Center or Third Brake Light

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se7en
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Center or Third Brake Light

Postby se7en » Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:11 am

I am not in the mood of opening $100 on the silly looking light.

There are YT videos about gutting these out and placing in LED strips.
I believe the top strip would have to be 10†long and 8†for the bottom one. There are two in case you have not noticed.

It would be nice if someone who knows electricity could post a how to?

Or should I just buy individual LED bulbs and place them in there..?

Anyone has any experience here please?


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Postby Soyagum » Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:16 am

Hello,
What is the year and class ( S, Se, etc) of your Pathfinder?

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Postby se7en » Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:31 pm

its 2009 SE

Now the back glass hatch wont open - the little black handle is loose... tsk tsk

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Re: Center or Third Brake Light

Postby se7en » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:37 pm

Update:

Bought the light for 30 bucks including shipping off of eBay - some Russian guy - mine is version 2.0A and it’s nice and very bright. Fit in with no issues - less than 5 mins to install - the eBay guy sent a quick how to video - so far so good. It’s just a special LED strip you take out and put the new one in.

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Re: Center or Third Brake Light

Postby palmerwmd » Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:58 pm

Not bad.
Thanks for the update! :)

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Re: Center or Third Brake Light

Postby Swerve » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:03 pm

thanks for this update. I noticed mine had some burned out 'bulbs' and now it's totally out. I thought these were just mini bulbs until i couldn't find replacement generic bulbs online, and upon popping the trim off noticed it's actually an LED board! part number is 26590-ZS00A and isn't cheap at around 100. I think i'm going the ebay route too for that 30 buck option out of Russia. Cheers

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Re: Center or Third Brake Light

Postby NWPathfinder » Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:21 am

I had to replace mine, it was surprisingly cheap at $70 CAD at our local dealer but, $30 on eBay is much cheaper. Good to know if mine ever goes again.
It's just a 12 Volt output, I wonder if a guy could just put some white or Red Standard LED Car strips in there????


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