LED Reversing lamp under rear bumper
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In a few days time.
Here’s a few photos, some taken with the bumper off.
LED light (Labcraft Scenelite) - Positive feed spliced to the reversing lamp positive feed on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet.
Dedicated grounding point is on the nearside tailgate guide bracket bolt, shown in photo, don’t ground through the common ground wire for the light cluster as the reversing light will flash when the indicators are on!
Garmin BC30 wifi camera unit is spliced in on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet. Positive to the reversing lamp positive feed and negative to the tail light common ground. Both wires are routed up the nearside D pillar and through the tailgate via the cramped tailgate cable boot.
The reversing light is mounted on a home made bracket under the nearside rear bumper. The bracket is bolted to the thin plastic trim which gives it some shock resilience on rough roads.
LED light (Labcraft Scenelite) - Positive feed spliced to the reversing lamp positive feed on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet.
Dedicated grounding point is on the nearside tailgate guide bracket bolt, shown in photo, don’t ground through the common ground wire for the light cluster as the reversing light will flash when the indicators are on!
Garmin BC30 wifi camera unit is spliced in on the inboard side of the nearside tail light / body grommet. Positive to the reversing lamp positive feed and negative to the tail light common ground. Both wires are routed up the nearside D pillar and through the tailgate via the cramped tailgate cable boot.
The reversing light is mounted on a home made bracket under the nearside rear bumper. The bracket is bolted to the thin plastic trim which gives it some shock resilience on rough roads.
I struggle to get off the drive sometimes, with there being cars parked opposite and outside of my house, and the street being poorly lit by retrofitted LED street lights.
Maybe something like this light, on an independent switch, might be the solution to preventing scraping to the arches
I fitted one of these 18w ones with no problems 2pcs Marine Spreader Lights LED Light Deck/Mast lights for boat 18W 12V-30V | eBay - but left the original bulbs alone.
Thank you. I feel more reassured that my effort will be worthwhile. Looks like same 18W light i have bought but under different name. I'd quite like to rig one to each corner but reckon thats too much load to splice into the n/s lamp cluster. Anone tried it? No problem to put standard bulb back in cluster if that LED replacement together with new under bumper LED causes error. Hopefully i can get away with both LED. Sooooo disappointed to find both front and rear lights on my T6 are dismal, making night driving and manoeuvring an absolute nightmare. My 09 T5 Kombi had way better lighting at both ends!
The photos that I posted earlier are with the Scenelight and the standard single reversing bulb. I now have dual LED reversing bulbs and the Scenelight.
I don’t think there would be any advantage to having two additional LED lights under the bumper, more than enough light available.
I don’t think there would be any advantage to having two additional LED lights under the bumper, more than enough light available.
Heres mine...18w wired directly into the reverse light feed. About £10 off ebay and worked fantastic. Had a new van now with LED rears and so dont need it. Where are you and you can have it if you want.
I bolted mine to the tow bar, no drilling obviously, the hole was already available. No errors whatsoever.
Hi there! Adding an additional reversing light is a good idea for winter campsite manoeuvring. Since the banksman led light you're considering fitting draws 1 amp @ 12v, it should be safe to directly spur off the existing reversing light feed. However, to be on the safe side, it's always recommended to use a relay. This will ensure that the additional load of the new light does not overload the original reversing light circuit. A relay will allow the new reversing light to be powered directly from the battery, while still being activated by the original reversing light signal. I hope that helps!
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