Reverse bulbs to see w/ 20%tint

[apuforyou]

Any update on the 50 watt reverse bulbs? I'm very interested but i dont want to melt my brand new red/clears. Anyone use them?

[TheNextAZN]

i'm interested too .. cus i can't see crap out of my new tint when backing up.

[HondaB18]

Do what I did with my car, although I didn't have tints.

Install a rear fog, ones that were meant for the front. I rigged one up with the help of Phempa. Ok, well...he did. But at night it would light up the driveway, might be brighter if the spoiler wasn't in the way.

[cp[mike]]

i bought a few of those 50w reverse bulbs. ill let you guys know how they look... im going to try running them in an extra set of housings for a while, see if they start to melt anything. but then again reverse lights are never on for very long anyway.

[djcaz_aom]

I live out in the country and use a set of 50-55 watt bulbs (can't remember) from Advanced Auto. They have them where they have the fog lights. They are called high intensity back-up lights. They work awesome.

[GunRunner]

so what are some alternatives?

roll your window downa nd look in your mirrors...or open your door and look behind you..thats what I do and I have 20% and I live out in the country.

[accordztech]

50 watts... not bad

http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm

near the bottom of the page

[apuforyou]

Ha, I'm pretty good at the open the door and reverse method. I do it alot

cp[mike] let us know man.

[aleks77]

I wanna do an h1/h3 or 9005 retro fit, the only thing im worried about is the wiring, the wires running to the reverse lights are probably not meant to run higher wattage, and also would there be even enough power? or is there some kind of resistor?

the retro fit is the easy part (for me anyways) just wondering how to do the wiring, and if there is even enough power going thru there?

thanks for any help

[accordztech]

how about meltage of the housings.

[aleks77]

shit that too......damn o well too much trouble, open door and look always works

[JoshM]

i bought a few of those 50w reverse bulbs. ill let you guys know how they look... im going to try running them in an extra set of housings for a while, see if they start to melt anything. but then again reverse lights are never on for very long anyway.

Any pics?

[cp[mike]]

Any pics?

damn i keep forgetting. i have them sitting on my desk STILL. im going to try them in my '91 (since i need them anyway, dark tinted rear glass) and ill get side by side pictures.

[JoshM]

Haha. Thanks!

[MikeW]

Your reverse lights are never, usually, on for more than, what, 30 seconds? Im not sure just how hot those things get, but i dont imagine theyd melt your tail light in a matter of seconds. Of course it all depends on how much air gets in there to cool them down.



And call me crazy, but when you tint your lights, arent you supposed to tape of the reverse light

I mean, it is supposed to be white, right?? So why tint it??