Can you drive without a 3rd brake light???


luvmahhatch

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i'm looking at getting some sort of spoiler for my ek... mugen, type r, iunno yet, but a lot of them are sold without the 3rd brake light that is on my stock spoiler. Is 3 brake lights just a safety feature or law???
 
defo dont need it haha ran my jordan with a tilted ek9 spoiler,if people didnt see a massive yellow spoiler infront of them they shouldnt be on the road!!
 
yeah, the spoiler/ rear window spoilers are not compulsory as many cars don't have them so it's just the clusters that must work :)
 
Depends on where your located.

In Japan its the law, in the USA pending on where in the USA its law. California, you must have 1 working light for brake lights...but you can be pulled over with a "fix it ticket"...

...depends.
 
Defo a safety feature. Ek9's dont have a third brake light
 
Depends on where your located.

In Japan its the law, in the USA pending on where in the USA its law. California, you must have 1 working light for brake lights...but you can be pulled over with a "fix it ticket"...

...depends.

I do believe that it was a Federal Law mandated somewhere around 1986 or so. Any vehicle made from then on is required to have a 3rd brake light. So I believe it applies to all 50 states.
 
This thread got me thinking...
I have a EK9 style spoiler on my EK but is has a 3rd led, quite long brake light, i know its not a genuine one, does anyone know what make it might be?
 
the only thing i had really heard before this was that before a certain year most cars weren't made with them, so it would be unfair or w/e to decide all of those cars needed to get one. saw someone with a spoon style spoiler without the light the other day and he was pretty confident it's not a problem.

thanks so far guys!
 
In WA state it's law but mostly depending on city and county for example don't live in the lake forest park/shoreline area you'll get tagged for no 3rd light and exhaust even with a cat and silencer it's remedial
 
This thread got me thinking...
I have a EK9 style spoiler on my EK but is has a 3rd led, quite long brake light, i know its not a genuine one, does anyone know what make it might be?

Wings West makes an EK9 replica with a third brake light:
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