I posted some of this on XOC a while ago ..

I bought some cheap-ass 'Blazer' driving lights with 55W bulbs at Trak Auto for $20 (full kit, wiring and switches included, which I didn't use) - wired them directly to the reverse lights and threw some PIAA 55 = 85W bulbs in them ... bright white light. Mounted them on my safari rack. REALLY lights up my spare tire nicely. :) Seriously, any light more than the stock reverse lights helps A LOT. I have some 100W bulbs that I bought at the same time for $6 a piece (!!) which I am going to put in them to see if they'll work at all (I have extra fuses for when it blows).

:bonghitte

For anyone who is thinking about mounting lights to the stock bumper:

I had the stock fogs mounted on the bumper with the same bulbs in them but the beam pattern sucked (fogs obviously) - even when I turned them upside-down hoping to get some more light thrown upwards ... don't even try to mount lights on the bumper, it's too low to have good light throw.

That is something that I have wanted to add for a while.
I cannot add anything on my roof (parking garage).

I was thinking about just mounting some to the back of the roof rack.

Did you get extra fuses because the 100w will blow them?
Were the 55w not a problem?

Originally posted by rhombus
That is something that I have wanted to add for a while.
I cannot add anything on my roof (parking garage).

I was thinking about just mounting some to the back of the roof rack.

Did you get extra fuses because the 100w will blow them?
Were the 55w not a problem?

The 55 = 85W PIAA's are what I have in them ... when I tried just one of the 100W and one of the stock 55W bulbs, it immediately blew 2 fuses so I don't recommend going that route. :)