Well I don't know if anybodies done this yet or would even go through the amount of work to do it, but anyway if you wanted to I think this will help some people out if you've thought about doing this.
A while back I decided to run without the spare tire hanging off the tailgate and so took it off as well as the mount and the third brake light. Lots more to see now through the back window and easier to back up. Then removed the rear seat headrests and found that even better. While I know that the law in FL only requires the two standard brake lights, and after a couple months with no problem or tickets, somthing was just bothering me about not having one. Don't know what it is or was but just thinking about all the sue happy people anymore I'm sure some lawyer could figure out a way to turn around a rear end accident and nail you for removing it...Sad but true...
Anyway I started the relocation job of the old third brake light to its new home.
Cutting the bracket of the factory led light assembly.




After doing this I turned my attention to the tailgate harness. I took apart the harness to salvage as much as I could and then reinstalled the part that I guess is used to tell the computer if the tailgate is open or not.


In this picture I cut the factory connector along with about 16" on harness off to use again later.

Reinstalling the other part of the harness back in.

A while back I decided to run without the spare tire hanging off the tailgate and so took it off as well as the mount and the third brake light. Lots more to see now through the back window and easier to back up. Then removed the rear seat headrests and found that even better. While I know that the law in FL only requires the two standard brake lights, and after a couple months with no problem or tickets, somthing was just bothering me about not having one. Don't know what it is or was but just thinking about all the sue happy people anymore I'm sure some lawyer could figure out a way to turn around a rear end accident and nail you for removing it...Sad but true...
Anyway I started the relocation job of the old third brake light to its new home.
Cutting the bracket of the factory led light assembly.




After doing this I turned my attention to the tailgate harness. I took apart the harness to salvage as much as I could and then reinstalled the part that I guess is used to tell the computer if the tailgate is open or not.


In this picture I cut the factory connector along with about 16" on harness off to use again later.

Reinstalling the other part of the harness back in.
