Improve brightness of factory LED reverse?

[ramhouston]

Does anyone know to how to improve the brightness of the LED reverse bulb on the 5th gen led tail lamps? I notice they are pretty dim when i’m backing up.

 

[Jako]

FYI, many have added auxiliary reverse lighting. Many options and price points.

Reverse Lights POSTS COMPILATION

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[ramhouston]

I’m aware of auxiliary lights but prefer not to do extra wiring.

 

[silver64]

The big limitation is the fact that the rear lights are a sealed unit and you cant just upgrade the bulb to get a brighter backup light. Your choices are pretty limited at this time. Maybe there will be an after market tail light replacement that can be a plug in upgrade. I haven't seen one yet but maybe others here can chime in if they have seen something. I decided to add one of those light strips under the tailgate to help increase the backup light and it was easy to add with a wiring kit that T's off the trailer connector. You do have to hard wire the back up lights but it was easy too. Good luck whatever you decide.

 

[LaxDfns15]

The big limitation is the fact that the rear lights are a sealed unit and you cant just upgrade the bulb to get a brighter backup light. Your choices are pretty limited at this time. Maybe there will be an after market tail light replacement that can be a plug in upgrade. I haven't seen one yet but maybe others here can chime in if they have seen something. I decided to add one of those light strips under the tailgate to help increase the backup light and it was easy to add with a wiring kit that T's off the trailer connector. You do have to hard wire the back up lights but it was easy too. Good luck whatever you decide.

Yep. All the LED housings are sealed units. Headlights, tail lights, fog lights, etc. Most of those lights are also on SME boards, and not actual "bulbs" that you expect, even with newer LED "bulbs".