Was given some free fog lights new in the box, so I went ahead and found a spot for them under Big Red

http://www.etrailer.com/Lights/Optronics/QH-82YF.html

Developed bracket design:


Cut out the brackets of out a piece of scrap steel from a window regulator


Brackets painted and lights mounted


Jacked the truck up to make it easier to work under the back end


Mounted on the truck. Only the single bumper cover 10mm bolt holds it in. Its pinched between the bumper and the support brackets.


Wired into the tail light harness and 7pin trailer harness


Mounted and wires tucked


To activate the lights, the truck must be in R and also have the Running lights on

Evening shots



Night shots

 

Nice! How they workin' for ya?

 

this morning was the first drive in the dark. I could actually see out the back of the driveway.

Now its time for darker tint

 

And then you won't be able to see again

I need better backup lights cause my 5% + 18% on the back glass is no fun in the dark haha

 

Fiddy, (my 2003) has 1% total light transmittance through the back 3 windows, I don't want to hear any complaining

 

I'd bet my back 3 are right around there! At least 2.5% or so haha I just ain't got no fancy tool to tell me what it is. And I don't want to hear it from the mouth of a cop either

 

Looks good Pat

 

I loled at the "jack the back of the truck up" haha

Looks great!

 

Ya i got tired of crawling under the truck at home about a dozen times developing and making the brackets

 

These look great! I don't exactly feel confident in my ability to make custom brackets, but I suppose it's worth a shot.

Just ordered some LED replacement bulbs for my reverse lights. Hopefully those will help a bit.

 

which leds did you get?

 

those would be perfect for vehicles behind you with thier high beams on

 

Putting it in reverse at 70 mph to turn the lights on could be a bit fun.

 

I've thought about doing this since the factory back up camera is useless in the dark unless you have the brakes on. The factory back up light are worthless for anything more than telling folks you are in reverse.

 

I went with the less expensive option of the two you posted in the other thread. I looked at both of them and just couldn't convince myself to spend $26 a bulb. Hopefully I don't regret being cheap. I'll let you know how they turn out.