ground out i mean put it to a ground source, like the frame. what i did is drilled a tiny pilot hole in the frame mounted my relay, and grounded it right there. gimme a min and ill snap a pic of mine, im in progress of wiring my compressor..

 

heres my pic of my relay.




this is how the relay should be connected.




and here is the outcome.



my lights are where those two yellow circles are..
and yes i know its dirty

 

Ah Ha the light finally comes on! No pun intended. thanks a bunch i will let you know the outcome.

You have been a great help

 

who is the manufacturer of the lights?

 

did you happen to read the other posts???? look at post #10..

 

I just found the lights on ebay, too lazy to drive to Autozone haha!

 

When someone gets some info on these light, please post it! If I can find them, I'd love to tackle this mod this weekend.

Hey bear Hunter, that's one sweet truck!



On Edit: Opps, seems I missed the last page... Got the info now!!

 

these lights do get hot if you have them on for a while. there are better ones, but alot of people like to conceal them. i have em and had to mount them under the hitch because on my excursion, the clearance is less.

 

ok, stupid question and probally the wrong place to ask it but i want to know. what is the difference between halogen and HID lights?

 

on a halogen light bulb, there is a filament that conducts electricity and actually turns white hot. thats where you get the light from. just like a bulb in your house. An HID light had no filament, it has a ballast, ignitor, and actually arc's accross the gap inside the capsule. its like a flourescent bulb. the biggest difference is that an HID light doesn't draw nearly the power that a halogen bulb will. it also stays alot cooler.

OK, OTHERS, DID I SAY IT RIGHT KINDA OR DID I SCREW SOMETHING UP???

 

Well, Racer, if it IS BS.... it's darned good BS

I couldn't smoked it betta myself !

 

pretty close hid uses a high voltage to excite a gas witch than emits the light & since the light is not from a resistance source much less amperage is used per lumen produced.

 

I've wired several vehicles over the years with back light relay setups like this and found one great trick for weather proofing the relay. Wire everything up with a touch of dielectric silicone on the contacts and make sure the lights work properly then get a can of plasti-dip (not the spray) and dip the wired relay into the stuff 2-3 good coats will do it. Once it's dry then screw the relay down where ever it's convenient and forget about it! I'm in the snowy-salt laden North and would rot off a relay every season until I started doing this. I've never had to replace a relay since - the whole thing is sealed and doesn't corrode.

 

those are sick but i feel like they would just get wrecked off-road when you get burried frame deep in some sloppy mud

 

Me too.

Thank you for putting together this how to. I have been wanting to do this for quite some time and would have never thought of the diode trick.

Freaking awsome that I can use one set of lights to help with night time trailer hook ups (via my upfitter switch) and while reversing.

I used the same lights you did and even swapped the 55w bulbs for 100w bulbs prior to putting them on the truck. I also used the Velcro that you mentioned... but gotta say that I am not real confident of longevity, but will wait and see.

Installed in about 2 hours...



And on with reverse.



One thing that I learned during this install was that my reversing lamp wire was not the black/green that you refrenced in your install. It turned out to be the black/pink on mine. (2005 PSD)

Again thanks for taking the time to share your learnings.

Regards,
Duke