I got some 1000 lumen Cree XML T6 LED's, and I thought what the hell why not use them as reverse lights. Unfortunately, with my window tint they're not quite as bright as I had hoped, but they look pretty cool.
Here's a pic from behind:

 

link to these LEDs?

 

Looks bright! I also put Cree LEDs for my reverse lights.

 

I had them and had the same issue with tinted rear window, was so excited but still didnt help me see when I was reversing

 

Yea, I thought getting HID reverse lights was ridiculous until I put some LEDs in and still couldn't see because of my tint.

 

I bought them from this seller on ebay, but he appears to be sold out. For $6.45 a piece I can see hoe he sold out so quickly.

Anyway, here's the link not that it helps that much

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121026906007...84.m1438.l2649

 

Nice. Now you need a nice backup camera to go with it.

 

A backup camera would probably help somewhat, but I think the biggest problem is the 125º viewing angle. I personally think I'd be better off with a narrower focused beam.

 

 

I just took one of those 1000 lumen LEDs and put it in a cheap Redline flashlight that was originally 220 lumens. I gotta say this thing is way better than the $50 251 lumen flashlight Lowe's had.

 

Did these fit without modification into the housing? Plug and play?

 

Holy moly those are bright. Any more pictures?

 

Yeah you still may not see well with your tint but i know that someone else is gonna definitely see you now.

 

Unfortunately, they were kind of a PITA. They would fit through the hole the normal bulb goes through. So, I had to ghetto fab them; I just super glued them flush to the back side of the reflector. It definitely aint pretty, but it got the job done.

I was showing them to my friends, and I had them on for a good 3-5 minutes and one of the LEDs actually melted off the star shaped heatsink. When I was bench testing them I knew they got hot as hell, but I guess being enclosed overheated them.

In hind site I would run them at 2500mA or less instead of the 3000mA I had them wired for. I have one left, but I'm just waiting on a new higher ohm 25w resistor. So, they'll be back and I'm also trying to find a better method of mounting them.

 

this would fit right?

 

I believe they would work, but our cars use 921 for the reverse lights. However, I think the contacts line up the same just the 921 is a larger bulb.

I'd personally go with the "Eagle Eye" non tower bulbs on this page:
http://autolumination.com/906.htm

 

Cool!

 

1000 lumens? more pictures please