Reversing Light Upgrades

[allupstairs]

I’m looking to fit an LED into my rear barn door, as the standard lights are useless…. Has anyone done anything similar, if so what did you do and did you encounter any difficulties?

 

[DXX]

Tailgate not barn door. My advice would be to keep it simple and not install in the doors.
Also keeping it low means that drivers behind don’t get dazzled. The light I used is an approved ‘manoeuvring’ light so technically road legal.

Here’s a few photos, some taken with the bumper off.

LED light (Labcraft Scenelite) - Positive feed spliced to the reversing lamp positive feed on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet.
Dedicated grounding point is on the nearside tailgate guide bracket bolt, shown in photo, don’t ground through the common ground wire for the light cluster as the reversing light will flash when the indicators are on!

Garmin BC30 wifi camera unit is spliced in on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet. Positive to the reversing lamp positive feed and negative to the tail light common ground. Both wires are routed up the nearside D pillar and through the tailgate via the cramped tailgate cable boot.

The reversing light is mounted on a home made bracket under the nearside rear bumper. The bracket is bolted to the thin plastic trim which gives it some shock resilience on rough roads.

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[Paynewright]

Being barn doors both lights should work (only one side lights up on the tailgate vans).

I upgraded the bulbs to LEDs which massively improved them.

 

[Ali-G]

I fitted a pair of these LED bulbs, they are superb.

955 / 921 Twenty20 Impact Canbus LED 12V W16W Bulb

Twenty20 Impact 955 LED Bulbs - Perfect for sidelights, number plates, foglights, reversing lights and brake lights - these LED bulbs are CANbus compatible and give off a brilliant 6000K crisp white light.

www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk

 

[Dellmassive]

View attachment 186567View attachment 186567I’m looking to fit an LED into my rear barn door, as the standard lights are useless…. Has anyone done anything similar, if so what did you do and did you encounter any difficulties?

Wow.

Those look beefcake.

 

[Salty Spuds]

I just changed the bulbs to LEDs, massive difference & a simple job.

 

[david173]

I upgraded to THQ tail lights which have full LED clusters with twin reversing lights, made a huge difference

 

[Nickdaw]

Being barn doors both lights should work (only one side lights up on the tailgate vans).

I upgraded the bulbs to LEDs which massively improved them.

both reversing lights work on mine and tailgate with OEM lights.

 

[dubber36]

both reversing lights work on mine and tailgate with OEM lights.

OEM LED rear lights have twin reversing lights. LED bulbs in those make a huge difference too.

 

[Littleblackflash]

I would like to see them fitted.
I was thinking off adding white work lights to the rear of my van to help loading the my race car onto the trailer at night. It would also be good to be able to turn them on quickly when driving at night, just so I can see nothing is moving on the trailer. Obviously I wouldn't use them when someone is behind me.

 

[Ali-G]

It would also be good to be able to turn them on quickly when driving at night, just so I can see nothing is moving on the trailer. Obviously I wouldn't use them when someone is behind me.

I disagree, they'd be just the job for tw@ts behind you with their front foglights on.