I hate not being able to see behind me at night when backing up. I have had aux LED or incand lights as a second set of back up lights, but they are usually in the way when doing stuff round the back of the truck. So I am wondering if there is a bright bulb that I can put in the reverse lamp socket that won't draw too many amps for the wiring and system. I do not want to burn out my reverse switch or blow fuses.

 

I bought one of those light bars to go under the tailgate. The white lights go up when in reverse, and it puts out pretty good. Not sure of the brand though.

 

relay. put the backup lights on relays. makes a noticeable difference. i had to put my backup lights on relays since i installed auxiliary backup light and stock wiring would not be good enough. now i do find that rectangular lights seem to be able to throw there light farther.


ramcharger backing up at night with rectangular lights

 

I guess I will do relays, but I will mount them on the back of the bumper since I go off road with this truck and if they hung down below the bumper, I would think they would get scarped off.

 

If they can be flipped up that might not be so bad. They're back up lights after all, not driving lights, so you don't have to worry about them moving quite as much.

 

^backup lights are no good if you have to get out and flip them down.

you could bolt them to the frame or cross member under the box and setup the lights a bit like rock lights. the light on my 81 are bolted to the frame right by the leaf spring so it would be pretty hard to smash it.

here the backup light setup i use to have on the 81. i think i bolted them to the cross member that the spare tire is supposed to be bolted to.

here is what they looked like lighting things up at night.

 

Those do look like they are in a pretty good place, but here is NM when off road we have to drive over bushes and prarie grasses that would tear them off or at least damage them. On my trucks I have always put them on the back face of the back bumper and the only issue there is if you hit them with your knee if you aren't paying attention. They work great there for back up lights.

 

The ones that wolfie has look like chrome steel off road lights.
I don't think those would be damaged too quickly unless you're running over stumps and such.

 

i figured if you mounted them to the frame or cross member they should not get smashed. the axle should take most of the beating.

 

That is true, they look like KC driving lights and pretty stout.