886 Backup light mod

Just bend the connectors on the plug end in toward each other I also broke off the pins on the back side of the bulb and used them like a wedge no way my bulbs will even move.

 

Did it today, What a difference!

 

I got dikes/diagonal pliers as two or so people mentioned in this thread. Immediately broke bulb #1 despite how 'controlled' i tried to be while applying pressure. After clipping one post the entire bulb was off the base, so I guess the force of it actually getting through was so severe that it broke the opposing post off the glass. I had enough exposed metal to consider resoldering the post back on.

Proud that it could be salvaged, I vowed to do the second bulb perfect. Nah, son of a bitch did the same thing but this one didn't have any metal exposed from the neck of the glass. I had no clue what to do about that so i crunched it a little with the pliers trying to get even the tiniest piece of glass to crack off and allow solder. Naw, the entire bulb bit the dust a second later. I have never been to a strip club but assume $15 would last me longer there than it did with my bulbs.

I went out and got some similarly priced halogens from home depot, GY6.35 base that I was blabbing about a couple posts ago. Worked perfect. Bent the receiving end in the socket to accept narrower posts from the bulb, 30 watts, 750 lumens, insane life expectancy. I will be ordering the best 50w bulbs (by lumen output) that I can find online that require no cutting and never think of my blunder again. Shit, I didn't buy another rotary tool just for this mod because too many people still had problems - surely the dikes would be the solution? BAH.

Link to my install thread/writeup - where I also installed aux backup lights. No fear.





Both the 30w Philips and 75w Philips work. I installed a 12gauge wire from battery to relay back there so I could have gotten away with the 75s - I'm seriously not in reverse that long because of having manual transmission and always trying to stay off the clutch. They'd never melt the housing. Ever. They just have shit lumen output for their wattage. Anyway, here's the whole shebang and conclusion of my afternoon laying in the dirt/30* weather.





Congrats to those of you that pulled this mod off successfully, I'd still like your bulbs, I'd just flip out to crap away $15 in 15 seconds for the second time. Knowing this straight pin g6.35/gy6.35 end works perfect I'm pretty sure I can find some bangin' bulbs on the interwebz.

 

So many broken bulbs, read my posts people you are all doing it the hard way cut this, solder that, bend these. It's all silliness and a waste of money.

There should be a disclaimer at the top of every page that you must read the entire post prior to starting the modification.

All I am saying is, every member of this forum is a member of our R&D department take advantage of their short falls and successes.

 

I did the 886 mod, and had no issue with trimming/bending the leads. I know I said I would take before/after pictures,but it was like 20° when I did it, so pictures were not a huge priority (sorry).

It makes a HUGE difference though. I can see everything behind me through my tinted windows, and the backup camera is actually usable at night now (when no addtl. lighting is available).

Great 5 minute mod!!!

 

Honestly dude, I read your post:

It really didn't make enough sense for me to try and replicate your success. So you kept the new bulb you bought intact, but simply modified the connector on it to plug in to the stock harness? Some pics, or even a single pic, or a crude MS paint drawing would be paramount. If you modified the new bulb's base and it fit through the hole in the tail light (I assume you had the straight socket->bulb lamps) then please pop them out real fast and take a pic or again draw a diagram. This would help many people.

I'm sitting here looking at the base of my broken bulb (885, so it was straight base to bulb, no right angle) and if I had thought to twist the pins in the base of this, and if the bulb's base would fit in to the tail light opening - uh yea I would have done that and saved the $15 on broken bulbs, $15 on replacement bulbs

 

Dude, "your posts" amount to a few over the last 2 weeks in a thread that's been going for almost a year.

Nobody is going to read all the way to your posts with no images before doing the mod.
It's not rocket surgery.

 

I did this version of the 886 mod and it is way easier than having to cut this and bend that!!

Big difference also! I am happy with the mod, only thing I didn't do was the aux back up light mod.

 

Literally ten seconds to bend the factory plug to fit the new bi pin halogen snug. No way in hell you're breaking the bulb. Factory socket doesn't even have to be re-tweaked to accept the stock bulb again either, it just pushes whatever out of the way and re-spreads the receiving clips.

I'm jealous of 1250 lumens, but at 750 and the option to get a 1500 lumen 50w bulb for under $2 should I need, yea boyeee. Hope more people give this consideration, buy a gy6.35/g6.35 12v halogen bulb, lots of others probably fit fine too.

 

What is rocket surgery? Maybe rocket science, is that what you meant? All in good humor buddy. Anyhow I don't care if someone has 1 post or 1k (that's a thousand BTW) I would take the time to give them a read isn't that way 90% of this forum was designed for? Reading?

Anyhow I don't need to rack up 10k (ten thousand) posts or be a member since the beginning I am just offering advise man so chill a bit.

BTW I don't play the Keyboard Cowboy game well so just relax its just a message board and not you life.

Oh one last thing in all my years I haven't come across many manuals that are loaded with pictures I guess if you can decipher words in to actions maybe peoe shouldn't be working on their own vehicles.

 

I haven't even seen a good text description of what you did. You just took the time to type all that but still haven't given anyone any idea what you're talking about with your method.

So you didn't modify the bulb as you already mentioned.

Did you A) Modify the socket on the bulb, B) modify the plug of the vehicle, or C) do something else

 

This.
Without photos, it's hard to tell. I saw his original post and it looked like he followed the OP's directions.


And if I want to perform surgery on rockets and study on brain science, then that's what I'll do

 

Hey folks, I've noticed a lot of you have figured out some alternatives to this mod. If you would like me to include them in my OP (With credit where due, of course) Please PM me with details, or a link to details and I will include it in my original post. This kind of stuff is what makes TW a great forum!

 

I just did this. You dont have to bend the prongs..Just take a small screwdriver and kind of push the terminals in together on the connector for a tighter bite on the light.

 

Yup, like this - took pics of process for my writeup thread

 

That's perfect.

Going to grab a set of 30w lamps from Home Depot.

 

These (http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...eyword=30w+halogen&storeId=10051#.UPpHlGfjEbI) claimed to be a 12 pack according to link. It sounded really too good to be true. Yea, it was $15 for two bulbs lol. I still like em tho-

Life: 3.7 years (Based on 3 hrs/day)

Took some pics of lights again tonight, shoulda put a switch on those damn 55watters so I could keep posting more pictures of these 30w "50w equivalent" bulbs. Too easy.

 

Pretty easy right? Much better than breaking bulbs I do believe.

 

Backup camera difference...
I used 885s

 

Well

read this morning, went to Home Depot after checking stock in store online. Purchased three lights, (always buy one extra just in case).

getting ready for off road trip next week, and this was on my maybe list.

Did the first one as demonstrated above, went so quick and easy, was feeling pretty good about myself.

Soooo, I had purchased three of of the 886 bulbs a while back, broke two within five Minutes trying to bend the tabs back so they would hold in the socket. After waking up from the dead, and simply squeezing the contacts together as explained, (head was sleeping on that one) decided, heck, why not try the one left over 886 bulb.

Cut the contacts just above the base with wire cutters, bent back and forth a couple of times with needle nose pliers being careful not to touch the bulb. Pressed the socket contacts together, and installed.

Had to run to the store, and when backing out, cars actually stopped, must have had their attention.

So I have one bulb at 750 lumens, and the other the 886 with 1256. To tell you the truth, they both look pretty darn close to the same.

No point in taking pictures, there are enough posted already, and show as just a bright light.

So can chalk this up as one more upgrade.