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- Pcheaven
- Member Since: 06 Jun 2017
- Location: Tunbridge wells
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Reversing light upgrade
First pics of my reversing light upgrade
Anyone that had been off road may appreciate how useful this is, and how terrible the stock reversing light is.
Will connect the electrics later this week
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- Chrismcnaz
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- Pcheaven
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It’s good news to me that it does not stand out too much
Here is the light
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- Chrismcnaz
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- Pcheaven
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Here is a close up
Removed tailgate interior trim
Then removed external camera numberlight trim
Drilled through that trim and passed cable through the tailgate
Will wire to reversing light later. Busy now
It’s a 18w led light bar from ebay. Very bright.
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- Pcheaven
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- Chrismcnaz
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Nice work.
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- Pcheaven
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Some success. With and without the light pictures below.
Need to update the wiring as the light does not come on every time. Think the canbus
Or whatever is in this car is detecting the load change. No warning messages though.
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- lemme
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- Pcheaven
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- Chrismcnaz
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Pcheaven wrote:
Some success. With and without the light pictures below.
Need to update the wiring as the light does not come on every time. Think the canbus
Or whatever is in this car is detecting the load change. No warning messages though.
Wow that's brilliant, the difference is like .....ahem, night and day......I'm here all week folks.
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- lemme
- Member Since: 02 Jun 2017
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Pcheaven wrote:
Not sure that will supply the current.
Topix is short on such information
i guess you'll have to use a switched relay of some sort... ie. receive signal from reverse light, and take power from another source.
ps. awesome idea... and brave to be messing around with a brand new vehicle.
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- Pcheaven
- Member Since: 06 Jun 2017
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- Pcheaven
- Member Since: 06 Jun 2017
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So
Had the car in a million parts
Tailgate trim off
Rear floor trim off
Bumper off
Trailer electrics in bits
1 hour on topix looking at electrical diagrams
1 hour routing cable though tailgate trim, roof liner and down the side of the load space to end up near the electronics buried deep in the car
Have decided the standard lighting circuit is too sensitive to additional loads. Though the trailer power should be fine. Tomorrow will splice into the loom and test.
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- Pcheaven
- Member Since: 06 Jun 2017
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Ok
Have completed the reversing light upgrade
Had to use the tow bar / trailer light circuit as it was not canbus enabled
Worked first time
Here is a picture of the boot with the floor behind the rear seats removed. On the left hand side is the wiring loom for the trailer 13 pin connection
The thin (.5 mm) yellow cable with brown stripe is for the reversing light
There is also a bolt earth point next to the loom. So nice and easy.
The gaffa tape is covering a standard cable connector
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