Back-Up Lights LOOK!!!

[rholcom2]

Ok, I have been looking here for about 2 hours trying to find a past post. Seems no search will bring it up. I remember looking at a post a few months back where a guy had mounted fog lights under the rear bumper and behind the front wheels and used them as back up lights. I remember there was a wiring diagram and how what relays and switches to use. If anyone is familiar with this thread please help out. Or, if you (the owner of the idea) sees this, help me out. I am looking for solutions to use on a truck that will be used for pushing snow and spreading salt this winter. Probably a little late to start this, but figured I could get it wired up before a big snow. thanks for your help!!!

 

[Sticks]

HEY! Thats me!



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I mounted the rear lights on the leaf spring shackle bracket. This tucks it back behind (or in front??) of the bumper about a foot. El cheapo $15 driving/fog lights. I have found that the cheaper they are, the better they work. Mounting farther inside prevents them from disappearing when you back into a snow drift, or shrub.



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Another angle. The light in the picture I have to replace. It got moisture inside from road splash back. The replacement has been sealed with black RTV around the lens and the rubber boot where the wires go in.



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This is the front light/passenger. It is aimed just outside the rear tire. I mounted it close to the frame rail and about 1 foot behind the engine. I can not remember for sure where, and I am not going outside to lay in the snow to find out . On my first truck with these, I had them a little farther to the outside, and they disappeared after a drive in some deep slushy roads. Lesson learned - lights with metal mounting brackets, and shelter them from potential splash back from the front tire.



Wiring is pretty simple. Two lighted switched on the shifter, power tap from the fuse panel to the switch, ground wire and two feed lines out from the switches to the relays (2) under the hood. Power from the PDC and ground to the relays, power from the relays to the lights. I ran the wiring along the drivers side frame rail, wire tied the passenger side forward light across the transfer case skid plate and the passenger side rear between the bed and the frame rails.



Easy enough?

 

[rholcom2]

Cool, THANKS!!! Just a question. I have seen that the #7 (center contact in the RV plug) is for back up lights. Just wondering if you could run these 4 lights off of that?? And wire it so you can use it when not pulling a trailer. Thanks for the response.

 

[esommer2500]

You're not really going to put a plow on that pretty truck are you?



Eric

 

[rholcom2]

NO, one of my buddies pushes snow, to go along with his lawn mowing business, I just figured if I helped him get some lights put on his truck so he could see we could do it to mine as well.

 

[Cummins4Life]

Originally posted by rholcom2

Cool, THANKS!!! Just a question. I have seen that the #7 (center contact in the RV plug) is for back up lights. Just wondering if you could run these 4 lights off of that?? And wire it so you can use it when not pulling a trailer. Thanks for the response.

I did that at first and the lights were dim, there was not enough juice to run my two cheapo 55 watt lights. So i wired in a relay. Using the purple #7 wire for the switch. In the same wiring harnes is a decent sized 12V hot wire that I tapped for power. Much brighter now.