reverse lights

[SC Rednek]

I have thought about putting them next to the license plate like that. Which brand of lights did you use?

Of course if you ever plan on having a tire carrier... If not then that's a great place for them

Another thing to consider is the wiring, I have mine on a three position, on-off-on switch. One side is directly on, and the other side is connected to the normal reverse lights, it's very convienent.

 

[HaleYes]

I have thought about putting them next to the license plate like that. Which brand of lights did you use?

Pretty sure that those are the factory backup lamps off of a Oldsmobile.....Aroura I think.....someone will know. They do look good.

Of course if you ever plan on having a tire carrier... If not then that's a great place for them

Another thing to consider is the wiring, I have mine on a three position, on-off-on switch. One side is directly on, and the other side is connected to the normal reverse lights, it's very convienent.

I've got mine wired similar. Just a LED on-off switch on mine though. They operate normally when the switch is off. When it's on, they'll turn on manually. They've been pretty handy.

 

[philagony94xj]

Hale, you are correct. They are from an olds aurora. The entire rear plate assembly unbolts from the trucklid and you just have to cut the lights off the ends and voala!

On the subject of a Rear tire carrier, I am thinking of going that route, so those will pretty much be obsolete/covered up by the swing arm and tire. But i'll think of something when the time comes.

They are bright as he!! though. If someone doesnt see those things when I'm backing up they're pretty much blind and shouldnt be driving.

I cannot take credit for the idea, one of my bud's did this mod first and I wanted to do the same. Although I dont think he thought of it first either. Dont know who came up with the idea but its been handy.

 

[kastein]

Those oldsmobile reverse lights are something I'm gonna do eventually... I actually have the parts to do it on hand just haven't cut the hatch up yet.

FYI, if you try and install it on a 97+ you get to remove a couple of braces/stiffeners inside the hatch. Do this at your own risk, your hatch may fold like a taco.

 

[FlexdXJ]

FYI, if you try and install it on a 97+ you get to remove a couple of braces/stiffeners inside the hatch. Do this at your own risk, your hatch may fold like a taco.

He speaks the truth, its doable though.

 

[kastein]

Oh, it's totally doable.

I may in fact do it... the 96 at this point is a beater wheeler jeep, I'm only doing structural/get-it-wheeling-again/trail-performance repairs, no body work or added mods. So any new parts I get will be going directly on the 98.

The braces are glued to the inside of the outer hatch sheetmetal using body filler / structural adhesive since spot welds would show badly through the paint, so you could simply cut some new braces from 16ga stock, paint them up, weld them to the inner hatch sheetmetal, use structural adhesive to attach them to the outer sheetmetal and then cut out the original ones with a utility knife and angle grinder if you wanted to preserve the body lines exactly. Hell, you could probably get away with a lot less care and it'd still come out fine.

 

[philagony94xj]

When I did mine on my 94, I just went postal with a dremel on the fiberglass hatch. Set the lights in with plenty of Sealer and wipped excess. Fits like a glove and NO water leaks.

I can see how the metal hatch would be a little more of a pain-in-the-arse.