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Scott@Bjorn3D · 03-04-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by axis

It can be offensive if it reflects the red off the higher spoiler.

I have the blade spoiler and have never seen it reflecting even at night.

Fish-man · 03-04-2013, 06:44 AM

My hotwheels car has only the one on the spoiler. There is a blockoff panel where the window one was

Smart Line · 03-04-2013, 06:45 AM

just say ...
you unplug the one in the window, a person rear-ends you then gets a good layer and you lose....it could happen.not that i like it but it would open the door for a negligence suit.

just my 2 cents...........

Sir Nuke · 03-04-2013, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JDH

I have owned my 2013 Black 2LT with the RS package for about 2 months now. My Camaro has the Decklid Blade Spoiler (Dealer-Installed). Just noticed there is a "third" brake light in the Decklid Blade Spoiler and a "third" brake light in the back window. Should I disable one of them?

That is becasue you had a spoiler made and designed for a VERT installed on your ride......and the answer to you 2nd question is NO.....it would make your car more visible, which is a GOOD thing.

Rod Knock · 03-04-2013, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Smart Line

just say ...
you unplug the one in the window, a person rear-ends you then gets a good layer and you lose....it could happen.not that i like it but it would open the door for a negligence suit.

just my 2 cents...........

Really????? seems a little far fetched to me.....

dkp2LT · 03-04-2013, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Smart Line

just say ...
you unplug the one in the window, a person rear-ends you then gets a good layer and you lose....it could happen.not that i like it but it would open the door for a negligence suit.

just my 2 cents...........

So anyone w/ two working brake lights out of three would still lose in court if they were rear-ended? Don't think so...

BTW - to the OP - personally I would leave them all working unless you could somehow remove the window light & make it look like it was never there.

SimpleGreen · 03-04-2013, 10:09 AM

Goodness this must be lawyers Camaro web site. Un plug the one in the back window. You will still have three brake lights just like factory. If someone is going to rear end you, I promise that fourth (actually sixth) brake light wasnt going to stop them.

dkp2LT · 03-04-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by upflying

The correct, legal and technical term for the third brake light is CHMSL.

My friends & I used to just call it the cyclops light...

v6sonoma · 03-04-2013, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish-man

My hotwheels car has only the one on the spoiler. There is a blockoff panel where the window one was

Interesting...

Obzen · 03-05-2013, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Smart Line

just say ...
you unplug the one in the window, a person rear-ends you then gets a good layer and you lose....it could happen.not that i like it but it would open the door for a negligence suit.

just my 2 cents...........

It's a redundant brake light that's half obscured by the dovetail spoiler. If some jackass can't see the 5, yes with the "3rd" light we have 5 brake lights, then the sixth one he disconnected wouldn't have helped matters.

Muscle SS · 03-06-2013, 09:31 AM

I know a lot of Maximas tend to have this situation, and I think it looks stupid as all hell.

biggerisbetter · 03-06-2013, 09:38 AM

i would leave it

el ess A · 03-06-2013, 10:03 AM

If it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it. If I'm in my truck and I pull up behind you, I could see all of your brake lights. If I was in a Smart Car, I might not.

If it's not doing something hideous, I'd simply leave it be. Hopefully it will annoy the piss out of whoever is being a dikhole too busy texting to otherwise notice and PERHAPS save your car from another idiot to distracted to drive properly.

Angrybird 12 · 03-06-2013, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

That is becasue you had a spoiler made and designed for a VERT installed on your ride......and the answer to you 2nd question is NO.....it would make your car more visible, which is a GOOD thing.

The factory vert spoiler has no light in it. The third brake light is mounted the panel between the top and trunk lid. The GM dealer installed dovetail spoiler does and I think this is what the OP has.
If the dealer or someone else installed the spoiler they just tied the light in the spoiler into the existing wiring for the factory light. No harm no foul. Usually any factory installed spoiler with a light in it is the only third brake light the car will have. The one in the back window is deleted at the factory.

03-04-2013, 10:09 AM	#21
SimpleGreen Drives: 2015 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southeast Louisiana Posts: 2,112	Goodness this must be lawyers Camaro web site. Un plug the one in the back window. You will still have three brake lights just like factory. If someone is going to rear end you, I promise that fourth (actually sixth) brake light wasnt going to stop them. __________________ 2015 Camaro 2SS/RS SIM 2016 Jeep Wrangler 2DR Willys Wheeler 1993 C1500 Single Cab Stepside 5.3L LS Swap

03-06-2013, 09:31 AM	#25
Muscle SS All blackkk Drives: 2010 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 871	I know a lot of Maximas tend to have this situation, and I think it looks stupid as all hell. __________________ Drivin it like I stole it.

03-06-2013, 09:38 AM	#26
biggerisbetter lll Drives: 2010 camaro ss L99 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: new orleans Posts: 1,176	i would leave it __________________ PERFORMANCE DYNATECH LT 1 7/8 HEADERS, CATLESS MID PIPES, CORSA CATBACK, CAI. COLD AIR INTAKE w/ SCOOP, 1LE 3:91 GEARS, LETHAL RACING PROWLER CAM, LETHAL RACING DYNO TUNE, ENERGY CRADDLE BUSHING INSERTS, PADDLE SHIFTER RELOCATE KIT, 449RWHP/438TQ APPEARANCE COPO HOOD, ZL1 SPOILER, SLP BLACKOUT PANEL, PLASTI DIP WHEELS, HERITAGE GRILL, RETRO SS EMBLEMS, WEATHER TECH FLOOR MATS, ORANGE STITCHING

03-06-2013, 10:03 AM	#27
el ess A Older Than Dirt Drives: 2010 & 2013 Camaros Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 4,686	If it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it. If I'm in my truck and I pull up behind you, I could see all of your brake lights. If I was in a Smart Car, I might not. If it's not doing something hideous, I'd simply leave it be. Hopefully it will annoy the piss out of whoever is being a dikhole too busy texting to otherwise notice and PERHAPS save your car from another idiot to distracted to drive properly. __________________ 2010 2SS TE, 1 of 822/2013 Camaro ZL1 vert, 1 of 54

03-04-2013, 06:44 AM	#16
Fish-man Drives: too many to say! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: S.E. Michigan Posts: 1,016	My hotwheels car has only the one on the spoiler. There is a blockoff panel where the window one was

03-04-2013, 06:45 AM	#17
Smart Line Drives: 2011 Blue1SSRS 623RWHP, 02 vette Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 1,308	just say ... you unplug the one in the window, a person rear-ends you then gets a good layer and you lose....it could happen.not that i like it but it would open the door for a negligence suit. just my 2 cents...........