Anyone repurpose Braptor "driving" lights?

[Ape Factory]

I upgraded the stock driving lights in the bumper to the Ford Performance units so I have the OEM Rigid "driving" lights just lying around. From my understanding, both sets of lights are actually fog lights. I was thinking of getting brackets and using them as backup lights. Anyone else ever do this?

 

[Ape Factory]

I'll try it as an experiment and report back. Given their low amp hours, no relay is needed so it should be a fairly painless wiring solution assuming I can find the factory lead in the right rear of the vehicle and find a solid way to pass it through to the undercarriage.

 

[Bschurr]

I'll try it as an experiment and report back. Given their low amp hours, no relay is needed so it should be a fairly painless wiring solution assuming I can find the factory lead in the right rear of the vehicle and find a solid way to pass it through to the undercarriage.

That white/grey wire was a PITA to find but, if you remove the passenger rear door sill trim, you can locate it there and then just follow it back up over the wheel arch and into the rear trim panel where it is just taped to a wire bundle.

 

[Ape Factory]

Good to know. Hate pulling panels but what must be done, must be done. Going to try and do this Saturday.

 

[Ape Factory]

Successfully installed them today. I'll do a full writeup for anyone else who wants to do the same. It's easy enough if a bit tedious. I was able to find the white/orange wire in the passenger's side rear storage area no problem but finding it, or rather the crimped end under the passenger's side kick panel was a major pain. But once I found it, the rest went smoothly. I wired it to the #2 toggle but can wire it to any of the other 10A toggles since the total amps for both lights is below 5 amps.

Because of the way the stock lights mount, they will sit higher up than most aftermarket offerings which mount in the same spot. I'll get some shots at night as well, haven't had a chance to see how they look at night.

 

[Ape Factory]

Made a few photos tonight, obviously not with the OEM reverse or DD hitch light engaged.