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[minisilverbullet]

Finally getting round to thinking about a high level brake light.

Not sure which, a cheapy generic one or a "trick" one?

any recommendations....

[minisilverbullet]

Had a bit of a search on ebay. Not so impressed with most of the generic ones, as they dont have a cowling- I dont want my rear view hindered by red light.

Might go down to the scrappy and cut one out of something.

[dklawson]

See eBay item # 261050077944
I bought a nearly identical one from a diredct marketer in China. When you get this unit you will find it is fairly narrow, has a solid black "back" surface so you won't be looking at red in the rear view mirror, and it's bright and long. You MAY choose to use the double-stick tape mounting feet that come with it, or you may want to bend up some smaller sheet metal feet to tuck under the rubber holding the rear glass in. I bought these to use on my Triumphs.

Years ago I bought a similar but smaller light assembly for the Mini. I didn't like how big it was so I took the lamps out and made a narrow sheet metal box to hold them. My homemade box has little tabs that tuck under the rear glass rubber to keep everything as compact as possible.

[AVV IT]

They're probably all LED jobbies these days, but make sure you avoid the traditional bulb versions if you do manage to find one. I had one of those and was forever fitting new bulbs in the damn thing. I asked an auto electrician why it kept blowing them, and was told that the amount of vibration you get from a classic mini rear screen just shakes the bulb filaments to death.

Consequently I removed the useless thing and sold it to someone else on here..... I did warn him though!!

[minisilverbullet]

Well it has taken me a month, but I final fitted my 3rd brake light. Smallest one I could find, direct form China - 6 quid with postage! NICE

Bracket are pretty ugly, but i have a think about that!

[dklawson]

From the side view picture your lamp looks like the Chinese one I bought to install in our Triumph GT6. I agree the mounting "feet" are a bit unsightly but this was one of the thinnest lamp assemblies I found.