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Old 05-26-2020, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Purplecty View Post
So everything works as it did on the prefacelift tails. Middle is the tail and the bottom is just a brake light. IIRC the facelift tails didn't come with bulbs and when I tried using my current bulb for the middle tail it did not fit but it fit fine for the bottom brake light. I swapped the socket from the prefacelift which was green to the facelift socket. After looking closer, the middle tail does look kind of bright so maybe I just need the correct bulb using the facelift socket for the tail light. Here is a crappy phone video I just took...

Build date is 7.02


https://www.dropbox.com/s/oee1wry2xi...31423.mp4?dl=0
Yep - you have the problem I thought you might have. The upper red section on each side is constantly lit up as a brake light - way too bright. Both upper and lower sections should have a similar brightnest level when the brakes are not on...
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