well he's at it again, although this was initially a while ago ! just a bit of modernising......
but I've only just got around to taking pics....
993 Targa = ISSUE = No 3rd brake light.. obviously the upper roof light from the 993 Coupe won't work due to the glass roof....
so it's the Porsche Rear Hoop Spoiler instead..... for about £300 and quite frankly looks like a handle.. NOT FOR ME ! as below
but I wanted a rear 3rd brake light, as esp in London, being quite low down I was in fear of some 4x4 driving over me..... or cars driving into the back of me....... the benefits of the raised 3rd brake light are well proven...
so I had to find one myself....
I needed a brake light that would fit in thew lower part of the rear window, on the rear parcel shelf.. but critically it must fit in the steeply racked windown of the back of the 993 Targa and be thin enough to still fit with the glass roof down !
surprising more difficult than I realised ! so after checking out the backs of many cars.. I found out that most car 3rd brake lights were in the top of the rear window rather than the bottom ! but eventually found the solution to be closer to home ! from the Audi TT Coupe....
the rear unit was about £28 and the wiring loom was £18 (although it was the loom for all the rear electrics !)
I then did some adjustments to the light unit, in the view that the plastic surround was curved (per TT rear window) but the Targa window is straight ie. I cut and shaped the plastic .. very crude but effective.. (sharp scissors, stanley knife and carpet rubbing !), then I stripped / cut, unravelled away the excess wires so that I only had the loom I needed.....
took apart the rear panels.. quite easy.... and with some double sided tape stuck the unit to the rear shelf... but had some help from a Porcshe technician friend to wiring the single positive cable to the rear brake lights...... and that was that ! all for less than £50 !
view from the outside..note the curve in the unit ! which hardly nothing !
but I've only just got around to taking pics....
993 Targa = ISSUE = No 3rd brake light.. obviously the upper roof light from the 993 Coupe won't work due to the glass roof....
so it's the Porsche Rear Hoop Spoiler instead..... for about £300 and quite frankly looks like a handle.. NOT FOR ME ! as below
but I wanted a rear 3rd brake light, as esp in London, being quite low down I was in fear of some 4x4 driving over me..... or cars driving into the back of me....... the benefits of the raised 3rd brake light are well proven...
so I had to find one myself....
I needed a brake light that would fit in thew lower part of the rear window, on the rear parcel shelf.. but critically it must fit in the steeply racked windown of the back of the 993 Targa and be thin enough to still fit with the glass roof down !
surprising more difficult than I realised ! so after checking out the backs of many cars.. I found out that most car 3rd brake lights were in the top of the rear window rather than the bottom ! but eventually found the solution to be closer to home ! from the Audi TT Coupe....
the rear unit was about £28 and the wiring loom was £18 (although it was the loom for all the rear electrics !)
I then did some adjustments to the light unit, in the view that the plastic surround was curved (per TT rear window) but the Targa window is straight ie. I cut and shaped the plastic .. very crude but effective.. (sharp scissors, stanley knife and carpet rubbing !), then I stripped / cut, unravelled away the excess wires so that I only had the loom I needed.....
took apart the rear panels.. quite easy.... and with some double sided tape stuck the unit to the rear shelf... but had some help from a Porcshe technician friend to wiring the single positive cable to the rear brake lights...... and that was that ! all for less than £50 !
view from the outside..note the curve in the unit ! which hardly nothing !
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