Reverse Light Upgrade

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Browsing through all of these threads, I haven't stumbled across any reverse light upgrades. Well, that's not entirely true - I believe one of the in the tailgate pinch weld area mods had a reverse light as well, but that's it.

Looking at the area, I'm not entirely sure where I would mount one. At first I was thinking that since I use my hitch almost exclusively for a bike rack, that perhaps I would bolt something on to the attachments for the chains. I still think that's probably the best location as it wouldn't reduce ground clearance / departure angle, nor would it mess with the sensors.

But it does require then a custom bracket as they're at a weird angle. So before I go and get something fabricated, I was wondering what others have been doing? I'm also considering mounting them up high on my Yakima Overhaul HD rack (whenever it comes in from the dealer). But my concern with that is how to efficiently wire it. The best that I'm come up with is to ensure whatever wiring I do to the rack, I would have to put through at the end where the tonneau cover hits the tailgate... and hope that I still get a good seal on the reset of the tailgate with a wiring harness in the way. Or I could drill a hole through the bed rail and tonneau cover rail for the wires - but the problem with that (besides drilling my truck) is that I wouldn't be able to put a disconnect if I take the rack off. Or I'd have to drill the hole so large that the disco can fit through it.


TL:DR - Who's doing what for aux reverse lights?
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Two LED pods. Not connected to the reverse but easy to switch on as needed:giggle:
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Two small holes drilled at bottom of steel bumper, doesn't encroach with rear ramp angle:)
 

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Another option is the Baja Designs S2 reverse kit. It's a complete kit (brackets, hardware, wiring, lights, etc) that does not require you cutting holes in the bumper. And at 1130 lumens each, these little lights pack a punch!


Link --->>> OFFROADALLIANCE.COM




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Another option is the Baja Designs S2 reverse kit. It's a complete kit (brackets, hardware, wiring, lights, etc) that does not require you cutting holes in the bumper. And at 1130 lumens each, these little lights pack a punch!


Link --->>> OFFROADALLIANCE.COM




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do these only work in reverse or can a switch be wired to turn them on and off too?
 

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do these only work in reverse or can a switch be wired to turn them on and off too?
The complete kit from Baja Designs is only designed to come on with the reverse lights. However we sell a separate custom harness that can be hooked up to a switch so that you can have dual control over the lights.
 

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Another option is the Baja Designs S2 reverse kit. It's a complete kit (brackets, hardware, wiring, lights, etc) that does not require you cutting holes in the bumper. And at 1130 lumens each, these little lights pack a punch!

Cool.. but all of the Baja designs lights are incredibly expensive. $350 for fog lights. LOL


Link --->>> OFFROADALLIANCE.COM




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Two LED pods. Not connected to the reverse but easy to switch on as needed:giggle:
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Two small holes drilled at bottom of steel bumper, doesn't encroach with rear ramp angle:)
What wire did you tap into on the harness for the reverse light?
 

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What wire did you tap into on the harness for the reverse light?
They are connected to one of my Trigger 3000 power box under the hood...the line runs along the frame rail all the way to the rear...
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Anyone know which one of these wires is the reverse light? Going to tap into it so they come on automatically. I'm going to do a dedicated switch in the cab too of an 87/87A relay.

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So I'm thinking it's the light blue wire for the reverse at pin #5? The problem is that the wire colors don't match.

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This worked great thank you!
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