How to Install Auxiliary Reverse Lights
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Date: 2021-02-01
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Doug
Chris - thanks for a well documented tutorial. Recently purchased a 2020 F250 Super Duty King Ranch. The back up lights are terrible for such a nice truck so I need to install something like you show. Believe it or not my truck did not have any overhead auxiliary switches and a new overhead console for my particular truck is 800+ dollars - no thanks. I have not begun the task of looking at connecting to one of the tail light assemblies as you've shown. I do have a trailer package on my truck. Do you have any experience or knowledge of an install like you show - but on a newer truck with trailer/towing package? Would like to attempt using a method similar to yours. Thanks.
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Chris - thanks for a well documented tutorial. Recently purchased a 2020 F250 Super Duty King Ranch. The back up lights are terrible for such a nice truck so I need to install something like you show. Believe it or not my truck did not have any overhead auxiliary switches and a new overhead console for my particular truck is 800+ dollars - no thanks. I have not begun the task of looking at connecting to one of the tail light assemblies as you've shown. I do have a trailer package on my truck. Do you have any experience or knowledge of an install like you show - but on a newer truck with trailer/towing package? Would like to attempt using a method similar to yours. Thanks.
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Kris
Hey Chris, Kris here. :) Love your videos and the kids at school like them as well. We use them to help with our virtual learning during Covid-19.
I would love to see some videos with repairs to pickup truck cab corners (a real trouble spot around here with all the salt on the roads in winter, and other pesky rust areas. Keep up the good work and best to ya! Doing a bang up job!
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Hey Chris, Kris here. :) Love your videos and the kids at school like them as well. We use them to help with our virtual learning during Covid-19.
I would love to see some videos with repairs to pickup truck cab corners (a real trouble spot around here with all the salt on the roads in winter, and other pesky rust areas. Keep up the good work and best to ya! Doing a bang up job!
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drofla2468
I did the same thing but I just connected the two led pods the 24 or so to the reverse lights and tapped directly into them, no relay needed. Same as you pop it into reverse and the lights come on. It's been 8 years and they are still working and have had no I issues with them. Just seems a bit quicker than your route.
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I did the same thing but I just connected the two led pods the 24 or so to the reverse lights and tapped directly into them, no relay needed. Same as you pop it into reverse and the lights come on. It's been 8 years and they are still working and have had no I issues with them. Just seems a bit quicker than your route.
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Andy
But why do it the hard way why are you running power all the way to the battery why not just connect the reverse light on each Side directly to positive and negative of the reverse light. That's how I did it and it works just fine. I have four inch light bars that are white for reverse and they have yellow for turn signals.
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But why do it the hard way why are you running power all the way to the battery why not just connect the reverse light on each Side directly to positive and negative of the reverse light. That's how I did it and it works just fine. I have four inch light bars that are white for reverse and they have yellow for turn signals.
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Mr,
You really should clean up the washers and nuts and old ground connector or replace with new. Cleaning the spot your placing it at is great, but putting rusty old parts back on is not good. They eventually will not work properly at some point. Much quicker years than replacing or cleaning the old rusty parts up.
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You really should clean up the washers and nuts and old ground connector or replace with new. Cleaning the spot your placing it at is great, but putting rusty old parts back on is not good. They eventually will not work properly at some point. Much quicker years than replacing or cleaning the old rusty parts up.
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Jasper
I installed the reverse light on my Jeep Wrangler with the assist of this video and the result was amazing, before the installation the stock reverse light was really dark that I cant see anything when backing at night, with the led light it feel much safer to backing now, thank you Chris!
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I installed the reverse light on my Jeep Wrangler with the assist of this video and the result was amazing, before the installation the stock reverse light was really dark that I cant see anything when backing at night, with the led light it feel much safer to backing now, thank you Chris!
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Keith
Watched the LED truck bed lighting video as well. I have a question: Could I use the same 14 gauge power wire with the inline fuse to power both the LED truck bed lighting AND the auxiliary reverse lights, since it is highly unlikely that I would be using both at the same time?
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Watched the LED truck bed lighting video as well. I have a question: Could I use the same 14 gauge power wire with the inline fuse to power both the LED truck bed lighting AND the auxiliary reverse lights, since it is highly unlikely that I would be using both at the same time?
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Jason
Hey chris. I followed ur video to wire a led bar to high beams on my car has relay n all works for a moment and then all goes off i dunno whats causing this weather its somthin within the car its self. If ya can reply that would be great thanks
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Hey chris. I followed ur video to wire a led bar to high beams on my car has relay n all works for a moment and then all goes off i dunno whats causing this weather its somthin within the car its self. If ya can reply that would be great thanks
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Richard
I hooked mine up with a double pole center off switch in the cab. Up position aux lights triggered by existing back up lights. Down position aux lights always on for assholes riding your bumper at night. Middle position aux lights never on!
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I hooked mine up with a double pole center off switch in the cab. Up position aux lights triggered by existing back up lights. Down position aux lights always on for assholes riding your bumper at night. Middle position aux lights never on!
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Trenton
So if I want to add a switch to be able to control the lights as well as have them turn on with the reverse lights how would I go about that. Also is there a way to add a kill switch so that the lights are completely off even in reverse.
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So if I want to add a switch to be able to control the lights as well as have them turn on with the reverse lights how would I go about that. Also is there a way to add a kill switch so that the lights are completely off even in reverse.
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