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want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby corlon » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:31 pm

did a search, but nothing really comes up. looking for a brighter reverse light. i believe the socket is for a 921 bulb. sounds like the factory wattage is 20 watts. has anyone upgrade this to a brighter setup with more output?
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby DSM_Lara » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:47 am

I know someone who did a HID Set-up lol... I'm not joking....
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby TLMNICK » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:07 am

I put these in mine, and I love them:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-Bulb ... 6-1-2.html
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby Raw-lara » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:34 pm

I have hids for my reverse lights. I used a bulb size 880 . The hid bulb will fit in the taillight when u remove the oem clip. I had some problems with flickering so I used a hid ground harness to steady the power and reduce flickering
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby TLMNICK » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:47 pm

^^ Will the HIDs burn the housing if they're kept on for too long?
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby Raw-lara » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:16 pm

TLMNICK wrote:^^ Will the HIDs burn the housing if they're kept on for too long?

Not that I know of. Haha Ive never been in reverse long enough to find out . Ive had them on at longest maybe 5min to use it as a work light at night
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby GzNutz » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:36 pm

Damn that's bright.
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby enz1ey » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:22 pm

Raw-lara wrote:I have hids for my reverse lights. I used a bulb size 880 . The hid bulb will fit in the taillight when u remove the oem clip. I had some problems with flickering so I used a hid ground harness to steady the power and reduce flickering


How did you wire in the ballasts? I'm curious, I might try this. The reverse lights on my Solara are useless...
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby Raw-lara » Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:06 pm

enz1ey wrote:
Raw-lara wrote:I have hids for my reverse lights. I used a bulb size 880 . The hid bulb will fit in the taillight when u remove the oem clip. I had some problems with flickering so I used a hid ground harness to steady the power and reduce flickering


How did you wire in the ballasts? I'm curious, I might try this. The reverse lights on my Solara are useless...


Pull the plug for your reverse light (there should be 2wires +/-) Use a test light or meter to see which wire is the positive. Cut it and connect it to your hid harness on the wire your stock lights would normally plug into. Use a self tap screw and ground the black wire on harness to the frame somewhere. Run the +12v red wire to the battery . I dont think it will work without the hid ground harness. I hope this helps
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Re: want brighter reverse ( back up ) lights

Postby SleeperSolara » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:13 pm

I say use white LED's.
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