My head unit is rear camera compatible, I should go ahead and get one, thanks for the reminder TechGuru! Have you any further advice on that matter such as cable routing?
I have this cheap one hooked up to my Kenwood.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XTZUHOM
For power I wired mine to the license plate lights for two reasons. It's a lot easier to do, and so that I can have the camera on without the vehicle being in reverse. Only bad thing is I have to turn on the parking lights to use the camera. Someday if I'm bored enough I might install diodes to let it get power via both reverse lights and parking lights separately.
I have LED reverse lights. They helped a bit, but I found way more visibility when I did the aux lights in the rear
below the bumper I have smaller flood style light that show off the sides better for using my mirrors
the top are spot lights that really light up whats behind me, but dont do the sides as much.
i use them in tandom or for the job they do better. They have their own switch up front so I have control of them no matter what gear the truck is in. Can you guess which switch runs the top mounted downward facing spot lights
I just installed my cheap Chinese LED eBay reverse lights tonight. I'll report back after some time of using them. They definitely appear to be brighter so far.
UPDATE: Drove around at night and tested the reverse lights in really dark condition. I noticed a small improvement. They definitely could be a lot brighter.
What's the brightest LED you can safely and reasonably put in these for the reverse lights?
Try these: http://www.amazon.com/JDM-ASTAR-Extremely-Bright-Power/dp/B00MC6H0AI/
if too pricey these are the next model down: http://www.amazon.com/JDM-ASTAR-Lumens-Chipsets-Projector/dp/B00WTPY8F2/
I bought the JDM lights recently from Amazon. I was hoping they'd allow the backup camera better vision at night, they don't. Not their fault, but I need rear fogs for the backup camera. Something that focuses more in the immediate area in the cameras field of vision.
I'm hoping, that for $29.99, they last more than one year.....
http://www.amazon.com/JDM-ASTAR-Extremely-Bright-Power/dp/B00MC6H0AI