10w LED Aux Reverse Lights

Stangshcky12 · Oct 13, 2013

I originally got a 7.5" 36w led bar for reverse lights but realized there was not place to mount it out if the way. I ended up ordering two of these 10w cubes off of eBay for $30

They measure about 2" and can be mounted individually(mount on right) or linked together (piece to the left) to form a bar

Here's the reverse lights I've been annoyed with for some time (probably better off with incandescent over these)

I found a perfect size hole in the frame rail behind the bumper to mount them without any drilling or extra brackets but it tucked them to far underneath and the bumper blocked a lot of the light

I wasn't happy with them there so I made some brackets and moved them just below the bumper on either side of the hitch

Another comparison, this is about 20ft from the garage door

I showed my sister, told her not to look into them when I turned them on and she did

Very happy with them and being able to see backing up now

MegaMouseGW · Oct 13, 2013

Nice. I bet those would back off idiot tailgators too if you hooked them up to a switch.

Stangshcky12 · Oct 13, 2013

Heres a crappy video of them, GoPro arent very good in low lights conditions so it didnt even pick up the light from the reverse lights only
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Bluesmoke91 · Oct 13, 2013

Sweet

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WhiteExpress · Oct 13, 2013

Neat, I'll have to order up a grip of these.

johnnysart · Oct 13, 2013

Those came out great. You can never have too much light or for that matter lights.

98hemi-ram · Oct 13, 2013

Those turned out great!! Might have to do the same on my truck. I love playing with lights and am always looking for more places to add them.

krakaman24 · Oct 14, 2013

Sweet!! Looks like I'm gonna have to order a pair!

LB3711 · Oct 14, 2013

nice and bright

krakaman24 · Oct 15, 2013

Stangshcky12 said:
I wasn't happy with them there so I made some brackets and moved them just below the bumper on either side of the hitch

Any chance you have a closer picture showing your bracket and how you mounted them?

MegaMouseGW · Oct 15, 2013

krakaman24 said:
Any chance you have a closer picture showing your bracket and how you mounted them?

There are a few extra holes in that area of the bumper on some trucks that it looks like he utilized.

crazzywolfie · Oct 15, 2013

are you going to post a link to these lights? they look like they work pretty good. i know i could use some auxiliary backup lights on my 81 that use less power. the extra 110W of backup lights i have added to the truck work good but don't agree with my alternator when i have everything on.

Stangshcky12 · Oct 15, 2013

To mount them I lifted the bumper pad and ran bolts through existing holes on either side of the hitch. I used 6" pieces of angle on both sides to push them out so I could still get the receiver pin in and out and chains on and off the hitch
I'll try to have my girlfriend take better pictures but it might be a while

I'll post links this evening

korby05 · Oct 17, 2013

how do you have them wired up? Your setup is awesome and would work great especially at night where I live

FlaglerMegacab4x4 · Oct 17, 2013

To the op I noticed you have what looks like led reverse lights as opposed to factory incandescent I'm looking to do this can you tell me how and where you got the supplies to do the conversion? Thanks and sorry to thread jack I'm just wanting to switch factory to led in everything

korby05 · Oct 17, 2013

FlaglerMegacab4x4 said:
To the op I noticed you have what looks like led reverse lights as opposed to factory incandescent I'm looking to do this can you tell me how and where you got the supplies to do the conversion? Thanks and sorry to thread jack I'm just wanting to switch factory to led in everything

if you are talking about just the reverse bulbs in the actual tail light housing all you need is the bulbs..

I used the CREE ones from retro-solutions

Yahoo

The link works but says yahoo for some reason

98hemi-ram · Oct 17, 2013

FlaglerMegacab4x4 said:
To the op I noticed you have what looks like led reverse lights as opposed to factory incandescent I'm looking to do this can you tell me how and where you got the supplies to do the conversion? Thanks and sorry to thread jack I'm just wanting to switch factory to led in everything

The ones korby05 posted above are for the 09+ trucks. The ones I linked below are what you will need.

http://retro-solutions.net/product-...0_5W_CREE_LED_Reverse_Wedge_Bulbs-pid704.html

I have these in both my trucks and they work great.

Stock bulbs

Led

Comparison pic

FlaglerMegacab4x4 · Oct 17, 2013

Ok sweet thanks

Stangshcky12 · Oct 17, 2013

My LED bulbs suck, they were like $10 from eBay, just plug'n play there
Here's a link to the seller I bought mine from, they have several sets and have new auctions posted a lot
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-US-Cree-...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cd7274a67

Is that an 80's IH windrower?

Stangshcky12 · Oct 17, 2013

korby05 said:
how do you have them wired up? Your setup is awesome and would work great especially at night where I live

I hardwired them into the trailer wiring harness, it was the white wire with green tracer
I believe for earlier models its a purple wire with black tracer

I'll probably relay a switch to them eventually

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