Adding a center high-mounted stop lamp

May 7, 2015

We are a truck equipment distributor, and were asked to add a center high-mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) to a customer’s truck. The only available option is to combine it with the center light in the rear identification lamp group. Can we incorporate a CHMSL with rear identification lamps?

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