MadManMike Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hey all, Well for some reason the previous owner of my pathfinder thought it cool to have dark tinted windows.. and I have to agree it makes it look nice.. but it's a major pain in the butt when having to back out of my long driveway in the dark .. so I am gonna have the tint removed and put on a lighter coat... until I get the money to do that I went on a search for some brighter backup lights and came up with these: 50w Xenon back up bulb.. It seemed cool but I could only find them for $14 for 1 bulb... bout how much it cost to have window tint removed for one window Until I searched ebay and got 2 of them (new) for $10 shipped. Here is the difference: Before: After: My camera takes poor pictures in the dark... (because the auto light thing trys to adjust to the brighter light I think I may try to have the old bulb in one side and the new one in the other... and then take a picture so it's more noticeable. Any way it seems to be much brighter... but your not suppose to leave them on to long because they get really hot and may melt some plastic around your lights. The guy I got them from on ebay is http://stores.ebay.com/superlumination search his store for "1156" and you will see his selection of lights..he even has some led ones. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILLVOX Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdpathy Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Cooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hmm, I might get a set of those. You should put this in the Product Review section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 They may also pull more current than the wires like... You should pull the access panel and feel the wiring when they're on. If the wire gets too warm to hold, you have a problem. I have been known to tuck el cheapo fog lights on the backs and sides of trailers. I also have a set attached to the receiver of the tow van. All run off a new circuit of 14 AWG wire and a relay, of course. Makes backing up on dark nights much more easy.... Net results are something like this.... http://www.whitenight.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I used to run a set of backup lights I found on e-bay. Came with a nifty set of brackets to mount them on a standard hitch. Wired them up with a relay and they worked fine, probably still are, wherever my old GMC truck is. Cost less than $50 if IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfrozen Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Cool! If the fuse isn't blowing, the wiring should be sufficient, but running heavier wire can't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Cheap ($15 or less)add-on reverse lights: Find a $10 set of driving lights (ones that include a relay), and buy about 20ft of 14AWG (less than $5). Run the 14AWG from the battery back to the access panel and hook it into the relay's hot connection. splice into the reverse light wire and run the splice to the switched power on the relay. Follow the rest of the included wiring instructions and you are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) Cheap ($15 or less)add-on reverse lights: Find a $10 set of driving lights (ones that include a relay), and buy about 20ft of 14AWG (less than $5). Run the 14AWG from the battery back to the access panel and hook it into the relay's hot connection. splice into the reverse light wire and run the splice to the switched power on the relay. Follow the rest of the included wiring instructions and you are done. Yeah that is also an idea... but I am just using mine to back out of my driveway. Although I would like to say... these aren't so much brighter that you will be in shock.. they are probably 1.5 times brighter or so maybe 2x. So if you need lots of light (for 4x4ing or something) then the above suggestion might be worth a shot. Also I am not sure yet.. but I think the light might not be spread out as much.. more in a beam behind you... I will have to do some more extensive tests before I can say that for sure though. Thanks for your comments... And yeah I will check out how many DC amps are being pulled .. don't want a fire starting in the back of my truck -Mike Edited March 7, 2007 by MadManMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I'd doublt the bulb would affect the angle/width of the beam much, unless it was an LED. I'd second the idea of running extra or auxilliary backup lights. There is another thread going on this, and 88 has suggested looking at tractor or farm (I think) lights as they put out a lot of light and are durable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I've had the same kind of backup light bulbs in my Pathy for the last four years and they work fine. Not as bright as I'd like, but definitely better than stock. No damage to wiring or socket so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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