Does anyone have an LED Third Brake Light for an '08 Mustang?

American Muscle has one but it is only available for '05-'07.

Ninosports offers one for an '05-'09, but then states that Ford made a change that causes the LEDs to stay on even when the foot pedal is released on '08-'09.

I was hoping to get a smoked 3rd brake light to match the rest of my lights. I know I could tint the light and it is cheaper, but I would prefer to change out the assembly, and have the brighter LED lights.

 

Have you contacted AM to see if they have a kit for your '08? I'd think they'd have solved that problem by including a resistor to load the circuit so the LED's can fake out the SJB.

If it's simply a brighter light you need for the 3rd brake light, look into the Sylvania Silverstar 921ST lamp. It's supposedly 30% brighter than the standard 921 bulb. I put one in my g/f's '06 since she has the "MUSTANG" overlay on her 3rd brake light lens and needed more light. It did the trick.

 

in case you buy and have trouble see this issue a guy had, hope helps.

LED 3rd Brake Light Problem

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Hello all. I recently purchased a LED 3rd Brake Light for my 07 GT. When I installed it, it worked great when you depress the brake pedal (as it should) However, when not depressing the brake pedal, the LEDs remain dimly lit at all times. I called the vendor that I purchased it from and they told me it was defective and sent me a new one. As soon as it arrived I installed it and I have the same issue. It works, but like I said, the LED's remain dimly lit at all times.

solution below:
I actually spoke to someone today that had the same issue. The fix was to install an in-line resistor. Apparently the LED's draw such a low amount of power (unlike a standard bulb) that they stay dimly lit from the constant "hot" source (unlike a standard bulb). So, the resistor actually prevents the LED's from drawing power (constant dimly lit) until the voltage is increased when you depress the brake pedal. It was a 4.99 item

 

That explains why my LED tailights burned out.

 

Does anyone know what type of resistor needs to be put inline?

 

The LEDS dont draw enough current.
A 7 ohm 20 watt resistor will fix that.
[b] Paralell the resistor inline, not in series.
Pep Boys or Auto Zone.
They only have one type there.
The correct type.

 

im sure it could be fixed with some easy mod