5-17, even though they are essentially the same size.

Sincerely,
Kevin

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I run the oro kit or whatever it is, and have been very happy but its also my license plate light. I can say if the lady in from of me the other day who had no working tail lights, but a dim 3rd brake light.....yeah her car would have been totaled if I didn't notice the light she did have.
 
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