So tonight I fixed the 3rd brake light bleed.

Before:


After:


I used 3M double sided taped and layered the tape up till I could cover the gap between the 3rd brake light cover and the rear glass. Thing is when I removed the 3rd brake light cover, one of the clips broke.

 

Nice job!

I break clips left and right trying to fix something.

For me, as long as it still holds, it's fine!

 

That's my thinking too!

 

I may try this as my 3rd brake cover is sagging allowed this "bleed" effect.

I replaced both white clips that hold it in place as I was getting a rattle from the actual cover but ever since I got new ones on their the gap was present.

 

One piece of advise - use black or clear double sided tape. I used the normal colored one and it doesnt look good in the day time from the outside.

 

That was my next question since, i bought my car with tint, the 3rd brake light does not have tint. its been cut out so you can see it.

So whenever I wash my car i see all the gross dust and dirt accumulate so tape would be noticeable.

 

That isnt good. The tint installers should have removed that piece when installing the tint so they can get the whole back window.

 

might try this since when i took my car to get my roof wrap done.. the installer did something to get to the antenna at the top

 

Glad my tint installer removed the brake cover to tint my rear window but the reason why I have some light coming out was because he removed it lol

 

Original owner got it tinted through the dealer and paperwork to prove it so thats weird that they didn't tint the whole rear glass. Either way I'll need a new tint job as the rear glass defroster has created bubbles and gaps on the tint and the windows all have lines where dirt and rocks have scratched it.

Also its a light tint but when I get it done before summer will go for much darker I dont want to see this bleed affect as it always catches my eye at night when I look back to brake. Sort of a distraction lol

 

Geez, my 3rd light has been like this ever since I got my car tinted way back when I first got it. Really freakin annoying when you tend to look at your rear view mirror, even more worst is when other drivers stare at your 3rd brake light and goes.."WTH is wrong with this Acura?"

Sorry, ranted - I tried putting on some double sided tape but didn't work out as I thought. I'm still able to see the brake bleed. Are there any tips on removing the cover to apply the tape? Or did you just apply tape along the inner cover? Any help on the tapping process would be great!

 

After about a week or so the 3rd brake light cover is starting to droop prob due to the tape not sticking properly to the rubber seal. I'm starting to get the bleed again and since I broke one of the clips I went ahead and bought a new one from one of the sponsors on AZ. Hopefully the new one will be "tighter" and won't droop as much.

Regarding the taping I would recommend buying black double sided tape cause you can see it from the outside depending how dark your tint is. I basically layered the tape on the rubber seal part and got it pretty thick. I dont know any other way to tape it case the cover is hollow and there isnt a flat part to secure the tape - thats why mine is slowly drooping.

 

If it were me I would stick the tape on the window side, not the rubber side of the light cover. Tape won't stick to rubber, but it'll have no problem sticking to glass. The only thing is you have to measure exactly where the rubber is going to contact the glass, shouldn't be hard though.

 

Window side? The only piece that touch the glass is the rubber, so that's the only place to put the tape to cover stop the bleed.