Raptor's Reverse Fogs
 

Well today I was taking down the trash and came across my old header panel with my old Hella 2020's still on it. Since I have awesome 9005 fog lights now that make these look like flashlights I decided to strip them off, take them apart, and make them my new reverse fogs. After all, I support recycling :D

Basically these have the fog light and driving light beam in one housing. Both are H3 bulbs but I modded them a long time ago when I had them as my primaries. The driving beam has the amethyst-tinted 55W H3 from NA Sylvania's Silverstar line. The fog light beam has a Osram Sylvania 100W bulb. The reflecting surface has started to peel and the lights themselves leak, so I separated the lenses, cleaned out the bowls, internals, and lens and then wired in thicker ground wires and reassembled.

Wiring Diagram:

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The mount was kind of silly. I didn't want to drill into my tow bar so I just zip-tied them on there. Fog light beam is on the outside so when I look in my rear views, I have a low, wide beam, and the driving light beam is in the middle so when I turn around and look out the back window, I see a long, straight beam projected straight behind me.

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I am not finished yet, I need to replace one of the Silverstar bulbs in the driving light beam since it's blown (how surprising :rolleyes: ), and buy some more wiring to mount the relay in the engine compartment. I will have my ignition source as the reverse lights. So when I go into reverse, I have my basic LEDs light up and that triggers the relay for the reverse fogs. More pics tomorrow when I finish up and of course, nighttime pics on Monday. :rocker:

Pics of my test station and basic wiring layout:

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Mounted:

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In action:

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Stay tuned :bandito:

i need to do this some day, i have my old fogs just sitting in my garage.

Looks good ... reverse fogs was the most useful mod I've done to date.

Consider wiring the lights to a SPDT switch, so that the lights can be on with reverse lights/off/on with park lights

Put some paint on that hitch ...:devil:

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Looking good.

Looks good. I need to do this. Couldn't you just tap into the Reverse Light Wire on the tails?

with a relay, the factory wiring isnt setup to run more then the two factory bulbs.

mount them up higher where you cant see them, cleaner look ;)

anyone have a wiring diagram for the dual setup, with on with reverse then on with parking with a swtich?

I'm sure these old fogs won't be more useful than my HID projectors :D

I dont need them to be that useful. I backup into my bay and I'm planning on towing a camper here soon, so it was a win/win/win situation.

And the hitch is staying as-in, I'm trying to slow down my mod spending :lol:

Thanks.

No, the tiny 18 guage wiring going to the reverse lights isnt near powerful enough to power 2x 55W bulbs and 2x 100W bulbs, along with a 30A relay. The voltage drop would be immense as well.

I was under there for about 30 minutes, you would laugh if you saw where I originally had them. As soon as I got done, my mom came out and said: "why not put them higher up" and pointed out a spot. Turns out she was right :lol:

I'm not totally following what you are saying, but I'm guessing two relays with a diode to prevent backflow of the current would probably work.

More pics tonight.

Well this is taking longer than I expected. Plus I broke something I shouldn't have (I'm not going to say what is it, but its tiny, electrical, located in the engine compartment and without it my truck is now a lawn ornament).

you broke a battery post, didn't you?

I need to tackle mine over spring break...

close. The battery is connected to it.

Hmm... Based on your fb status i am guessing the starter solenoid? :lol:

Didn't know you were on my FB.

But yep. I was tightening the bolt back down to power the line running back to the relay and it went pop and i had a TWISTED bolt in my ratchet.

Gah, I didn't need to spend money on a new solenoid :mad:

^^:lol:

That sucks man.