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    Opinions on rear lighting on 130 tray

    Happy 2017 all

    This week I finally got around to rebuilding the alloy tray on the 130
    When I bought it, the aluminium tray had been lifted to slide two spares
    Down the centre.

    I was not super satisfied with the chincy 100x50 zed purlin tray rails and their chassis mounts And wanted to also include water and diesel tanks (losing one spare)

    So now it is all but done, replaced the rails with 150x65 Al channel, put in a 70L diesel with extra fuel filter and 70L water tank. Tanks and spare sit on an epoxy glassed ply board and I played with the chassis mounts to provide flexibility but strength.

    I have used wipac led fittings for brakes and indicators - these are great and very LR
    I want great reverse light coverage so grabbed a pair of slim line led fittings (only one fitted at moment)

    But now I just don't like the finished look maybe I should change em up to 95mm led defender reverse lights
    But what do y'all think????

    Steve
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    Yeah change the reverse to round

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    Thanks Weeds
    Just needed confirmation
    Might even throw on the old incandescent while waiting for the led to arrive

    S
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    Opinions on rear lighting on 130 tray

    If the slimline one throw good light than maybe mount them up under the tray with a separate switch so they don't stand out too much but you can flick them on when needed.

    I do like to classic look of round lights

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    Hi,
    I put 2 led work lights at the back of mine for reverse. The give almost as much light as the headlamp low beam.
    I crossed them over to give more spread to each side.
    Cheers.

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    I wouldn't bother, if it ain't broke....

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    Soon I'll be replacing my rectangular original lights on my acquired Toyota tray

    I have the Wipac LED kit here, but went with the orange and red covers. I just thought they looked a bit more original.

    Anyway, I think yours look fine, but I'm with Weeds - I'd prefer round reverse lights.

    Very interested in your tray mounts. I've currently got steel sheet folded into c channel, high enough to fit 255/85/R16 spares underneath. I'm about to reconfigure it to hopefully have a slide out tray, inside an air-tight 'cavity' with the tray mounted on top. Weight and strength are always the concerns, but with a bit of luck I'll overcome them.

    Would love to see some more photos, particularly of the purlin tray rails and their chassis mounts if you can.

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    Steve, I was going gong to install something like these on the 130 to replace the square OE one. LED Autolamps was the brand, I think it was 109mm in diameter?

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    So tray is a triple M standard ally panels that clip together with steel angle around the periphery. When I bought ute off another member it had two longitudinal zed purlins 150x50x2.6 - front mounts were onto rangie engine mounts rear was hard bolted to rear cross member. Rails were about 900mm apart and a pair of 265/75 could slide in down the middle

    I changed up the tray rails to Al structural channel as seen in picture
    Kept front mount flexible but made up an M16 bolt post to the rear chassis member

    Will post some pics below

    S
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    Front chassis mounts - as has been posted on AULRO to help prevent chassis mount cracks tying starboard and port rails together behind the cab helps greatly

    S
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