So I literally came up with this like 30 min ago haha. I had some cheap harbor freight lights ($20) which after pulling apart are decent. They have a glass lense and a metal chrome plated reflector. I also had some DDM H10 35w hids(like$35) new sitting in a box so figured why not. So I started to dissasemble the lights



then pulled the lights apart, 2 phillips and then glass and reflector pull out, then bulb is held in with a small phillips screw. And once removed back of the reflector looks like this

there is a little tab that is on the refelctor, well the hid bulb literally slides into it perfectly, and then once slid in use the same screw and it holds it in place, very snug with no movement.




almost like it was made for it



because the hid bulb is longer, you need to knock a hole in the back of the light housing to allow the bulb and wires to come out



then slide wires through and reassemble





and then fired it up, just sitting on my audi's firewall. All lights in garage were turned off and pitch black outside. Id say output is awesome



and for safe measure I through some sealant on the back and called it good






Ill be mounting these on the back of my roof rack for reverse lights but obviously there is other uses for them. And yes before people freak about an hid in a halogen housing. These are made for aux lights and not for permanent fog lights or such. and for reverse lights give off a crazy amount of light, They also make heat but with the glass and metal hosuing I feel fine. If they bubble the chrome so be it. Theyre $20 lights.

 

Cool idea actually, especially for reverse lights since they are really blasting much more light out.

Post up pics after you get them mounted, I might do this also.

 

Will do, going to run a relay triggered by the reverse lights. And then have to run up through the deck connector and stuff so will be a few days before mounted. They're supposed to pull like 12.2 Amps on startup and settle down to 3.45 amps. But just to be safe I'll make its own circuit so I don't blow my reverse light fuse considering it that fuse powers other things.

What I can't decide is if I want to also set it up to come on with my bed lights also. So when I would unlock the truck they would come on. Or when loading stuff they could come on and I could also then turn them on whenever I wanted with the dome light switch

 

Seeing in reverse is no longer an iissue in the dark alaska nights haha. Lights up my bed amazing also

 

Wow, great idea and nice write up.

 

That's neat! Great idea and nice write up

 

Very nice. Hey what is all that white crap in your yard and in the bed????