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So we finally got our Bronco back a few days ago (it was away from the shop all week) so I decided to spend some time this evening at home and install the Baja Designs S2 Reverse Kit (https://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-reverse-kit-for-2021-ford-bronco/)
We allow you to select either S1, S2 Sport, S2 Pro, Squadron Sport or Squadron Pros with the kit. For our demo truck, I went with S2 Sports. I ran S2 sport on my Raptor and they were plenty bright. I MIGHT upgrade them to S2 Pro later, but S2 Sport works fine for now.
So the kit out of the box is setup to be controlled from an upfitter or a toggle switch. I asked Baja Designs why this was, when the previous S2 Reverse kit for the Raptors tied into the factory reverse circuit. Basically, they didn't have a demo truck at their disposal that long and they couldn't go hacking apart the tail lights and splicing in wires.
BUT, because ya know we live and breath this stuff, we're going to explain how you can tie into your factory reverse circuit (at least on the trucks with BLIS/LED Tails).
So the kit includes a mount, which goes over your 3 lug nuts on your spare tire. They give you extension lugs so that you can mount the kit. On my factory wheel I had to use 4 washers behind the plate for the off-set (you get 5 washers in the kit).
Installation was honestly really easy, outside of the wiring part (and again, I did some custom stuff which I'll explain).
It's a BIG improvement over the factory reverse, and these are only the S2 Sport.
So what did I do different and how? Well I used an upfitter cable and I tapped into the hot leg on the factory tail circuit. It's the green wire shown here (bottom right corner of the image):
For a ground point, I went under the bumper where there was no painted metal.
Now I COULD have just kept everything inside the truck I learned at the end. As the tail light wires are inside the cabin as well I could have just as easily tied into without having to remove the tail light. Lesson learned.
I ran the wire through the boot behind the spare tire
And followed the 3rd brake light wire
Now I wanted a quick disconnect, similar to the factory in case service was ever needed. Being that I was at home, I didn't have my crimping tools for the Weatherpack connectors, so for now I used some spade terminals so that I could service it later (I will replace this with a Weatherpack connector down the road)
This then went through the rear fender area and back out another grommet behind the tail light
And then here is the hot lead from my harness poking out of my sheathing where I used a crimp on wire tap for that green wire above
PERFECT! No need for an upfitter or toggle switch now. They come on automatically in reverse. I did have to supply some of my own wire, since this is not how the Baja Designs kit is setup out of the box. BUT I did show my Baja rep the circuit I tapped into and where I tapped into a ground point (you can also tap into a ground point inside the cabin, which is pointed out in the Baja Designs instructions for the license plate bolts). So maybe in the future they will update the kit.
If you want your kit, we've got them in stock so grab one here:
https://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-reverse-kit-for-2021-ford-bronco/
We allow you to select either S1, S2 Sport, S2 Pro, Squadron Sport or Squadron Pros with the kit. For our demo truck, I went with S2 Sports. I ran S2 sport on my Raptor and they were plenty bright. I MIGHT upgrade them to S2 Pro later, but S2 Sport works fine for now.
So the kit out of the box is setup to be controlled from an upfitter or a toggle switch. I asked Baja Designs why this was, when the previous S2 Reverse kit for the Raptors tied into the factory reverse circuit. Basically, they didn't have a demo truck at their disposal that long and they couldn't go hacking apart the tail lights and splicing in wires.
BUT, because ya know we live and breath this stuff, we're going to explain how you can tie into your factory reverse circuit (at least on the trucks with BLIS/LED Tails).
So the kit includes a mount, which goes over your 3 lug nuts on your spare tire. They give you extension lugs so that you can mount the kit. On my factory wheel I had to use 4 washers behind the plate for the off-set (you get 5 washers in the kit).
Installation was honestly really easy, outside of the wiring part (and again, I did some custom stuff which I'll explain).
It's a BIG improvement over the factory reverse, and these are only the S2 Sport.
So what did I do different and how? Well I used an upfitter cable and I tapped into the hot leg on the factory tail circuit. It's the green wire shown here (bottom right corner of the image):
For a ground point, I went under the bumper where there was no painted metal.
Now I COULD have just kept everything inside the truck I learned at the end. As the tail light wires are inside the cabin as well I could have just as easily tied into without having to remove the tail light. Lesson learned.
I ran the wire through the boot behind the spare tire
And followed the 3rd brake light wire
Now I wanted a quick disconnect, similar to the factory in case service was ever needed. Being that I was at home, I didn't have my crimping tools for the Weatherpack connectors, so for now I used some spade terminals so that I could service it later (I will replace this with a Weatherpack connector down the road)
This then went through the rear fender area and back out another grommet behind the tail light
And then here is the hot lead from my harness poking out of my sheathing where I used a crimp on wire tap for that green wire above
PERFECT! No need for an upfitter or toggle switch now. They come on automatically in reverse. I did have to supply some of my own wire, since this is not how the Baja Designs kit is setup out of the box. BUT I did show my Baja rep the circuit I tapped into and where I tapped into a ground point (you can also tap into a ground point inside the cabin, which is pointed out in the Baja Designs instructions for the license plate bolts). So maybe in the future they will update the kit.
If you want your kit, we've got them in stock so grab one here:
https://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-reverse-kit-for-2021-ford-bronco/
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