Has anyone backed their new ridge up at night? Can I tie the reverse lights to the backup beeper or is the Ridge designed like the Mule Pro? Sure would be nice to have a simple plug and play from Kawasaki. I don’t need a beeper. I need to be able to see!
Reverse lights
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I didn't see a backup light specifically listed, but I didn't find a full street-legal light kit from WD Electronics. I bet they could help you out with a reverse light solution.
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Kawasaki doesn't offer a factory backup light, but I did find a backup camera that could be handy.
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I sure wish Kawasaki would consider making a plug and play harness to back up lights. Seems to be an easy enough design to make it available through the beeper wires. I don’t mind making up a harness but that shouldn’t be how back up lights work when the machine has a Reverse. They didn’t make many places to even add them but this has been a topic on the mule forum since 2015 at least. Guess they don’t care about these threads and what people are saying they want.
Just installed a rear bumper and added flush mount black out rear pods so I can see at night. The center of the floor comes out so the install was fairly easy. Also added the wiring harness for the ABI utv dump trailer so I can get back to using it for what I need.
Here is how I wired reverse lights on my 2025 Ridge.
I started with this YouTube video below.
Important note: The lights will come on with vehicle running and gear in reverse. The lights will not come on if the vehicle is not running
YouTube video -
Parts
Lights: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5S1SF5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Relay: https://a.co/d/7PXOR1h
Mounts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0714CYKBJ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5&th=1
Fuse holder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5Y2ZJD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Wire: https://a.co/d/farAXrv
Bullet connectors: https://a.co/d/aUNavCg
Fuse relay wiring
86 (white) and 30 (red) connect both together and insert inline fuse, then connect to → red w/white stripe accessory wire on the Ridge (12V+)
85 (black) → white wire on the Ridge
87 (blue) → to lights as 12V+ power (connects to red wires from lights)
Ground your lights directly to the frame as shown in my pictures.
I started with this YouTube video below.
Important note: The lights will come on with vehicle running and gear in reverse. The lights will not come on if the vehicle is not running
YouTube video -
Parts
Lights: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5S1SF5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Relay: https://a.co/d/7PXOR1h
Mounts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0714CYKBJ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5&th=1
Fuse holder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5Y2ZJD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Wire: https://a.co/d/farAXrv
Bullet connectors: https://a.co/d/aUNavCg
Fuse relay wiring
86 (white) and 30 (red) connect both together and insert inline fuse, then connect to → red w/white stripe accessory wire on the Ridge (12V+)
85 (black) → white wire on the Ridge
87 (blue) → to lights as 12V+ power (connects to red wires from lights)
Ground your lights directly to the frame as shown in my pictures.
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How did you wire to your "video" output on your tablet. Do you need a tablet with something other than the USB-C power port?
I have only installed the reverse lights. The YouTube video was done by someone else. I’m not sure how he did it. If I do add one I’ll add details in the forum. You might be able to post a comment on his video and hopefully he will respond. Sorry for any confusion.
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