Third brake light

[puddle hunter]

I should have shopped around a bit. But we had some nasty weather coming in, and I wanted it ASAP. If this one fails next go 'round, I'll go aftermarket. I gotta say though, installing it was a serious pain in the ass.

 

[FireLT]

I should have shopped around a bit. But we had some nasty weather coming in, and I wanted it ASAP. If this one fails next go 'round, I'll go aftermarket. I gotta say though, installing it was a serious pain in the ass.

Yes, the install.. another reason I want them to do it.. did the oem one you installed have the beefier gasket?

 

[Huck]

I just installed one this week. Ordered from tasca was around 85$. The gasket is beefier but it's the same material once dirt gets involved it will dry rot like the original.

Original lasted 2.5 years, 59k miles and several runs

 

[puddle hunter]

Yea... big spongy gasket. The old one was no thicker than wet suit neoprene.

The install would have been easier if I had a longer flathead screwdriver I could have modified for pushing the clips through, and if I'd known that pushing those clips through was only going to net me about 2 inches of slack.

Ultimately, I opened the rear slider, and slid my hand up into the headliner to hold the plug in place while I swapped harnesses. If I had to do it again, with the custom flathead, I could do it all in probably 5 minutes.

 

[Huck]

Same here, next time I'll keep the harness and just replace the light

 

[JoshLEO137]

Same here, next time I'll keep the harness and just replace the light

I have a replacement coming next week. I see it has a new harness as well. Any reason to not just unplug the light and keep the stock harness so no need to mess with it?

 

[Huck]

I have a replacement coming next week. I see it has a new harness as well. Any reason to not just unplug the light and keep the stock harness so no need to mess with it?

Nope will make the swap much easier

 

[puddle hunter]

I HAD to replace my harness. The stock bulb holders were 4 bump, whereas the new and improved housing is 2 bump. My truck is a 2011, maybe the newer years don't have this problem.

 

[JoshLEO137]

I HAD to replace my harness. The stock bulb holders were 4 bump, whereas the new and improved housing is 2 bump. My truck is a 2011, maybe the newer years don't have this problem.

I will have to look at that on mine, I have a 2011 also. Since I tinted my light I'm just going to leave the cargo lights out so doesn't really matter to me I guess.

 

[smarsha11]

I found out mine is bad as well. Can anyone confirm this is the correct part from Tasca for a 2012?

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