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Old 03-02-2015, 11:43 PM
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I'm debating on putting LED lights in the bed and some rear facing fog lights for offroad situations and backing up in the dark? Is it worth it to do all this or a waste of money. Those with those lights chime in please.
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I have flush mount pods in my rear bumper and like them a lot for backing up and off roading.
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would you rather see or not to see.


Now offroading backward **** ya unless you don't care on damage
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As a start, try replacing the backup bulbs with LED ones, and see if that provides enough light for you when backing up. If you think you need more, then you could add an LED light bar.

Many here have said the LED bulbs provide a much brighter light when used as a replacement for the reverse bulbs.
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Where would you guys suggest on mounting aftermarket reverse lighting? And/or bed lighting?
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I mounted two waterproof led lights on the back angled out to the sides and tapped into the reverse wire of the 7 pin trailer connector. I absolutely love them best 35 bucks I've spent on amazon.
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Originally Posted by bill2014
I mounted two waterproof led lights on the back angled out to the sides and tapped into the reverse wire of the 7 pin trailer connector. I absolutely love them best 35 bucks I've spent on amazon.
by the way, the left one looks a little off and don't worry my OCD kicked in and I fixed it.

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I have the Rigid SR-Q as my backup LED's because I couldn't see crap when backing up. They are a little pricey, but I feel it was money well spent!!
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those don't get damaged at all being below the bumper like that?
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Originally Posted by redknight1
those don't get damaged at all being below the bumper like that?
These are hard to break man.

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Torture test:
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Light Bar Still Works After Baja 1000 Wreck [117 MPH] watch the end of this video, it shows the wrecked trophy truck:
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With the proof I've provided, a trophy truck having a wreck at 117MPH with a bolted on light bar, and still work, would probably mean it can go through some rough trails and hit a few ditches.

Note: this is rigid industries, not eBay or amazon knockoffs.


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