GUIDE

Additional Reverse Light

Ford Focus Mk2.5
(Model 2008-2011)
Step By Step Instructions

Created and edited by Leonard Woods leonard.woods@live.ie

 The Following Materials are required:

 Fabric Car Loom Tape Click Here

 FLAME RETARDANT Insulation Tape 19mm wide Click Here
 Twin Core 15Amp 12V DC Cable 4Metres Required Click Here
 Focus Mk2.5 LHD Reverse Unit, FINIS1505706 Part Number: 8M51 15500 AB
 Bulb Socket Connector From a Focus Mk2 or Mk2.5
 Additional Reverse Bulb P21w BA-15S

To Begin this Modification on your ford focus, ensure the car is in a parked
position with the handbrake engaged and the keys are in your pocket,

Then lie down under the rear bumper behind the driver’s side right hand
side of the car, put one hand at either side of the fog light unit and squeeze
the clips towards the centre of the light and gently push out towards the
rear of the vehicle.

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The unit will pop out of place, once it has then gently remove the fog light
bulb socket from the casing and bring the casing to your bench or work
area that you have setup the rest of the equipment on.

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Once the unit has been successfully removed from the rear of the car, set
up the Dremel or Similar Cutting tool, with a fine cutting tool attachment
fitted to the drill, gently scribe around the flat surface of the bulb housing
support tube on the red lens fog light unit.

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It is better to cut this section off as a large piece and sand it down to a
smooth flat surface instead of cutting straight through the bulb housing
support section because by paring it to shape you will get a better bond
and a tighter fit to the clear lens unit.

The Image above this text displays the only two parts required from the
red lens fog light unit, on the left of the image we have the bulb housing
support section which has been sanded down to the desired shape using a
sanding attachment on the Dremel, and on the right of the image we have
the fog light bulb housing and clear bulb, this bulb will be replaced with a
red tinted version or a Silvatec mirror finish with red illumination,
depending on personal preference. The rest of the red lens fog light unit
can be discarded for recycle.

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Using the bulb housing support section from the red lens unit as your
template measurement, hold it against the rear of the clear lens unit and
circle around it with a felt tip marker. Line this support section up on the
rear of the housing as far to the right as possible on the flat plate, this is to
ensure both bulbs do not touch on the inside of the housing and that
maximum clearance between the two bulbs is achieved.

Once you are satisfied with the marking of the location, fill the light
housing with around 50ml of water hold it in the position shown in the
image below, replace the bit in the Dremel with the first cutting tool
attachment and begin to cut out a section in the centre of the markings,
the same as the image below.

DO Not Cut the Full Shape with the Cutting Attachment on the Dremel

The reason for putting the water in the unit is because the plastic that is
being cut away becomes very hot from cutting and begins to melt, the
water in the base of the housing will prevent the melting plastic fragments
from bonding to the clear lens of the unit.

Once you have cut a shape out of the centre, change the bit in the Dremel
back to the sanding attachment and gently bore out the hole to the
specified size, shaping and checking the bore by holding the bulb housing
support section up to the hole from time to time.

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When the hole has been Bored to precision, take the clear lens housing to
a running tap and wash out well with water ensuring all fragments of
plastic have been flushed from the housing, I have found the technique of
swirling the water downwards from the red strip easier to remove
fragments that have become trapped in the red strip along the top of the
unit.

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When satisfied all of the plastic fragments have been removed from inside
the unit, either blow dry the unit with a hair dryer or leave in a warm area
to air dry, Prior to aligning the second bulb housing support tube and
permanently gluing it in to place,

I found it easiest to tape down the bulb housing support tube in to position
lining it up with the hole on the housing and taping it, Followed by circling
the outer ring with plenty of glue and leaving it to dry for 24 hours.

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While the housing unit was drying I got to work on the wiring for the
reverse bulb, a quick check of the Haynes manual and apparently

Green/Orange is the Positive+

Black Feed is the Negative –

These are the colors of the cables feeding to the existing reverse bulb on
the passenger side of the car,

So I will be splicing Green/Orange feed to the red on the second reverse

unit and splicing the black feed to the black cable on the second reverse
unit. Although if you wish to save weight on the car, you can splice the
Green/Orange Positive + feed from the existing reverse light with the red
feed on the new reverse unit, and splice the black negative feed - with the
black negative feed - that is feeding the fog light unit,
On the same side as the new reverse unit is,
This wiring configuration will work exactly the same as the first one but
also save you a few grams on the rear of the car.

Once the correct cables have been identified on either side of the vehicle,
splice the connection between the bulb socket and the new cable,

Then run the new red and black cable to the area that you wish to splice in
to the existing reverse light unit. When you have reached the length of
cable you wish to use, measure up a further 3-4 inches then cut the cable
at that length,
You should now have a bulb socket for the second reverse light with a red
and black cable spliced on to the rear of it, with just enough length to
attach it to the exiting reverse loom,
To help protect the insulation on this cable it is advised that you wrap it
generously with the fabric loom tape when wrapping with this Fabric tape,
Use the Method Of: wrap over half of your previous wrap each time you
rotate around the cable,
keeping it as tight as possible, and ensuring there are no kinks or twists in
the cable, again wrapping over half the tape each time. Keep wrapping
until you reach the final length 2-3 inches of cable then stop and cut the
Fabric tape from the roll.

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Once the cable has been wrapped down to the final 2-3 inches of bare
cable you can now fit the bulb socket to the car running the new loom
along to the opposite side of the car and splicing in to the existing reverse
light loom, when the clear fog light housing has dried it can be fitted to the
car by pushing in from outside of the bumper.

I personally have fitted the new reverse unit in to the original socket in the
clear fog light housing to make both reverse lights shine in the same
directions both sides of the car, and I fitted the fog light bulb in the new
bulb housing support tube fitted on to the side of the clear fog light unit
housing.

I have also fitted two Cree Q5 reverse Bulbs in to the fitments which emit
6000kelvin white light and are equivalent to a 55watt bulb each, so that’s
110watts of light from the rear of the car when reversing,
This is 100% Legal and a great help to anyone with tinted windows in the
back of their focus.

Thanks for Looking, email leonard.woods@live.ie for more Information.

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