Got a little better. Inside the housing itself there are the flat connectors that link up with the prongs on the bulb holder. The negative connector is the single one and it will drop below the plastic and you have to use a flat-head screwdriver to bend that connector up a little bit, nothing too drastic. Now the brake lights work consistently when the brake pedal is pushed and I just have 2 lights, the top and the right, that wont come on with the headlights on.