back up lights

[J. Kennedy]

JC Whitless / Glass hinges

Not sure what your needs are, but I got the cheepie $10 white back up bulbs from JK Whitney and they work decent. I backup into parking spaces 95% of the time (the chicks dig it), and the are markedly better than stock. They are not like having fog lites back there.

An older guy I see around town needed something brighter. His night vision is shot, and he has back problems so he has to use the mirrors backing up, so at night he could not see a thing. Like a lot of folks here, he mounted them under the bumper, only to get them crushed by snow piles, debris, etc. He mounted them onto the bumper but they kind of blocked the tail lites and he kept hitting them while loading & unloading. He couldn't mount them on the roof rack since he uses that for cargo. The ultimate solution: THE GLASS HATCH HINGES!!! They dont get in the way of anyting, including his view, they light up everything, and they look like a cool factory option. The things that make you smack your forhead and say "Why didnt I think of that???"

 

[tac0meat]

j kennedy- did he mount them inside or outside the glass? do you have any pics?

 

[donaldbc]

I got my brighter bulbs from www.explorerexpress.com and they work awesome.

 

[J. Kennedy]

hey tacomeat

Outside the glass. I should take a picture sometime, I get stuck behind him enough. I think he wedged something under the hinge, or pried the cover off and used one of the screw points. The point is it can be done neatly and efficiently. This would be ideal for someone with a boat.

 

[FitzMatt]

I want to put back-up lights up on my roof-rack. What is the difference between regular and fog? I just want some more like back there for backing up and also to use while camping (and to flash tailgaters on occasion What should I buy?

 

[Alec]

Regular (Driving) lights have a thinner beam about 1.5 lanes wide and shine fairly far, while fogs have a much wider beam and shine closer in. For the needs of a backup light, fogs tend to work better because they shine where you need the light: right behind you and to the sides a bit.