Hey just bought a cheap aftermarket CTR wing without a third brake light (it was really cheap and already painted the same coulor as my ek) i know i should just save my penny's and try and find a real one but the cheapest i saw was $200 with out the base plate so is there any easy way to add a light to the wing or hatch cover ? maybe in the backwindow??? any help would be great

 

You would have to cut the wing to fit a light, run wiring and hook it up to the factory 3rd brake light harness.

 

trade me? i have one with third brake light

 

your in californa right ?i'm in ontario canada my wing is red looks like yours is black if your serious check on shipping and big country i said easy way like small light i can mount to the upper part of the back window

 

are they supost to have a light i looked at a buch of picks of ek9's and couldn't see the light in any of them even with tails on not sure if brakes or just tails

 

No they aren't supposed to have a brake light in them. Only cheap knock off CTR wings have them... There isn't gonna be an easy mod for this.

 

I too am running into this problem. I plan on getting the wing in the next few days but then I want to be sure that I have this 3rd break light issue resolved first before purchasing the wing. Well, this is what I thought/did. I took the light from my stock spoiler and mounted them onto some some brackets from the hardware store. Then I plan on to mount the light onto the plastic piece on top inside the rear hatch.

As for the wiring, I got a spoon style wing with the 3rd break light already and I already cut the wires and stripped and reattached the wires, so it will be pretty easy to attach the wires.

I know this may look ghetto but then again, I'm sure it will decrease my risk of getting pulled over.

I hope this helps in any way.

 

Your easiest way to comply to the CHMSL law (all US vehicles from 1986+ are required to have one) is to mount an aftermarket brake light in your rear window. I do not know what the law might be on high mount stop lights in Canada though.

Are you looking to comply to a law or is this for aesthetic purposes?

The Civic Type R was only available in Japan for 1997-2000. They are not, or at least were not required to have a center high mount stop light in Japan and thus these cars do not have them.

So no, CTR wings don't have a brake light built in. Only some aftermarket ones have them.

I've never heard of anyone being pulled over for no high mount stop light besides one of my customers just a few weeks ago. That could have had more to do with the existing light being burnt out instead though.

 

hey old post i mounted 4 red led's in the top trim panel on the hatch so you don't see them when there not on i'll try and post a pic up i wasn't real worried about being pulled over more about being run over by some redneck in a jacked up truck! thanks for the reply though