Quote Originally Posted by 1USMC View Post
For my aftermarket reverse lights, I did the traditional tap from the factory reverse light and then used it as the trigger for a relay. I also have a separate manual switch wired to the same trigger on the relay to manually turn on my aftermarket backup lights when needed. I added a diode on the reverse light trigger lead to isolate my wiring from the vehicles just to be on the safe side. I'm not used to "computer" vehicles Lol.. so I have tried to isolate all my electrical work from the Jeeps.

Embedded LEDs... sounds great !
That's exactly what I was planning on doing.. But instead of on the roof, i want to embed two of these in the bumper itself:


And I had the same thought about putting a diode on the vehicles reverse light trigger; cheap insurance!