Thinking about adding some LED lights for front, rear, and bed lighting.

I want to keep the lighting nice and smooth looking on the truck without having large pods sticking out everywhere. I would like ditch lights for the front, bed lights, and rear bumper lights.

Front/Ditch lights: Used for night driving in the backcountry or trying to set up camp in the dark.

I'm thinking about just buying a Rago Fabrication ditch light kit and adding some LED pods here. I have a cheap set of 18W LED pods from Amazon on a motorcycle of mine but I feel like ditch lights should be a bit more powerful and have a longer range than these. Anyone recommend some Lights that are no more than $100 that I can mount as ditch lights?

Bed lights: Used for loading and unloading items in the bed.

I like having lighting in the bed especially since I load my dirtbike in there at night and its difficult to see things unless I wear a headlamp. I also feel this would be helpful for unpacking camping gear etc at night. I am planning on using these lights I found on amazon:

$23 MICTUNING 2Pcs 60" White LED Cargo Truck Bed Light Strip Lamp Waterproof Lighting Kit with On-Off Switch Fuse 2-Way Splitter Cable Compatible with Pickup RV SUV and More

https://www.amazon.com/MICTUNING-Wa...8817163&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=led+bed+dlights
They would go under the bed rail lip to keep them hidden and wired under the frame to the engine bay and to a switch in the cabin.

Rear backup lights/auxiliary lighting: Used for backing up as well as lighting up campsites for unloading and setting up camp.

I would like to have these wired to a switch where I can turn them on without having the truck in reverse as well as have them turn on when in reverse. A few sites I've camped at I have only had room to back the truck in and I really would like to have the backup lights on so I can set up my gear without having the truck in reverse. I was thinking about buying these cheap amazon LED pods that sit flush into the rear bumper, will require some cutting but I don't think it'll look bad. Plus, the light these give off (18W) should be good enough for setting up camp.

$17 Nilight - NI23C-18W 2PCS 18W Flood LED Work Light Driving Lights Led Light Bar Off Road Led Lights Flush Mount for Jeep Truck Tacoma Bumper ATV UTV,2 Years Warranty

https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Driv...=1508817383&sr=1-8&keywords=led+backup+lights

For the switch board I am thinking about just using 3 rocker switches and mount them inside my fuse panel on the bottom left of the steering wheel. This way it looks clean and out of the way, plus I don't have to cut into any of the dash. I can replace that panel if I ever want to remove them.

Do you think this is a good setup? What ditch lights would you recommend for under $100? How would I go about setting up the 3 way switch for the reverse lights? Is there another way to mount reverse lights without having them sticking out somewhere?

Sorry for the short story looking post lol I have put some thought into this and want to hear some ideas before I pull the trigger on this project to be sure I've thought it through.

Thank you!

 

The larger ones of these will work for ditch lights. https://www.theretrofitsource.com/led-accessories/daytime-running-lights.html

 

Do you have any pics of the rago fab mounts?

 

rago fab mounts.

 

the above pics are with Amazon cheapies, work great. the mounts cost 2x's what the lights did.

 

oooh, nice. man, why'd you have to link that...lol.