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Brake Light On Top Of The Windscreen On R32 Skyline

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Ive owned 4 r32 skylines and on one of them there was a square brake light on the top of the windscreen. I think it is better since its an extra light that only comes on when you are braking because if you got your lights on, only the 4 round lights light up both when you are braking and when you are not braking, so people who are not focusing on the road will be able to tell that you are braking cause of the extra light that lights up, because i had alot of close calls with people behind me nearly rear ending me. Is it an oem part? i cant find any anywhere. If anyone can point me in the right direction that'll be swell :worship:

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It could be that the R32 with that third brake light was Australian delivered. Does that sound right? The ADM ones had some changes that the JDM ones didn't.

My wife had a Corona as her first car that had two additional brake lights in the top of the back window. They were just generic universal ones from Repco.

Hope that helps.

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Oh, then I must be way off with the ADM thing.

maybe the GTR's need them because there is no light on the gtr spoiler but the gtst spoiler has a light

Mine is a Hella I think. Or maybe Narva.

I think they get installed as part of compliance.

have u got any pics?

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Jordy32 Experienced

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My GTS-T has a narva/hella item which I'm assuming was also installed during compliance, it's got the GTR spoiler (no lights)

I'm pretty sure it's an ADR/compliance law rather than a factory option / nissan part

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Alrighty, i checked ebay and there are 2 'hella matrix' lights

this one: http://tinyurl.com/pkhy42c and this one: http://tinyurl.com/paeqexo

Im thinking the 1st one. Also what brand are these and are they guaranteed to sit in nicely on a r32 gtst? If anyone knows any more better looking ones then let me know please

thanks :happy:

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niZmO_Man Grand Master

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My one was removed during tinting, and fell off when I stuck it back on (didn't use fresh tape, silly me). So I shoved it in a corner and now it's stuck there lol.

But yeah, looks like your ones linked but older (non LED I think).

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Brake lights are much brighter than tail lights (something like 21W v 5W), so any competent driver following would be able to tell whether or not you were braking. For people not focusing on the road, it really won't matter how many brake lights you have.

That said, what I did with my 32 (doesn't have that stupid eye-level light) is to clip the tail light wire to the inner 2 tail lights, so now I have 2 tail lights and 4 brake lights (I stole the idea from the 240K setup, having seperate tail / brake lights). Much simpler, just as effective.

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