holy glare for days. would be much better with an HID projector

 

The day someone makes a taillight with a rear projector is the day they get all my money haha.

 

I had to put on sunglasses before clicking on this thread, glad I was prepared.

 

Now if someone behind you is pissing you off in traffic you have the perfect weapon!

 

Theres a company who makes reverse light projectors.. god i can't remember it off the top of my head, BUT, there's a certain company I know who may have something in the works

 

That's awesome! I have been thinking about a way to brighten my reverse lights up so I can keep my sunglasses on while driving at night... cause you know.. it's the new style!

 

have you got a link to the sale? And/or pictures of the bulbs I am very curious to what they look like.

 

They look just like normal hid bulbs but they're a generic base and the kit comes with a few different adaptors.
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Those are awesome. I've been doing a lot of research on leds for my car but didn't even think about these for reverse.

 

But....why so bright? Doesn't look like your windows are even tinted ( I only say that because mine are and I can't see anything from the reverse lights)

 

Why try to add horsepower to our cars? Surely 250 is enough, I can merge onto the highway no problem at all.

I want! I have always had problems seeing with the stock bulbs. I would love to wire those up to a separate switch to flash at tailgaters!

What is the warm up time for these to be full brightness?

About 5 seconds. But full brightness isn't strictly necessary the second they're on they're still brighter than stock.

How might brighter were the 7W bulbs over stock?

Not much. The throw was a little better with the projector lens on top and they looked better obviously though.

Do you need to modify the housing to get them to fit or are they a direct fit?

No modifications to the lamp assembly. I did need to enlarge the hole in the rubber grommet to fit the ballast wires through from the car to the light

 

How might brighter were the 7W bulbs over stock?

 

Do you need to modify the housing to get them to fit or are they a direct fit?

Note 2 Tappin

 

I want! I have always had problems seeing with the stock bulbs. I would love to wire those up to a separate switch to flash at tailgaters!

What is the warm up time for these to be full brightness?

 

Cant see anything with my tint when I try to back out of my driveway when it is dark. These may be the ticket.

 

LOL! That's absolutely perfect! Every so often I'll slide the shifter into the reverse gate to light up the reverse lights on a tailgater. I can only imagine how much better the responses will be with these lights! :smile:

 

Are you talking about just pushing it to the left or putting it all the way in the reverse slot? I did not think the lights came on unless it was pushed all the way into gear and did not think it was possible to do that unless the car is stopped or going under a few MPH, granted I never tried either of these things lol.

 

Where did you mount the ballast?

 

I have these 30 watt LED bulbs. Each emitter is 5watts and there are two behind the projector facing straight back.

 

Do you have pics?

 

@TScreamer

So, I've bought a set and have wired them up as shown:

I cut out the old light, cut up of their connectors and wired to where the old light was, then that connected to the ballast, ballast to lamp. When I hook it to the car and turn it on, I get a buzzing sound, and the light comes on for about 1/2 a second, then shuts off. What have I done wrong?

 

@TScreamer

So, I've bought a set and have wired them up as shown: View attachment 84741

I cut out the old light, cut up of their connectors and wired to where the old light was, then that connected to the ballast, ballast to lamp. When I hook it to the car and turn it on, I get a buzzing sound, and the light comes on for about 1/2 a second, then shuts off. What have I done wrong?

I didn't have that. But I have played around with HID ballasts enough to guess there is a bad connection somewhere. When the high voltage doesn't get to ignite the bulb or shorts out, the ballast will buzz and then shut off, protecting itself from the short circuit.
Check your connections, make sure they're all solid.

 

Ok, I tried switching the wires to reverse of what I think they should be, switching the bulb, switching the ballast, still nada. Anyone have any ideas?

 

I got it now. Thanks for the help @Mustang Man and @TScreamer.

I soldered my connections (black to black, white to red), took it out there still got the buzzing. I took the supplied quick connector things apart and put them back together and apparently that was the problem. I have been out to my car and back about 12 times and it is 7 degrees outside right now but that's my nature. I can now go to bed...

 

So you do need to hack up with wiring with these? Not plug-and-play?

 

I had to cut and splice two wires on each side.