Reverse light LED upgrade

[Adrock Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Adrock]

The wife picked up her new Altitude last week so the first thing I did was change out the headlights and fog lamps (will put details in headlight thread). At the same time I decided to upgrade the reverse light globes with some LED's.

I went to a place called http://www.blingworkauto.com.au (no affiliation) as I found them on eBay and then discovered they actually have a shopfront I could visit. They have a huge range of demo lights for everything.

Anyway, they recommended some LED replacements from KONIK



They made a huge difference as you can see from this pic. The LED is obviously the one on the left.


And the view in pitch black from the reverse camera with them both fitted

[Piney Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Piney]

Ad rock,

Thanks this post. Being a shift worker getting home at all hours with an awkward reverse into the garage, this tip which I will copy will help a lot.

Thanks

Piney

[Mark of the North Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Mark of the North]

Hi Adrok

I was thinking of doing something similar

do know the wattage of the original reverse lights?

Thanks

Mark

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

They would be 21w

[Adrock Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Adrock]

They are actually 16W.

[Khoa Member Find all posts View Profile Close Khoa]

...be careful with led reverse bulbs ..... they do look great but most of them don't give enough output light.

[V1SHRNZ Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close V1SHRNZ]

Looks like a great and and easy mod.

Will be looking into this when i take delivery of mine.

[BlakMoth Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close BlakMoth]

Will be looking into this when i take delivery of mine.

How big is your list so far? 😉


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[shodown Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shodown]

Adrock, any reason you didnt go for the T20 (30w) over the T15 (25w)

Does anyone know what the existing wiring would be rated to?

[V1SHRNZ Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close V1SHRNZ]

How big is your list so far? ��


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Blakmoth the list is pretty big but im also building a house so thats taking priority at the moment. Once its done ill be in position to give Prado some love. Hopefully by then ARB will have bought out their redesigned Deluxe Winch Bar.

[Spilsy Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Spilsy]

I bought some LED reverse lights for my mums X-Trail. The lights on that are at tow-bar level and were worse than useless. The new ones are amazing. Mine came from e-Bay...

[Early Member Find all posts View Profile Close Early]

...be careful with led reverse bulbs ..... they do look great but most of them don't give enough output light.

Lux vs Lumens? Unfocused LED's are bright, but doesn't travel far - high lumen, low lux.

Reverse cameras have low light sensors these days, so can work with the low luxes. Just don't install additional lights low because they will create an intense area of light close-up which fades with distance very quickly and cameras don't like that. Experiment with a torch