Oracle reverse bumper lights...

[cmb396]

Just installed them yesterday. Install was a breeze, and they look great, and add a ton of light! Very happy with them.
Started to order the tails as well, but gonna wait til they get the bugs worked out.
Love the reverse lights tho! That's all, carry on...

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[syreeves]

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[Alans17]

I’m thinking the reverse lights in the bumper are both cheaper and more useful since they can be wired to an aux switch and powered without depressing the breaks (such as when you’re parked and outside the vehicle). That’s my eventual plan. Personally, I’d only upgrade the tail lights if I still didn’t have enough light in the rear, but I doubt that will be a problem.

 

[dcmdon]

I’m thinking the reverse lights in the bumper are both cheaper and more useful since they can be wired to an aux switch and powered without depressing the breaks (such as when you’re parked and outside the vehicle). That’s my eventual plan. Personally, I’d only upgrade the tail lights if I still didn’t have enough light in the rear, but I doubt that will be a problem.

I had some extra lights on the bumper of my old Montero, mainly to use when backing up a trailer at night. They had a manual switch and I found that most of the time I didn't bother to use them.

I think there is value to both lights that come on with Reverse lights and those that can be triggered individually. The manually triggered light was great for tailgaters. Ha. The Montero was SLOW. Ha.

I'll probably put both on my Gladiator. Small single row LEDs are so cheap on Amazon, who cares if they aren't the best. They are reverse lights. $20 gets you a pair of lights that are brighter than anything stock. Wire one to a switch and tap one into the existing reverse lights.

One other option which I did on my current car is purchase some ridiculously bright (I believe 1156 ) LED bulbs that went in to the normal bulb sockets in the back of my car. They work great and were very easy to install.

 

[Alans17]

I had some extra lights on the bumper of my old Montero, mainly to use when backing up a trailer at night. They had a manual switch and I found that most of the time I didn't bother to use them.

I think there is value to both lights that come on with Reverse lights and those that can be triggered individually. The manually triggered light was great for tailgaters. Ha. The Montero was SLOW. Ha.

I'll probably put both on my Gladiator. Small single row LEDs are so cheap on Amazon, who cares if they aren't the best. They are reverse lights. $20 gets you a pair of lights that are brighter than anything stock. Wire one to a switch and tap one into the existing reverse lights.

One other option which I did on my current car is purchase some ridiculously bright (I believe 1156 ) LED bulbs that went in to the normal bulb sockets in the back of my car. They work great and were very easy to install.

That’s one way to do it. I prefer the built in look of the Oracles, though. And you can then to break lights AND aux switches to work in both modes if you know what you’re doing.

 

[dcmdon]

That’s one way to do it. I prefer the built in look of the Oracles, though. And you can then to break lights AND aux switches to work in both modes if you know what you’re doing.

When I think of using the Aux switches all I can think of is running a wire all the way to the back. Ha.

One thing Ford did with the Aux switches on the new Bronco is they terminated the leads at different parts on the vehicle. Some in back, some under the hood. One even above the front windshield in case you wanted to install a light bar.

 

[cmb396]

I’m thinking the reverse lights in the bumper are both cheaper and more useful since they can be wired to an aux switch and powered without depressing the breaks (such as when you’re parked and outside the vehicle). That’s my eventual plan. Personally, I’d only upgrade the tail lights if I still didn’t have enough light in the rear, but I doubt that will be a problem.

I thought about that as well, but with stock JTR bumper, I couldn't find anything that I felt would look right.
Even though about looking into wiring these lights to an aux switch as well?
I have some small baja designs coming that I am going to mount on my jcr bed rack rack for that and needed back light.

 

[Alans17]

When I think of using the Aux switches all I can think of is running a wire all the way to the back. Ha.

One thing Ford did with the Aux switches on the new bumper is they terminated the leads at different parts on the vehicle. Some in back, some under the hood. One even above the front windshield in case you wanted to install a light bar.

I’ve seen that. It’s pretty cool

 

[dcmdon]

oops. I meant new Bronco

 

[Toyfrog]

Anyone having problems with the plug in play connector for the bumper lights? Seen a few that say the lights go off after a few seconds if you have the LED package. You have to use the wire taps to correct the issue. @Oracle Designs, any info on this? Mine have been sitting in the garage waiting to be installed, but don’t want to use the wire taps, when i paid for a plug n play

 

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[ShadowsPapa]

I have a "crooked driveway" - it slopes down from the road and slopes a fair amount east to west and doesn't go straight back to the garage. We always back down the drive into the garage. Under certain weather conditions and lack of daylight the stock backup lights on almost any vehicle are pretty lame (that's by law from what I've discovered! - max of something like 75 feet is the law in some states)
Anyway, with these I can back down the driveway, see the whole driveway, end-to-end and left to right and even into the opening of the garage.

My wishes - and maybe some day plan - buy the aux switches, rig these so they can be disabled under certain conditions (like in town - I know I've blinded a person parked behind me at least once) and also be able to turn them on when hooking up my car hauler - or even loading and strapping down a car after dark.
So I'd want these things - normal operation like now
- PLUS -
be able to turn them off when in town or parked at a party or gathering so I don't blind the guy parked behind me
be able to turn them ONE when in PARK for rigging my car hauler.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Anyone having problems with the plug in play connector for the bumper lights? Seen a few that say the lights go off after a few seconds if you have the LED package. You have to use the wire taps to correct the issue. @Oracle Designs, any info on this? Mine have been sitting in the garage waiting to be installed, but don’t want to use the wire taps, when i paid for a plug n play

Zero issues here. I have LED lights (factory, all around) and they simply work. They come on when they should and they go off exactly when they should and all lights work exactly as they should.

I can't see why they'd go off if you have the LED package as they're powered from the same line the factory LED backup lights are powered from.
And since the "wire taps" tap into the same exact wires - that makes no sense at all!

 

[syreeves]

Those look great! Sweet looking bed rack too!~ thanks!!

 

[JP_Oracle]

Anyone having problems with the plug in play connector for the bumper lights? Seen a few that say the lights go off after a few seconds if you have the LED package. You have to use the wire taps to correct the issue. @Oracle Designs, any info on this? Mine have been sitting in the garage waiting to be installed, but don’t want to use the wire taps, when i paid for a plug n play

Hey Troy,

What you're hearing has nothing to do with the parts (Harness, lights, etc.)

Some Halogen Equipped Jeeps will shut down the reverse light circuit when seeing more wattage than the factory halogen bulb.

This happens because the combined wattage at the tail light with the reverse lights is causing a canbus error. This is why the truck reverse light on the side of the harness also shuts down. Here’s a few different solutions to try:

1. Switch the OEM tail-light reverse light bulbs to LED
2. Remove the P&P Harness and tap in each reverse light into it’s respective side tail light’s wiring – Instructions here:
3. **Most effective** If the Jeep is equipped with Tow Package – Tap both bumper reverse light RED wires into the WHITE/ORANGE wire and the at the 7-Pin Trailer Tow Harness at the hitch. Connect the bumper reverse lights BLACK wire to the BLACK wire at the same Trailer Tow Harness.

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