Finishing off the trunk setup, finally. (new pics added)

[Pieter E30]

Jordan, cant you do a write up on how to do the false rear deck please......or is it top secret?????? ;)

NB: Atleast here in S.A we dont have laws about a 3rd brake light!

[e30Matt]

I for one think the e30 rear end just looks cleaner w/o the third brake light, when they're illuminated. Stu doesn't (AFAIK) and I never had a third brake light (I just took the bulb out) and I thought it was fine. Car passed inspection like that and everything.

[BS87]

FYI, in many states, and i'm 100% sure about NY, you only need to have 2 operating brake lights. My brother, who is a cop, got yelled at when he first started for writing no 3rd brake light on traffic tickets.

So all you cabrio owners... GET TRUNKLID HUNTING :twisted:

[Bryson]

broncos ran without them until 95

thank you! I'm probably going to end up ditching mine, mostly because there won't be anything for it to mount to..

[NC325iC]

broncos ran without them until 95

[DSchultz325e]

Honestly, who the fuck cares? I seriously doubt he will get pulled over for it (what cop would know there needs to be one) and like he said, you can't really see it due to the M-Technic II wing. It's of no use to anyone on the road because of this.

I'd imagine a majority of cops would think our cars were made in the early 80s, anyway :)

[AndrewBird]

Honestly, who the fuck cares? I seriously doubt he will get pulled over for it (what cop would know there needs to be one) and like he said, you can't really see it due to the M-Technic II wing. It's of no use to anyone on the road because of this.

[Bryson]

it is a law currently, but if it was made after the production date of my car, then I'd be able to ditch it along with my rear deck

Jordan, with the countless SUVs on the roads these days, I'm sure the third brake light would still be effective

[DSchultz325e]

86 was when they first implemented them, right? I wanted to get the M-Tech 2 knockoff wing with the led so I could have a 3rd light, but the ones I found were garbage. I don't even think it is a law to have a 3rd light, though.

[Jordan]

how illegal is it to run without a third brake light? What year were they made a requirement?

Good question. I don't know the answer to that.

Either way there is no seeing the 3rd brake light through the M-Technic II wing.

[Bryson]

how illegal is it to run without a third brake light? What year were they made a requirement?

[Mot]

looking good as always. I was really amazed how well that 10 does, shows u what a well built box can do.

[Jordan]

The rear deck is just form fitting. It has 1 stock pop snap in the middle to hold it down. The stock tabs on the rear, and tyhe seatbelt covers hold the rest down.

[PeaveyBassist]

so you fabbed up the rear deck and got rid of the brake light in the rear window? And... how did you get the rear deck to stay well and not rattle or move? I dont see any bolts or anything. I'm just curious :)

Will

[Jordan]

Do you have any final pics of the box without the false panel, and the rear deck?

I now have the above mentioned pics. Here:

Replaced the 8ga power cables with 4ga, and replaced the long 8ga run of ground wire, with a 4ga 6in long run.


Port exit up into the rear deck.


Painted the aeroport flat black.



Only major things left at this point is to get a new headunit, and to run 3 pair of nice RCA's from the headunit to the amps. The RCA's I have right now work fine, but aren't very good.