Adding Spoiler, but want to get rid of existing third brake light

Hello, I am driving a 2000 Camry LE with 200,000 kms on the ODO but with lots of life under the hood. That being said, I want to add something to the car to make it more 'sporty.' I am almost 20 and have had the car since I was 18. However, I have had lots of people tease me of having a "Granny Car." So, I bought off of Kijiji a used factory spoiler for a 2000 Camry. It has integrated in it a third brake light already. My question to everyone is how/where do I get the deck cover for the rear windshield third brake light. I don't want to give my secret up that the spoiler isn't original to the car, but at the same time, I don't want to leave it with a big hole in the back. I would love to take out the bulb from the light, but then the "lamp failure light" will turn on. This is the first and last modification I will make to car. It is 100% factory/stock. However, after 10 years, it is worth it to have some kind of a change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Reply to
camryguy89
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You needs different friends.

Reply to
ransley

I didn't ask if I needed new friends. I asked if anyone can help with my problem. If you cannot help, then please don't respond.

Reply to
camryguy89

It appears you also need help with your sense of humor.

Reply to
Bert

You need help with reading.

Reply to
camryguy89

You just need to much help, kid.

Reply to
ransley

You need a boot upside your pompous ass.

Reply to
Sharx35

Christ, isn't someone going to answer this guy's question? Are you afraid of spoiling your reps for being useless? He has two third brake lights and wants to cover or disable one without setting off the bulb out warning light. It's not unreasonable.

I don't know this for a fact, but if you can find an LED bulb you should be able to paint it black - they run cool.

Reply to
Leftie

Thank you, thats all I was asking.

Reply to
camryguy89

I think what I would do would be to cut the wires to the lights you don't want and splice them to the new lights on the spoiler. Actually what I would do is I'd just leave the car as it is, but I was young once and if this is what you want to do, go for it. Here is someone with the same problem but a honda, sounds like you might also have to put a small resister across the circuit to up the load a little because the LEDs might not draw enough current to keep the check bulb light from coming on.

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Here is a place that has replacement spoiler, I would think the spoiler with the lights hooked up should take care of the dash light problem.
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around someone has addressed this before or call one of the places that sell them and ask them. Let us know how it turns out. I'm wondering if the spoiler is high enough to help a person backing up tell where the back of the car is? That's what I miss about my old 84 maybe it was an 85 Toyota I could see the end of the trunk when backing up.

Reply to
FatMoe

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Yes, of course. As soon as the spoiler is installed, I will write a response to see how it works and to see if the back of the trunk can be seen. Thanks for your help!

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camryguy89

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