[W126 Coupe] third break light

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I should have a good used mount..but finding the housing (especially the
rear removable part that allows bulb changes) in good used is going to be a
hard dig...they all get badly cooked/brittle w/ age.

IMHO I wouldn't even bother installing one..I'd wager the car looks Much
cleaner back there w/o the light installed.  I'd wager you'll also need an
additional harness and you'll have to modify the hat tray (Very expensive if
any mistakes are made).

Jonathan

On 8/23/06, Michał Wołosiak <michal.wolosiak at itme.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>  Hi guys,
> I got some less-typical issue.
> As my 560SEC is Euro version, it wasn't orginally equipped with third
> break light, which could be found on US cars. I'm going to install that lamp
> by myself, but definitely it has to be the original MB part from an American
> SEC (not some aftermarket LED bar, etc.). :-)
>
> I crawled through many, many pics of US SEC's but I found only a few with
> a CHMSL visible.
> What I know at the moment is, that the lamp itself is a thing like this:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-W124-W126-W201-Third-Brake-Light-BEIGE_W0QQitemZ230020190295QQihZ013QQcategoryZ42613QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> and looks to be mounted a few centimeters above the rear hat tray.
>
> What else do I need to install the lamp? Was it somehow glued to the rear
> window glass? If so, was there any rubber seal? Or maybe some mounting
> bracket supporting the lamp from bottom?
>
> Any help will be appreciated. It would be absolutely great if some of you
> could take a few photos of the lamp on their US car, with details of
> mounting visible.
>
> Best regards from Poland,
> Michal Wolosiak
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