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High mounted stop light (3rd brake light)

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Old 01-15-14, 09:34 PM
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Default High mounted stop light (3rd brake light)

I have to put my Windom in for it's 6 monthly Warrant of Fitness (safety check)...

From what I can gather in NZ vehicles made after about 1990 have to have a high mounted stop light / 3rd brake light.

I suspect this is one of the many things the previous owner has messed with / removed / lost / etc

I've got the light to install, but I'm not sure it's a great idea for me to do it... I'm guessing it would be a fairly easy job perhaps taking an auto electrician an hour max???

Would an hour be a fair guess on time it should take?? Just wondering how much it's likely to cost me to have it done..
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Decided I don't really want to pay someone to do this... I really can't afford it.

Any chance someone out there could give me some simple instructions for doing it myself???

I've got the light, I know where I want to put it so I need everything in between....

Light has 2 wires running off it, so I'm guessing it's a positive and a ground wire.... I have to install it in the rear window on or above the rear parcel shelf....

So I need to know where exactly to wire it to..... Can't find any ES300/Windom/Camry specific instructions as most seem to have the 3rd brake light from the factory, curse the previous owner!
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Sorted it........... Found the old spoiler light wiring and hooked it up to that using a plug I'd grabbed at pick-a-part
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