Hoss

Anyone have these on their truck? I was just wondering if they're any good. It looks like they would interfere with the pin that holds the drawbar in the hitch, but I guess not. How do they wire up?

TPilaske

I had them on my truck... unfortunately some salt/snow mix got up in there and fried out the wiring... took them off my truck and haven't bothered re-wiring them and putting 'em back on! They are real nice though, so I may do it again soon. The reverse lights on these trucks are useless!

As far as wiring, it's nothing too difficult (unless your volt meter's dead eh Ed? ) and it comes w/ a bracket to move your trailer wiring out of the way...

Ed has a set on his truck as well... call him if you need some late night tech support!


Tony

hotdram

I believe Mexstan (where are you Stan?) has a set on his truck.
I saw them on the Sears.com website. Looks like some vehicles need an adapter plate.

~Rob

BigBlue

Hoss, a set of lights at wal mart work just as good. I think I've got pics of mine in my gallery.

hotdram

Hoss, you looking at the fixed mount ones or the insert mount ones (couldn't tell from the pic)?

~Rob

Hoss

I don't know. I was looking at the ones that Geno's sales for an '03.

Nvisable

I've got a set on my truck. They make a very nice differance at night because of my tinted windows. I also had to buy a longer hitch arm to clear the lights. It's very tight getting to the hitch pin behind them so I plan on leaving the trailer hitch always plugged in. If you need to change your hitch often go with another means of back up light.

Hoss

Hmmmm....I change my drawbar out quite often. I have a 4" drop that I use for the church cargo trailer and my dad's boat and a 2" drop that I use for my dad's flatbed and my grandfather's horse trailer.

CMB

Hey Hoss, Gottem on my 99, changed over to 100 watt bulbs and they light up the night! But if you change drawbars often then go with a good set on each side of the hitch,seen some great looking setups done that way. Mike

tankeryanker

You don't need back up lights Hoss if your selling your truck.

I just bought a pair of back up lights in a kit with wireing & everything needed at wal mart $29.00. They are wide angle beam & plenty brite.

Hoss

Hehehe....I'm going on the assumption that I am not selling my truck because I doubt the dealer will accept the offer I made on a used one.

What I would really like is a set that is mounted INSIDE the rear bumper.

jfpointer

I think that's how Stan has his mounted, actually. If I remember correctly he cut into the plastic in the middle and mounted them in there, which works on the 3rd Gen trucks pretty well. I'm not sure if he has a picture in his gallery or not.

Edit: Found the thread with pics of Stan's setup, just scroll down a bit. https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...t&pagenumber=2

hotdram

Thanks for that heads up. I use a 4" drop for trailer duties (and to give tailgaters something to run into), but constantly remove it to put in my Lousiana Guard Dog (holds my ATV in the bed) or my DryDock from Yakima (props up the rear of the canoe that I carry on the roof). Sounds like I should go a different route for lights.

~Rob

Hoss

Jfpointer, I forgot how Stan had his lights set up. Seems like it would be pretty easy to get any set of lights that would fit on the sides of the LP like that and mount them.

I think that's what I'll do. I can't decide if it would be better to tap into the back up light wiring so that they come on automatically when you hit reverse or put them on a switch. I can see good things about both ways.

hotdram

Hoss,
You can wire them up to a SPDT switch (one with an "off" position) such that:

1) You can have them turn on when you put the vehicle in reverse
2) You can turn them on at any time (w/o being in reverse)
3) Off no matter what

I helped a friend do that on his truck.

~Rob