Reversing flood light - what to buy and where to fit?

[syncropatrick]

Too many times I've reversed into things when off the road in the dark - trees, tents, cows, small children, garages.... Its getting expensive to repair corners, end caps, wrangle bumpers back into a semblance of straightness and pay for a good solicitor.

I'm after a super bright flood light with a wide angle, to mount near the top on the rear.
I've seen

• dinky LED ones, but these look a bit dim.
  LED running lights ala Audi, but these appear to be narrow angle.
  Incandescent ones.
  HID ones.

I'm inclined to wire it up to a switch so it's not automatic when reversing as I don't want to blind other road users.

Any recommendations chaps?

[syncroandy]

Hella 12V worklamp ?

[jebiga41]

Any work light got mine from a tractor agriculutral motor factors seem to be the best have mounted mine on the factory hightop and works well other lads mount them just in of the rear light cluster

[Fin]

Yeh I've got a nice work light on mine would do the job got it off ebay

on the back of the cab there... see its got a 55wt bulb in it - you could go up to 100watts with the right bulb
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPOT-LAMP-WORK-LA ... _500wt_922
Round
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPOT-LAMP-WORK-LA ... _500wt_922
or square

[syncropaddy]

This is my one which is fitted with a 100 watt bulb. It came off a JCB 20 track machine!

[Syncrobaz]

Sort your mirrors out Patrick-youre fine Best regards Baz and Hil,

[syncropatrick]

Thanks guys, got a Hella 12v work light on the way.
And yes Baz, if I got my leccy big mirrors working that would help.

[SyncroSwede]

Hi Patrick.

I fitted this Britax number from an agricultural fitters to my old Syncro. It has two 55w halogen bulbs to give a wider spread than the singles.

I bolted it through the bumper, ran the wires in alongside the tow bar mounts along the chassis rail into the engine bay. I spliced into the reverse light switch cable and had a three-way switch on the dash for off, on & on when reverse is engaged. Very handy bit of kit...

[syncropatrick]

Spurred on by reversing into yet another immovable object I finally got around to fitting on the bumper the first of the Hella 55W flood lamps I bought more than a year ago. After cursing crimp spade connections which kept pulling apart I got it lit. Another one going to be mounted on the roof as well.

[Peninsulakid]

Hi Patrick

Reckon that should help.

How's the Dehler roof doing? Any photos yet?

Rich

[syncropatrick]

Thread update now, but not what anyone is expecting to see!

[max and caddy]

Reversing cameras...it's the way forwards (er...backwards?) and have night vision! Cheap off ebay and worth every penny when coupling to a trailer.

Alex

[v-lux]

They still don't stop you reversing into things though....do they Jed...

He he he

[syncroand101]

I have had one of these fitted for a few years now.:

http://www.x-eng.co.uk/X-Lite.asp

Small, robust and good light. Takes a normal 12v halogen bulb.

[lhd]

They still don't stop you reversing into things though....do they Jed...

He he he

I forgot he had a reversing camera.......