how do i remove third brake light on 99 tacoma

i want to remove the brake light assembly on 99 tacoma in order to install a
roof mounted antenna without having to take whole headliner out. is this
possible by removing the 3rd brake light assembly and then installing
antenna, and replacing brake light?

how do i remove the brake light?

"SAH" <s@s.s> wrote in message
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>i want to remove the brake light assembly on 99 tacoma in order to install
>a roof mounted antenna without having to take whole headliner out. is this
>possible by removing the 3rd brake light assembly and then installing
>antenna, and replacing brake light?
>
> how do i remove the brake light?
>[/color]


I'd start by taking out the screws ...

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:57:04 -0800, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>"SAH" <s@s.s> wrote in message
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>>i want to remove the brake light assembly on 99 tacoma in order to install
>>a roof mounted antenna without having to take whole headliner out. is this
>>possible by removing the 3rd brake light assembly and then installing
>>antenna, and replacing brake light?
>>
>> how do i remove the brake light?
>>[/color][/color]

You might want to check to see if removing the 3rd brake light will
have a bad effect on your Tacoma's computer when it looks for all
three brake lights.

"Skip" <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:57:04 -0800, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>>"SAH" <s@s.s> wrote in message
>>news:TfSvf.6817$Zb2.4573@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net...[color=darkred]
>>>i want to remove the brake light assembly on 99 tacoma in order to
>>>install
>>>a roof mounted antenna without having to take whole headliner out. is
>>>this
>>>possible by removing the 3rd brake light assembly and then installing
>>>antenna, and replacing brake light?
>>>
>>> how do i remove the brake light?
>>>[/color][/color]
>
> You might want to check to see if removing the 3rd brake light will
> have a bad effect on your Tacoma's computer when it looks for all
> three brake lights.
>[/color]

He said he only wanted to take the light out long enough to work behind it,
then he'll be putting it back in.

We did the same thing to my son 99. You have to pull the headliner down
inside the cab. The lamp base has studs on it and uses nuts on the inside.
Good luck Scott