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Old Dec 18th, 2018, 22:51   #21
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I too don't like the reverse lights on my car , of all the volvo I've owned these are the worst
but this past weekend I did a modd for better lights , bought a pair of LED lights (bar) ment for behind the numberplate and mounted under the bumber and not very visible



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Old Dec 18th, 2018, 23:01   #22
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[QUOTE=ragge1;2477227]I too don't like the reverse lights on my car , of all the volvo I've owned these are the worst
but this past weekend I did a modd for better lights , bought a pair of LED lights (bar) ment for behind the numberplate and mounted under the bumber and not very visible

Like most modern cars the reversing lights are not meant to be able to see by , excellent solution there though . but would it light up the corner of walls about the height of the side windows?
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Old Dec 18th, 2018, 23:17   #23
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I too don't like the reverse lights on my car , of all the volvo I've owned these are the worst
but this past weekend I did a modd for better lights , bought a pair of LED lights (bar) ment for behind the numberplate and mounted under the bumber and not very visible
That is a nice solution. How are they triggered? Have you patched them into the wiring? I have a load of this waterproof LED strip lying about which could do the job....
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trigger signal from the reverve wire ( red/yellow ) to a Relay , wanted to take power from the fuse box but they use micro 2 fuse and I didn't have the fuse taps for that , so 12v directly from the battery with a fuse ofcourse

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I think the reversing lights on my XC60 are useless in dark areas, and tbh even the 360 cameras at night in the dark are pretty poor, especially when you are near black cars or anything of dark colour, but this is just made worse as the reversing lights are so poor.
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I've "upgraded" from a Merc C350e to a S90 T8 which I love, mostly.

I've got the 360 degree camera in the S90 in the S90 as I did in the Merc and the Merc solution was 100% better.

It's cameras popped out when in use so where impervious to the cleanliness of the vehicle whereas the S90 seem to permanently exposed, the upshot is that the Merc's display was always crystal clear whilst the S90's can be such a pain to see, especially with it being such a long vehicle..
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Are the V90 reverse lights not H21W?

Thats what my manual states. the PY24 are the front direction indicators.
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I've "upgraded" from a Merc C350e to a S90 T8 which I love, mostly.

I've got the 360 degree camera in the S90 in the S90 as I did in the Merc and the Merc solution was 100% better.

It's cameras popped out when in use so where impervious to the cleanliness of the vehicle whereas the S90 seem to permanently exposed, the upshot is that the Merc's display was always crystal clear whilst the S90's can be such a pain to see, especially with it being such a long vehicle..
Aren't the cameras also used for Pilot Assist type functions though, so need to be permanently enabled?

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Aren't the cameras also used for Pilot Assist type functions though, so need to be permanently enabled?
None of the 360 cameras are used for PA.
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None of the 360 cameras are used for PA.

Camera for pilot assist is mounted on the front windscreen behind the mirror
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