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so I dynomatted my rear hatch tonight, and for fun I pulled apart the 3rd brake light and made (dant dant dannnnnt!) the semi-pointless clear 3rd brake light mod. our third brake light is simply 9 red superflux LED's on a circuit board behind a red lens. removing the red lens looks kinda cool, and it's a little brighter, but it's really directional. of course, our 3rd brake light is pretty directional to begin with, but I thought the 9 little lights looked cool when lit up. anyway here are the pics. how to is easy, just pull off that plastic trim panel (it just pops off), use a 10mm socket to undo the two nuts holding the 3rd brake light on, pull it off and unclip the wire, remove the rubber trim around it (pulls right off) then remove the red lens with tweezers or needlenose pliers (you'll see how, there are two little releases you have to squeeze in and it pops off) and put the rubber trim back on, and reassemble in the reverse order of disassembly.