LED Reverse Lights

[dznucks]

This topic was being discussed in another post. Several folks requested I start a new post with how I made very expensive LED reverse lights.

I had a set of 30 LED panels left over from another project. I decided to custom fab them to fit into the reverse housing. The first thing I noticed was that you could fit two of the panels into each housing, so I doubled the cost of the project.

The first thing I did was use the clear light lens to trace out its profile onto some thin sheetmetal. Next I cut an opening into the sheet metal for both LED panels to fit, then glued them in place with some adhesive material that isnt available to the general public. The second set of LED panels I bought came with the adapter plug that allows you to plug them into the 1156 style plug in our reverse housings. I had to do alittle soldering to connect both panels and extend the wires. The LEDs sit very close to the lens, as opposed to being set further inside the housing like the original bulb.

Here are a few pic's.


EDIT: the second pic is with the LED on the left, regular stock bulb on the right. Can you see the difference?