More Lighting

The new truck has a mix of incandescent and LED lights, for example the tail lights are LED but the backup lights are incandescent. LED's are not by default brighter but you can obtain brighter versions of a particular bulb along with different kelvin ratings.

I ordered some 6000k LED bulbs to replace the backup lights, the bed lights on the back of the cab and the license plate lights. The backup lights will help with visibility at night looking through the backup camera. The bed lights help some when backing up but are more to make the bed more visible. The license plate lights are to get rid of the only 3000k lights left on the back of the truck.

The lights I ordered for the backup and bed are 1000 lumen each, which is equal to a very powerful tactical flashlight. Another modification I did while changing these was to wire the backup lights to the bed lights. When the truck is unlocked with the remote at night, the backup lights, puddle lights, headlights all turn on. If you want the bed lights to turn on you have to go in the cab and hit the switch on the center console, now they come on with the remote. The only downside is when you put the truck in reverse the bed lights come on, I'll live with that trade off any day of the week.

I forgot to take a picture of the truck with the incandescent backup and bed lights, but here is one with the LED's in place. They overwhelm the camera sensor on my Iphone.