My rear brake lights don't seem to want to play nice I really dunno what's left to check, i've checked all the fuses in the fuse box and they all seem to be working, the bulbs seem to be fine, i've taken the connector off the brake pedal switch and i've run a positive wire straight to that - when I do that the outside rear lights come on?? the brake lights are the inside lights on the boot ain't they? That's really confused me. Will it help if I get photos? Can I just hard wire / re-route it somehow from the pedal switch to the lights?

i've just finished replacing al lthe shocks and some springs, the exhaust, some bodywork, loads of other things just so I can mot and sell it - this is the onlty thing holding me up, I was gonna book it in about 4 days ago till I noticed the brake lights don't work

any suggestions?

Would it pass the mot if instead I just installed a high level brake light - just one of those thin strips that sit at the top of the window.

one of these:



then I could take the bulbs out of the normal brake lights and class them as reflectors?