I want to add some high level back up lights to my roof basket. I will fab some brackets but here are my questions.

* What light pattern works best ? I would think a flood type would be ideal but perhaps a fog lamp that only fires down may be good as lamp

* Do most folks route the cable down inside the rear hatchback/liftgate seal area ???

* Is there a flat style ribbon cable out there that is durable , waterproof and UV resistant ?

I will wire it on a 3 way, center off switch so one position goes on with the back up lamps and the other is manual.

Thanks for your help.

David

 

I am going to do this on down the road, but I've thought about it in depth and here is what I've come up with...Hella 500 fogs put off a lot of light in a broad area and you can geta pair for $60

I think I am going to run mine through the plugs under the OEM roof rack ends and down through the interior/headliner to keep them out of the hatch area to get snagged or pulled.

Not that I've seen or read about, plus you can always wrap your wiring with the wire cover tubing.

I am just going with a factory switch to match my existing one, but I am going to wire them with the back-up lights and with manual option as well.

Good luck!

 

I use Hella 500 fogs for my setup. They work great. I don't need them to cover a big distance, so I've got them aimed down at about a 30degree angle. The fog beam works great as it's nice and wide - comes in very handing when backing up in tight quarters. I run the wires for all the lights inside the hatch. I use regular (but fairly high quality) wiring from an electrical supply store.

 

Thanks bro...I think you drove an 18 wheeler in a former life..your rig is illuminated !!! I think you could actually remove paint at 10 paces

I think the only thing I will do is utilize a nice high quality exterior grade disconnect so I can remove the basket to clean etc without having to remove lights...

 

DEFINITELY a good idea. I use discos on all my rack wires. Makes things much easier when it comes time to remove the basket.