Reverse Lighting upgrade

[Jshocker]

Finally completed the lighting portion of my ADD Bomber rear bumper. Initially the Rough Country lights were clear with a running light circuit & a spot light circuit. But having them in the rear bumper was going to cause issues on the roads with local authorities. So I disassembled the light and removed all the clear acrylic pieces and got to dying them with help from the link below, great resource.

https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/How-to-Dye-Acrylic-Plastic

After the dying process of the acrylic pieces was completed I got to changing up some wiring behind the left taillight.

Tied the running lights into the back left 12v PARK circuit (BLU/GRY-) & GROUND circuit (BLK/GRY-)

Tied the spot lights into the back left 12v REVERSE circuit (GRN/BRW-) & GROUND circuit (BLK/GRY-)

All above connection were made by splicing non-factory tails into the factory wire using a solder connection and sealed with a high quality clear heat shrink.

Off of the non-factory tails MUYI 3 pin connectors were used to provide a point of disconnect for service that is water resistant.

After it was all done we love the look of the rear end and the camera view at night is so much brighter!

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[jalawson]

This is very interesting to me because I want rear fogs and none of the mainstream companies are making red fog lights.

Do your spots come out red or white?If white could you dye longer so it comes out red?

 

[Jshocker]

Do your spots come out red or white?If white could you dye longer so it comes out red?

All clear acrylics were dyed at 190° (or the abouts) for 15 minutes. I would let them cook for 3 minutes then bathe them in cold water for 30 seconds to set the color. Then back in the dye bathe they went. Extending that process would most certainty deepen the color and the fog lights most certainty cast a red hew when the Bronco is in reverse.

But with that approach and the mixture of the (5 oz.)dye below, (15 oz.)water, and (½ cup)rubbing alcohol boiling at 190° I am more than happy with the results.

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