Rear bumper mounted lights

Judge Mills · Oct 24, 2016

I was thinking about installing recessed LED lights into my rear bumper. I have a driveway that has turns and is uphill. Before I buy them, is this possible? I felt around in there, felt like it might be all a metal beam behind the plastic bumper cover. Thinking about between the two sensors:

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GAINMOB · Oct 24, 2016

Anything is possible...flush mount?

Mr. 10K

Judge Mills · Oct 24, 2016

10K-Watts said:
Anything is possible...flush mount?

Mr. 10K

Yep, flush mount. .. just wondering if that steel beam has any gaps. Or if I have to hack in to it. I don't want to buy the lights, and find out for some reason it won't work.

Judge Mills said:
I was thinking about installing recessed LED lights into my rear bumper. I have a driveway that has turns and is uphill. Before I buy them, is this possible? I felt around in there, felt like it might be all a metal beam behind the plastic bumper cover. Thinking about between the two sensors:

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ExplorerTom · Oct 24, 2016

Time to peek under there and find out. If this is something you're going to do yourself, looking should be well within your capabilities.

I'm probably going to do the same on my 1st gen.

Judge Mills · Oct 25, 2016

ExplorerTom said:
Time to peek under there and find out. If this is something you're going to do yourself, looking should be well within your capabilities.

I'm probably going to do the same on my 1st gen.

Well yes, however I can't see a whole lot and would need to take the plastic bumper off to get an accurate look... I ask because someone may gave already taken the plunge...

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Habbibie · Oct 25, 2016

Judge Mills said:
Well yes, however I can't see a whole lot and would need to take the plastic bumper off to get an accurate look... I ask because someone may gave already taken the plunge...

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There are no tabs on the beam but if you're handy with a tape measure and a drill it's possible. It's a lot of work trying to line up the holes on the bumper cover to the new tabs added a good idea would be to use a hot center punch or nail and pushing it through the back of the beam to the bumper cover creating a dimple indicating where the new tabs are located precisely then comes the issue with finding a way to mount the new lights flush while maintaining a "clean factory look" after all that is said and done you'll have to remove the bumper again and wire up the new lights and I'm assuming you'll want to tap into the reverse lights on this one, also finding a powerful enough to be useful led bulb is a challenge of its own. There's far more work between those steps but those are the biggest obstacles you have to overcome.

Bedrck47 · Oct 25, 2016

Behind the rear bumper cover is a solid foam impact absorber. Go to ford parts com and enter your information look under BODY then BUMPER it will show all the parts so you get a better idea of what your going to be up against

Hamfisted · Oct 25, 2016

Rather than all that work to the rear bumper, take a look at these White Night aux lights. I've had 'em on my Expy and other trucks for many years and they work very well. Installation is easy, as they just tap into your existing trailer wiring harness. You can replace the stock halogen H3 bulbs with the corresponding LED bulb if you want to.

http://rvbasics.com/rv-press-release/White-Night-Backup-light.html

-Mike

Judge Mills · Oct 25, 2016

Habbibie said:
There are no tabs on the beam but if you're handy with a tape measure and a drill it's possible. It's a lot of work trying to line up the holes on the bumper cover to the new tabs added a good idea would be to use a hot center punch or nail and pushing it through the back of the beam to the bumper cover creating a dimple indicating where the new tabs are located precisely then comes the issue with finding a way to mount the new lights flush while maintaining a "clean factory look" after all that is said and done you'll have to remove the bumper again and wire up the new lights and I'm assuming you'll want to tap into the reverse lights on this one, also finding a powerful enough to be useful led bulb is a challenge of its own. There's far more work between those steps but those are the biggest obstacles you have to overcome.

My plan was to use a wiring harness with a relay, that way they are switched on with the reverse light, but don't depend on that circuit for its power.

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Judge Mills · Oct 25, 2016

Bedrck47 said:
Behind the rear bumper cover is a solid foam impact absorber. Go to ford parts com and enter your information look under BODY then BUMPER it will show all the parts so you get a better idea of what your going to be up against

Perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

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