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trenchwarfare · 05-05-2009, 05:54 AM

I need something to see better during night with the burb. She's a 90 with barn doors and dark tints. Any diagrams or photos would be nice.

**N2TRUX** · 05-05-2009, 08:04 AM

Do your existing lights work?

Turbo85GMC · 05-05-2009, 11:43 AM

Get a pair of fog/driving lights for the back. Use a relay to power them, triggered off the reverse lights. It's an easy install.

Adams74Chevy · 05-05-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbo85GMC

Get a pair of fog/driving lights for the back. Use a relay to power them, triggered off the reverse lights. It's an easy install.

+1

I have a cheap pair I'm going to wire up on a switch so I can use when backing up if I need more light or if I need to see when hooking up a trailer or loading a car dolly in the dark, the uses are endless.

trenchwarfare · 05-05-2009, 12:40 PM

My existing ones do work, but it's still quite hard to see. I was just wondering where to wire them in.

**old Rusty C10** · 05-05-2009, 04:18 PM

i went and got some round lights that have plastic covering over the lenses and bolted them through the bottom of the bumper and ran wires up to the tail light sockets and the reverse lights
they sell them at any hardware store, northern catalogue or harbor freight for like $4 a piece

05-05-2009, 05:54 AM	#1
trenchwarfare Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: WNY Posts: 313	Hooking up reverse light? I need something to see better during night with the burb. She's a 90 with barn doors and dark tints. Any diagrams or photos would be nice. __________________ ____________________________________

05-05-2009, 08:04 AM	#2
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Re: Hooking up reverse light? Do your existing lights work? __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

05-05-2009, 11:43 AM	#3
Turbo85GMC Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Medford, MA Posts: 307	Re: Hooking up reverse light? Get a pair of fog/driving lights for the back. Use a relay to power them, triggered off the reverse lights. It's an easy install. __________________ '85 GMC 1500 "Friends don't let friends drive stock!"

05-05-2009, 12:40 PM	#5
trenchwarfare Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: WNY Posts: 313	Re: Hooking up reverse light? My existing ones do work, but it's still quite hard to see. I was just wondering where to wire them in. __________________ ____________________________________

05-05-2009, 04:18 PM	#6
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,316	Re: Hooking up reverse light? i went and got some round lights that have plastic covering over the lenses and bolted them through the bottom of the bumper and ran wires up to the tail light sockets and the reverse lights they sell them at any hardware store, northern catalogue or harbor freight for like $4 a piece __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

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