Led 3rd Brake Light
 

I've been looking online and found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...ayphotohosting
and was wondering if anyone has tried it or seen them, basically if they are worth the money, thanx, Jamie

btw, I'm new and only had my 3 since last wed and already have the mod bug:bigthumb:

I'm assuming you have a sedan?

looks good...imo...im going for one like that myself...but the cost is a lil high

ive seen LED tail lights that look exactly like stock, but have LED's instead of bulbs....
i think it's a GB on a local forum

I don't understand why they didn't put an LED light bar in the first place. The Protege MP3/MSPs have one, as do the P5s.

Why did they go backwards there?

By the way, it looks nice, but for that price, you can pretty much look for a spolier with LED lights, and just cover the 3rd brake light. That's what I'd do, just saying.

The 3 hatch now (as of the model refresh ala 2007) has an LED third brake light.

I also just didn't friggin get why they went backwards like that. I guess safety wasn't a concern so they just cut costs where possible eh?

Yes I do
The cost is my main concern, I don't want to spend that kind of money just to have it look nice but function terribly
I saw those from the xenon store, but if I went with those I would still try to clear out the lense, anyone got any sources on clear 3rd brake light lenses?

I have the factory spoiler so don't really want to go that route, but if I didn't have the factory one, that's what I'd rather do

this looks like a good solution for the 3:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA...spagenameZWDVW

it goes into the stock light though, so it wouldn't be clear.

if these would fit your car they look really sweet as well: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...20131417QQrdZ1

yeah that's just like the one from the xenon store, but has more leds and can be upgraded to brighter leds, pretty sweet option

I saw these while looking on ebay and love them, but I don't want to get into wiring more things than I have to into the turn signals, i've had bad experiences with that on my Jeep

not into the turn signals, just the brake lights.

I wish there was stuff like this for my car :P everything has to be custom.. oh except that the stock brake light is LED :D

^^ Word.

Personally, I hate where the reflectors are on the Protege, right in the taillight looks weird. I like the mz3's bumper mounted reflectors much better.

be glad you don't have the reflectors built into the P5 taillights.. at least yours are a semi-normal shape o_O

Haha, thats true. The P5 ones try to contour the light and it just looks weird. If for no other reason, I like protege altezzas just because they move/change the reflector so they don't look as dorky.