cf1k1

Hey y'all! Was doing some thinking today when I was down at the 4 Wheel Parts place and was looking at their lighting options. Instead of adding more lights to the rear for reverse, cause I can't see a thing, what about just upgrading the bulb for more wattage?

andrewmp6

Honestly i would just mount some cheap fog lights under the back bumper wired to the reverse lights.

SnakeEyes814

I switched my reverse lights to led, much brighter and whiter light.

5-90

Why not? I've put 50W versions of the 1156 in my reverse lamps for that very reason. The wiring is a bit light, but I figured the duty cycle was low enough to get away with it (I also have rear-facing PAR34 floods, but I don't use them in town very often. The 50W bulb is perfect.)

Do not get the halogen version - they're too hot! Bear in mind it's an enclosed housing.

(I also installed a cutoff switch, so I can kill the 50W lamps and back up on the PAR34s. Why? If I'm going to be in Reverse for more than 20-30 seconds, I don't want to overload the wiring. Replacing a total of about 20-25W with 100W tends to overload things, unless you want to pull a new front-to-back from the fuse block. I already had to put in an additional relay so I didn't blow out the switch...)