Third brake light options

Adjusting to the climate living in Jacks will take time... but you can do it. IF I can acclimate to living in the Philippines with their heat and humidity (originally from New York) then anyone can.... When I returned from the PI and landed in SD Airport the beginning of November; I actually felt cold when temperatures were in the high 40s, but I acclimated again after living in the states a couple months.
When I came home from Vietnam June 29 when it was pretty warm in SoCal I was freezing during my first month home. I was even wearing long sleeve shirts and long pants when everyone was wearing shorts and t-shirts, friends thought something was wrong with me lol.
 
When I came home from Vietnam June 29 when it was pretty warm in SoCal I was freezing during my first month home. I was even wearing long sleeve shirts and long pants when everyone was wearing shorts and t-shirts, friends thought something was wrong with me lol.
I took a vacation to the Florida Keys because my "then" father in law owned a resort there. It got down to 68 at night while we were there and people had sweatshirts on. They told me I was used to the cold because I was northern and lived in Va. :rolleyes:I'd hate to see them where I grew up in VT in the winter.
 
Great feedback, thank you and loved your two different versions of your advice depending on if it was for a male or female. :ROFLMAO: We're going to be in or very close to Jacksonville and hoping to be on or near one of the waterways. But from my son's in-laws who live on one of the big waterways cruise ships are seen on, it still sucks to be outside in the summertime lol. I'm told I'll get used to the heat/humidity but I know better. I lived in Mississippi for a year going to a USAF school and then in Vietnam for another year and the humidity was just as sucky the day I left as when I arrived lol.
Having a backyard pool is a very nice way to handle the heat in FL. By August and September I am simply tired of the heat.
 
The best way to handle the heat is to have A/C and stay inside during the day!

My brother has his A/C set to run 24 hours a day at 78*; which he is primarily concerned with the humidity.
While I am in Jacks I go for vigorous walks in the daytime, but I would not go for runs the way I do when I am visiting in San Diego.
 
My brother has his A/C set to run 24 hours a day at 78*; which he is primarily concerned with the humidity.
While I am in Jacks I go for vigorous walks in the daytime, but I would not go for runs the way I do when I am visiting in San Diego.
He's better acclimated than I am - ours is at 75. I try to stay inside during the day, although I'll venture out if there's cloud cover until I get overheated at least. That darn sun just GLARES down. But the one and only good thing about living close to the beach are the afternoon breezes!
 
Did you indicate hard or soft top and I missed it? Either way, you can purchase a light strip via Amazon and mount it to the top above the window. Just wire it in using a simple 2 pin plug for easy disconnect.
When I fabricated the new top on the TJ I did this. (photo)

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Did you indicate hard or soft top and I missed it? Either way, you can purchase a light strip via Amazon and mount it to the top above the window. Just wire it in using a simple 2 pin plug for easy disconnect.
When I fabricated the new top on the TJ I did this. (photo)

Nice touch with the stitch work.
 
@Jerry Bransford Sorry to hear that. Florida has most things I detest: crowds, trashy people, mosquitos, heat, humidity, traffic, and more. I wish I could convince my wife to leave PA and move to the Rockies.
PA is definitely beautiful in the Spring, I drove from Baltimore up through PA to attend a meeting using nothing but surface roads, avoiding all turnpikes. I must have stopped every 15-30 minutes taking photos to send my wife. Red barns in green pastures surrounded by livestock got my heart pounding, you don't see anything like that here in SoCal.
 
Did you indicate hard or soft top and I missed it? Either way, you can purchase a light strip via Amazon and mount it to the top above the window. Just wire it in using a simple 2 pin plug for easy disconnect.
When I fabricated the new top on the TJ I did this. (photo)

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This, and the other work you showed, are very impressive! How does the brake light attach? Is it sown into top or is there a way that rest of us without that skill could purchase from you and attach?
 
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On the 2011 JK that I previously owned; I cut down the vertical mount of the third brake light, then attached the factory brake light to the stub of the vertical mount so the third brake light would shine thru the spokes of the spare tire rim.
No extra parts needed for this modification.
The same modification should be easily accomplished with the TJ mount.
 
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This, and the other work you showed, are very impressive! How does the brake light attach? Is it sown into top or is there a way that rest of us without that skill could purchase from you and attach?
On the soft top the light has a screw with a washer and nut on each end. Very easy to attach. On the hard top I used JB Weld. Drilling only one hole in the center for the wires.