How To Wire LED Reverse Backup Lights

[@brianb6603]

Excellent as usual!!! As a long time RV electrician (Marathon Coach Inc. 15 years) your work is great. A slight technical improvement would be to flip your crimper so the round side (as opposed to the pin side)is on the “top” of the ring terminal. The “bottom” of the terminal is solid so the pin cannot separate the folded part of the terminal. This is hard to see as the manufacturers add a thin solid tube over the crimp section. Clearly not a big deal but for future projects a slightly better way to do it. Great looking van!

[@fastcars1173]

That's how I use them too. The crimp seems stronger that way.

[@wobblysauce]

For me, it was that open plug hole, not shown to be sealed again.

[@jacobs999vehicles6]

Brian Brown were you an ex electrician if you were can you tell me how to wire

[@Muzza904]

I'm sorry Cody but you had me chuckling through the rest of that video after grabbing that bulb, it just reminded me of doing exactly the same when I fitted spotlights to come on with high beams on my Jimny. Pain can often be the quickest form of self teaching I find... And honestly I think the fact you include these moments tells us that you know the importance of teaching people to learn through mistakes is just a way of life sometimes!

[@tfastlane]

Your uncle is a smart man. Over 40 years ago I was replacing an antenna on the roof of an old 2 story farmhouse with a metal roof. My feet slipped out from under me and I started sliding down. About halfway down my pants pocket caught on a nail that was sticking up, and that slowed me down just enough to grab the extinction cord that we were using. That saved me from a bad fall.

[@AH6man]

“Doesn’t take me long to look at something” i wonder how many subs remember that story. Still kills me every time

[@TexasWig]

I learned something new today. Never really seen anybody take a pair of pliers and take the extra part off a zip tie. That's a pretty good technique.

[@benzmansl65amg]

Wranglerstar badge on the van is super slick love it.

[@rjtumble]

I don't remember if you've mentioned this in the past, but you did a neat trick that my dad taught me with zip ties. Once you secure it, rather than cutting off the excess, use some pliers and twist the "tail" until it comes off. That way, the part that's left over isn't super sharp, which is especially useful in situations like this, where you may end up reaching into that space some time in the future and forgetting those ties are there.

[@johnbaker1039]

Just in case you didn't know in the 7 pin trailer hitch the pin in the center (pin 7) is usually backup power.

[@andueas11]

"Don't take me long to look at something" xD Love that story

[@jacobkiser4299]

I like the factory style WRANGLERSTAR lettering on the back door looks good!

[@sterlingwilson-clements4472]

Seemed simple but useful, I enjoyed how you walked through every step so it's very informative. Great video

[@mitchdenner9743]

That's funny about the extension cord, that's my most famous saying whether it be with an extension cord or anything I'm dragging on the ground that's gets caught on something. " if i was falling off a cliff that would not of got caught on there", If i didn't have bad luck, i wouldn't have any luck at all"

[@marklarson8121]

Your absolutely right about doing things right the first time! IT does give you a sense of acplishmennt and saves you a lot of grief in the long run

[@benzmansl65amg]

3M electrical tape is the best. Solder with 3M super 33 is industry standard. It's rate up to 600 V. It should work great for a 12V system. Guys love to act holier than though at home behind their computer.

[@dennisrandall9698]

3M is great electrical tape. But ALL electrical tape ages quickly, becomes brittle and will loosen and come off. It’s not something to prevent long term protection against shorts. If it’s all you have this a zip tie on the end to prevent it from coming undone. But best is shrink tube or shrink tape. They make a pray that works but is messy as hell.

[@amc8313]

Codey will you do a series of story's about you and your grandfather I love hearing them and the love you have for him and those time remind me the love I have for my grandparents. Keep up the great work form the UK

[@spoonyspoonicus4648]

led reverse bulbs help a lot as well

[@douggibson9084]

Excellent video. Very satisfying when you "Do it Right" (Mike Holmes). Great job.

[@ratmother.actual1294]

Proud of you Papa ProHo. You were able to orient yourself to know it was the North wall. I know thats impressive for you ;) love you guys. Great video thnx

[@timreid9556]

"Doesn't take me long to look at something " the canning story and the giant novelty Jack!😉

[@wranglerstar]

Nice job Tim, you picked up on the reference,

[@timreid9556]

@@wranglerstar I have to go on a KZbin hunt and find it . Good story.

[@EDC_Tactical]

I had a feeling others had caught that too ha

[@ericsarchive7718]

It'll be a long time before that phrase does not make me laugh.

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

Yep 😅

[@codyharring9812]

Need to get to the Milwaukee M18 heat gun. Comes in handy with those shrink connectors.

[@holymackerel]

Talk about a dull moment. I said what are you doing out loud when you grabbed the bulb. 💡🔥 😁

[@anthonypolsinelli1179]

Hey Cody, another thing you could do that you may find useful is add a diode inline with that blue wire with a switch downstream of it, do this for both the upper and lower lights, and you can use them as utility lights without your brake lights coming on and without having to put it in reverse.

[@WhopperWednesday]

Nice van

[@vandaddy-o2732]

Dating myself (too) but I had a good laugh when you reached for the shifter on the column....

[@fastcars1173]

You can use the switch with a diode to have them as both reverse and auxiliary. With the diode only the spots will illuminate when the switch is on and they both will when put in reverse.

[@willierants5880]

Cody you've been grabbing a lot of hot things lately! Great tip on electrical tape. I have to agree. There is some crappy electrical tape out there. Buy the good stuff so it actually performs the way it should.

[@nickwit21]

"A job well done is one of the great pleasures of life" I do agree! And can I also add; A shortcut may save you some time now, but will end up costing you more time when you have to redo it the right way later!

[@Wvusoldier217]

I have never seen anyone break off zip-tie excess like that. Wild The moment i saw you about to touch that incandescent build I tried to yell for you. Haha great video Cody

[@maehay4065]

A job well done with the back up lights! Beautiful van

[@YogiLocz]

Gonna try this on my crosstreck, great video!

[@jpeveto81]

If a vehicle has a 7 way flat RV trailer plug it will have a wire for trailer back up lights . I used this to wire the headache rack on my truck. There is also a constant hot leg I put this on a switch on the bumper and used it to back feed the back up lights so when I'm hooking up a trailer at night after I get under the trailer I flip the switch and light up the area to make my trailer connections.

[@benzmansl65amg]

Been excited for this! Thanks Cody. Mine is still on the column!

[@SebMcayon]

You ought to switch the halogen reverse bulbs on the transit to LED bulbs x3

[@wobblysauce]

+

[@adamwhite9665]

"Dont take me long to look at something " hilarious hope your fingers are ok

[@lynnlast9272]

I don't know but I think KZbin unsubscribed me from your channel.... I resubscribed and rang the bell again

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

Good demonstration vid, Cody!

[@jasonhowe1697]

yup though i have yet to your mains fuse box and typically you should have the shore power so far down on the chassis typically needs to be 7-8 foot from ground .. for ya inlet

[@MRJKeyes]

Finally using a spyderco knife! I like my benchmade 940. But I love my spyderco PM2

[@wranglerstar]

The PM3 is a great knife,

[@likesowls52]

Outstanding! I thought that I could do this until I saw the video - wish you were my good neighbor! :) thanks for sharing!

[@RippingJack76]

I guess the neighbors and I are a tad bit old-fashioned. I just glanced around and everything's a column shifter around here.

[@utubememberable]

Hahaha "...here I am dating myself....." I recognized your arm raise immediately, but it was for an automatic. If you were REALLY dating yourself you would have fist raised your arm up halfway --- and then pulled it back toward you ---- then raised up a little further --- for a stick. Good clean straightforward tutorial there.

[@bustosraul1]

Tesa tape is amazing for covering wires the high heat for exterior and fleece for interior has changed my world as far as electrical tape lol they sell it on amazon

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

Great video sir. 😀

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video Wranglerstar

[@evanb2679]

I have only had one car without a column shift. When we got our impala about 15 years ago my grandpa went out of his way to get a column shift with a bench seat. Took him a while to find it.

[@JayHarrisonGoogle]

Nice [quality] work there! Thanks for sharing!!

[@fdc313]

Another good video, thanks

[@alex72079]

Best most informative video for this topic thank you!!!!!

[@mountainmanmike8383]

I love your vids you’ve helped me so much. Was hoping for a vid on making the harness and you doing it for budget people. Bummer. I had to buy budget items and build my own harness. Then again I’ve got a $1000 van as well.

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Good stuff Cody! I like it!

[@flisflip9738]

this channel is awesome

[@troymanning3150]

Always good to get “the fizz” from a project

[@hijodejahguide]

Hello, thanks for the video, i have a question, of you dont have a power source near the lights you are mounting, can you solder the new lights harness to the existing, factory harness thats powering the reverse lights? May be you can use the fuse that is provided for more protection on the new ones, these way?

[@dewboy13]

Only thing I could tell you're forgetting, is having your license plate displayed on the rear of your van. Maybe you just left it off for privacy reasons on the video. Love your content Cody.

[@wranglerstar]

I take it off for privacy,

[@dewboy13]

@@wranglerstar I figured as much. Thanks for everything Cody. It would be fantastic to meet you and the family some day at one of your meet ups. We're just west of you a little ways over in Vantucky.

[@merlinbasics9345]

Do you think having the reverse switch + the regular switch in parallel for when you need it could be useful? Thanks for what you do with your videos, I always enjoy and/or learn from them!

[@MegMerrilies]

Nothing on your sister's channel for years. Hope she's ok?

[@Dardrum]

I was wondering the same thing

[@alexfloto5544]

Try out uni-wrap silcone tape I use it on airplanes I work on. its a silcone elctrical wrap with out stickiness its great great great stuff just strech it as you wrap it. Just a second option from electrical tape that sweats stickiness in the heat.

[@lordsonic4567]

I love the mistake you left in video. LOL

[@andybobandy641]

Cody, those bulbs have been lit for a bit. They may have gotten pretty..............Woop, never mind. Too late.

[@wheeler7973]

Looking good!

[@freestatehomestead]

Those lights give me the fizz!

[@mr.critic]

2:12 You should replace all the bulbs with LEDs

[@wranglerstar]

Have you replaced all the bulbs on your cars?

[@mr.critic]

@@wranglerstar If i was building an awesome RV like yours and wanted maximum power efficiency i definitely would replace ALL the bulbs Cody 👌

[@mr.critic]

@@wranglerstar also it would make a nice project for you to share with us 😄

[@brendan747]

Wranglerstar i have, look up JDM Astar on amazon for all bulbs other than headlights and if you do headlights, get auxbeam FS-2’s. they’re adjustable to get the correct beam pattern and in the 2 years i’ve run them (almost 75k miles) i’ve never had an issue with them.

[@mechanicmike2858]

Cody ask your wife if she has a seam splitter I use them to split wire harness while doing wire repairs it's a really good tool for the job and you will reduce wire damage from those razor sharp knives

[@CamppattonFamilyCompound]

You might want to add a set of break lights next to those backup lights

[@frostfirei]

A job, done well: is a Job well done!

[@699hazard]

The adventure van is coming along nicely, what else do you have planned for it?

[@selador11]

If you use the dollar store tape... A nylon wire-tie at the end of the run, will keep everything in place a whole lot longer. Problem with that tape is usually that the end curls up, and then it just unwraps itself from there. Put a wire tie on that end, to keep the end in place, and it will last as long as any other tape. Still way cheaper than the 'proper' tape. LOL

[@EMattHowerton]

I have never been this early. WOW! Watching before 1200 views. New personal record. Thanks for the video, Cody!

[@steelexdragon10]

👍💪 quality work Sir. TY

[@schnauzerdaddy]

A plus. X ring quality just like always

[@Captkman]

Have you thought about switching the break light bulbs with the LED bulbs that blink 3x when you apply the break? Our ambulance has them and it really gets your attention. I think Beast did a video on them years ago.

[@flashflashbang2102]

Brake, not break.

[@c33c33c]

Now you gotta swap out those stock reverse bulbs for LED too.

[@davidhoover8877]

Not everybody was lucky enough to grow up when we did. The ole 3 on the tree is what I learned to drive with. Im 50

[@xKuruh]

i really like how when you mess thing up you don't edit them out, Were all human :)

[@jake3333333333333333]

As a plumber I would lose those shark bite fittings on the pex water line and just use pex fittings

[@herstal54s]

wheres the PPE for those hot bulbs?

[@juanvaldez9964]

But how do you hook up the car horn to the brake lights

[@jclaydon3454]

Looks good...

[@DrewEdwardBacklas]

6:25 That is the truth... knew a guy who died cleaning his gutters out. He tripped and fell from the roof hanging himself with the extension cord.

[@wdbrnr63]

If you still have the wires available, a manual switch near the rear doors might be really handy.

[@brandonhays9900]

I put stainless button head Allen screws in mine for a cleaner look.

[@codyharring9812]

What are you doing for your license plate with the boxes covering it?

[@marklaurenz2131]

@cody harring, i was thinking the same thing

[@tuckerkennedy5016]

He had some plate lifts and his plate run on the bumper. I don’t see it now

[@MrMadeinthe80s]

Oh man when you went to grab that light when it was on.. I was screaming inside "DON'T DO IT!" Those boogers get hot super quickly.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

You could of put led bulbs in the factory housings for reverse lights also @Wranglerstar

[@two-wheels7397]

Can you share what lights you installed? thank you.

[@jepcozenith40]

Off topic... Who is that guy that you mention that has the best first-aid kits?

[@clintonminer7636]

Another project to work on

[@PLE594]

good job :)

[@vikingr1000]

Flashback ... 3 on the tree or 4 on the floor.

[@b3nault1]

Could you provide a link to the harness used? Thank you.

[@willstamatakos8982]

Hey Cody, I’m curious why you would want to add those. Why not just leave the reverse lights as is? Thanks!

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

Forgive me, Cody, but I have to disagree with you on something (an extremely rare thing).Wiring harnesses don't necessarily make it "easy". The last time I had to change a battery cable,it was tied into 47 other wires. I had to cut into the harness, without damaging a anything, to separate the battery cable from the rest to change it. I get what you mean, though. ETA: Just remembered. I wanted to just totally bypass the battery cable with a new one, but there wasn't one long enough available (I was "on-site", not at home). There was no play in wiring harness, so when I cut the messed-up cable end off and replaced it, it would reach the battery post. I suppose I could've just cut open enough to make it reach, and leave it all hanging that way, but that wouldn't've been "proper".

[@M5MAGNUM]

It appears that your tail lights are obstructed by the new boxes. Perhaps you could add tail lights to the boxes.

[@liquid6015]

All them tools and no flush cuts?

[@wallyhall]

I grimaced several seconds before the burning sensation kicked in :'( Hope it didn't leave to harsher mark!

[@jccalhoun2904]

Have you considered a backup camera??

[@wranglerstar]

I have one,

[@jccalhoun2904]

Oh ok. Was it factory?

[@wranglerstar]

Yes,

[@CainnechK]

Wranglerstar Is it at the top? I figured it would be blocked by the bumper boxes.

[@alexandermeans364]

can i have a link to the harness you used

[@bobtailsthecat]

Great video, I came here hoping you could maybe help me out. I installed reverse LED pod lights on my truck and I tapped them into the reverse line from the 7 pin trailer connector. They turn on anytime i put my truck in reverse like i wanted HOWEVER, the LED pod lights turn off any time I hit the brake. Any thoughts as to why? Thanks a million

[@stevezarate7769]

Literally just spliced the two lights into the reverse lights and wondered why it didn’t work 💀💀💀

[@texpatriot8462]

Why didn’t you use the switch to allow you a chance to turn on those lights when you weren’t in reverse? I use a similar setup on my F150 to illuminate things while camping.