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Apr 26, 2002 | 09:01 PM

motobub

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Back up light

I want to get a back up light and mount it under my back bumper. Should I just tap into the stock back up lights wire? And where is the best spot to mount it so it won't get ripped off when I do some light off roading? And should I get 1 or 2?
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88 F-150 4x4 4.9 EFI

Apr 26, 2002 | 09:12 PM

TheWiz427

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Back up light

I have a friend who has two mounted about 12 inches on either side of his trailer hitch under the bumper and they are capable of folding up when he's off road.His work great when he's pulling his boat out of the water in the evening

Apr 26, 2002 | 10:20 PM

MustangGT221

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Back up light

I have a picture of mine in my gallery. I just mounted them in the holes that were already in the bumper. I elected not to wire them into the back up lights, because i didn't want them to come on everytime i backup. I put a switch in my dashboard where the electric 4x4 switches go.

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Apr 26, 2002 | 10:43 PM

MrRottnDog

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Back up light

>I want to get a back up light and mount it under my back
>bumper. Should I just tap into the stock back up lights
>wire? And where is the best spot to mount it so it won't get
>ripped off when I do some light off roading? And should I
>get 1 or 2?
>Thanks
>88 F-150 4x4 4.9 EFI

Check out these whitenight back up lights. I think they may be just what your looking for. [link:205.217.9.182/whitenight|whitenight]

Apr 27, 2002 | 06:24 PM

StrangeRanger

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Back up light

If your aftermarket backups are bright enough to do you any good, they'll draw too much curent to simply splice them into the existing circuit. Use an independently fused relay. Wire the control for the relay thru a switch or into your existing circuit or both, as you choose.

Apr 29, 2002 | 12:52 AM

charlez

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Back up light

I bought some small oval foglights. They are about 2.5 inches wide and about 1.5 tall. (@ Walmart in orange box around $20?) I mounted them to the bottom of my bumper at the ends (existing holes). These lights only hang down about 2" so I haven't broke them off yet. (my bumper is also tapered up at the ends). They work quite well and I haven't had any problems with them yet. As for wiring, I agree that StrangeRanger has listed the correct way to wire them. I decided to go the quick way out and just tapped them into the existing BU lights. (kind of curious how long it would last) They have been working that way for 6+ months. I am actually surprised that the BU light switch hasn't melted yet. I probably get away with it because they aren't on all the time.

If you look in my gallery you can sort of see them.

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May 8, 2002 | 03:59 PM

Lookinfurfun

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Back up light

The other day I saw a burban that had a stepbumper and had his rectangular fog style light mounted into the bumper. Basically they just cut rectangles in the bumper and mounted the lights. They used some sort of black platic molding to finish off the metal that was cut. It looked really clean too. I plan to do mine like that in a couple of weeks.