Today I prepped the third brake light for the CD. I was lucky enough to get two lights to piece together. Thanks to Fulcrum525 I had a light with a perfect reflector and gasket, but a cracked housing and melted lens. Thanks to Shaggydiesel, I had a complete, crack free light with the mounting tower for a w126, but it had a bad reflector and no gasket.

I disassembled both lights and harvested all the good parts to make one perfect light. Then I cleaned everything and painted it with Palomino SEM Color Cote. I also had to cut the mounting tower to fit in the rear window of the CD.

All that's left is to run the wires up to the light and it's complete. I think it looks great.



The blue piece is what I had to cut off the mounting tower.

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2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
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1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
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1998 Acura 3.0 CL

OK....I am still on the regular stuff........brakes, UCA bushings, hoses, fuel line etc.....THIS is the fun stuff!!!...........I'll get there sometime

I like it, but could use some clarification. Is that just a W126 third brake light assembly, or is it some special amalgamation? Also, does it seal tight enough to the glass to prevent throwing red light around the interior of the car at night?

Oh, and I see you hid a small sub in there under your med kit cover. Nice. I might have to try that.

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'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

It's a standard w201, 124, 126 third brake light with a w126 mounting tower that I modified by trimming it shorter.

The gasket makes full contact all around. This pic shows it a bit better:

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2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
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"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

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1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

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Current stable:
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- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

No w124 wagon third brake lights in my stock.

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Germantown, TN

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Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Do you have any info on how much you trimmed off the mount?

I'm sure a lot of us are interested in this, just not asking

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Nice work on the third brake light Chad...

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'82 230CE
'84 300DT
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'86 300D 5 speed
'86 250D 5 speed
'90 300E 24v
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Excellent. Thank you for the information. I'll keep a look out for one of these.

Well, I know I am. I sort of hate getting rear-ended. Anything I can do to reduce the risk is worthwhile, in my mind. I'm ready to go hunt for a third break light at the yards now.

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'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

I guess the feds didn't want them on cars imported for some lame reason. The extra light is only on the left side and comes on when you pull the light switch out 2 notches. The US cars only have one notch (front fogs)

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I already have a palomino 3rd brake light assembly but it's not in the best shape, I want to get a better one. Maybe even go as far as paying for a new one, and then just get the W126 mount and modify it pending Chad's instructions.

Finally, somebody has installed a "proper" W123 3rd brake light, at least for sedans and coupes. The S123 owners might want to look into using S124 3rd brake light assemblies, the glass angle should be very similar.

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i'm still waiting for a writeup on adding a 201/124/126 style 3rd brake light to a 123. if anyone has a link...

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"It's a standard w201, 124, 126 third brake light with a w126 mounting tower that I modified by trimming it shorter."

the 201 and 124 used the same light, different base. the 126 light was larger and had a different angle to the lens side, and a different base. since you said the gasket makes contact all around, need to know what the part number is (can't read it int he picture) so I can know which kind to use for my own project

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I trimmed 16mm from the bottom of the mount. I used a Dremel with a cut off wheel to cut the outside edges and then used a coping saw to cut the rest of the way through.

What else do you want to know?

One of the lights I had came out of a w124 and the other came out of a w126.

w201, w124 and w126 used the same light. If you take one apart, all three are listed inside. They all just use different height mounting towers.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Thanks Chad!

I might have to look for a more viable alternative than cutting. But the W126 is the most similar to the W123 (from the trio).

I smell another project coming on

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