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Old 02-25-2017, 09:05 AM
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Added reverse lights

Hey all,

I just wanted to show off my new auxiliary reverse lights. $20 on Amazon. P.O. had already had some there, brackets were still on the bumper and the wires were hanging under the truck from the factory reverse lamps!






I'll try to get some night shots tonight after it gets dark!
 
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Old 02-25-2017, 10:53 PM
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Looks good, I was wiring new LED tail lights on my rig this week and used this in place of the cardboard that you were sitting on, It saves the back and is pretty comfy. It is an old kitchen chair with the legs cut off. You can sit on soggy ground with our getting your shorts in a bind!
 
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done the same, but mine are up under the bed, so it shines out from under the truck.
 
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Old 02-26-2017, 07:28 AM
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I did the under-bumper route too. You can see mine just peaking out. I mounted them to the vertical side of the receiver hitch mount. That works well for flood light beams, but I ended up with a trapezoidal beam instead. That needs to be mounted to a horezontal surface. So once I get a round toit I'm going to make some simple brackets to attach to the receiver mount that the lights can hang from (the light will be in the same place, but rotated on its axis 90 degrees).

 
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Old 02-26-2017, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cd4e
Looks good, I was wiring new LED tail lights on my rig this week and used this in place of the cardboard that you were sitting on, It saves the back and is pretty comfy. It is an old kitchen chair with the legs cut off. You can sit on soggy ground with our getting your shorts in a bind!
That's not cardboard, thats gen-u-ine 1/4" plywood!

That chairs not a bad idea though!

I was gifted a short stool to sit on but if I have to lay down I've become fond of plywood actually, it allows me to slide around a little more than that chair would. Besides, I'm twice the size of that chair anyway! Lol

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I did the under-bumper route too. You can see mine just peaking out. I mounted them to the vertical side of the receiver hitch mount. That works well for flood light beams, but I ended up with a trapezoidal beam instead. That needs to be mounted to a horezontal surface. So once I get a round toit I'm going to make some simple brackets to attach to the receiver mount that the lights can hang from (the light will be in the same place, but rotated on its axis 90 degrees).

Nice looking family member you got there! I hadn't even thought about mounting them under the bed. I did that on my Chevy and they lasted until I was plowing and accidentally backed into a snow bank! Besides, the PO already had the holes where I put my lights. I might mount them under once I finally buy a hitch for it, it's on the long list of things to do!

Funny you should word "a round toit" as you did. My grandmother actually has one! It's a little round pin that just says "Toit" I thought that was pretty neat haha.

Nighttime pics as promised. Sitting in the front seat looking in the mirror.
 
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Old 02-26-2017, 06:09 PM
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i picked up a couple LED pods with a flood pattern. im happy with it

thats a pretty solid beam in the 2nd picture.
 
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....Nice looking family member you got there!
Thanks. We actually had to put him to sleep in 2015, about 6 months after that picture. We have another Gordon Setter now. She is our third. It's become my breed.

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I hadn't even thought about mounting them under the bed. I did that on my Chevy and they lasted until I was plowing and accidentally backed into a snow bank! Besides, the PO already had the holes where I put my lights. I might mount them under once I finally buy a hitch for it, it's on the long list of things to do!
I had them there on my '95 F-150 for 9 years, and on my Bronco for about 10. I've never had any trouble with them on the trucks, and they survived about 4 family 'wheeling trips on the Bronco before one got smacked. But I used cheap lights so it wasn't a big deal.

(This is my first Gordon Setter and my one Brittany, with my now 21 year old son)


(This is the same son standing on the rock)



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Funny you should word "a round toit" as you did. My grandmother actually has one! It's a little round pin that just says "Toit" I thought that was pretty neat haha.....
A friend of mine had a round plaque with "TOIT" at his desk. He'd offer it to people when he thought something wasn't getting done fast enough.
 
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Just got mine mounted before Christmas.
 
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I mounted a 10 watt LED light on a bracket I made that is mounted on the front edge of the bed, mounted in the center as I have a cross bed tool box that opens on each end and is hinged in the center it works perfectly as a bed light also. I also have high wattage LED reverse lights in place of the stock reverse lamps.
 
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