Reverse Light Upgrade

[P. A. Schilke]

Sid (@Msfitoy ) working on new towed backup light...

also can start small fires when focused (a 2fer)

Hi Terry,

Carbon Arc....Amazingly powerful but so dangerous...

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

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[Figarou]

Hi Terry,

Carbon Arc....Amazingly powerful but so dangerous...

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Also used in film projectors.

 

[FoD]

Also used in film projectors.

@Msfitoy 's "projector" headlights...

 

[Cms3717]

What bulb is the stock reverse light in the brake light assembly? I'm just going to buy a set of the super bright bulbs.

 

[khyros]

Wow, I haven't looked at this thread of mine in a long while now. I guess I should share what I ended up doing as a solution. Since I have a bed rack on my truck from April to October, I decided to utilize that for my reverse lights, mounting two white pods up high, and piggy backing off of the reverse signal to activate them. At one point, I was planning to just use the reverse signal to activate a relay, and the 12V in the bed of the truck to power them, but testing the wiring all out, that ended up being unnecessary. Plus, I ended up using 20A switches for the other lights, so I didn't relays for them either. I also mounted a new 3rd brake light up there since my rack/kayaks block the cab one.

 

[Figarou]

Wow, I haven't looked at this thread of mine in a long while now. I guess I should share what I ended up doing as a solution. Since I have a bed rack on my truck from April to October, I decided to utilize that for my reverse lights, mounting two white pods up high, and piggy backing off of the reverse signal to activate them. At one point, I was planning to just use the reverse signal to activate a relay, and the 12V in the bed of the truck to power them, but testing the wiring all out, that ended up being unnecessary. Plus, I ended up using 20A switches for the other lights, so I didn't relays for them either. I also mounted a new 3rd brake light up there since my rack/kayaks block the cab one.

Nice. Very nice. ?


I figured you found a solution by now since you started this post back in July 2019.

I saw your post back then. I wasn't ready on adding lights in the back because I was figuring out how to add some up front. Now that I over did it up front, it's time to move to the back. ?

I decided to wait until someone did a "plug-n-play" on the wiring. The wait paid off. Not only will it be reverse lights, it'll be running and brake lights at the same time. No need to add extra lights for separate functions.

The bad part is that only one set of lights can do the separate functions. (C1R) I was hoping to add SS3s. I guess the C1Rs should be good enough for now.

 

[P-38Ranger]

I seriously looked at this when I got my truck, but since they would only be used when the tailgate is down I decided that my flashlight would be a better solution.
it was summer, so I never worked it, but now I will.
I love rear cameras, and damn't, all trucks need them because you can never see the bumper!!!
One of the reasons I got rid of my F350 4 years ago, before the cheap add on cameras came out. I could never back out of Home Depot parking!!!

 

[Rob09]

Don't know if these would fit USA model, but made a MASSIVE difference on my Aussie one. Literally turned night into day.

https://www.stedi.com.au/t20-7443-7440-w21-5w-parker-drl-reverse-led-upgrade.html

 

[Figarou]

Don't know if these would fit USA model, but made a MASSIVE difference on my Aussie one. Literally turned night into day.

https://www.stedi.com.au/t20-7443-7440-w21-5w-parker-drl-reverse-led-upgrade.html

Maybe on the XL model since the taillights are similar to the Aussie one.

The XLT and Lariat is already LED.

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