Floor lights ambient lighting - Color Mods

[JeepDad33]

I decided to start a new thread on this topic that I had been having some discussion about under the "turn on floor lights" thread.

For those of you who weren't following that thread, a quick recap. I have a local shop that specializes in instrument cluster repair and also caters to customization of the LED's in said panels. We were discussing if it would be possible to / and how to change the color of the ambient lighting in the floor foot wells.

I had time to swing by his shop today to do some initial investigative work.

Findings: The floorboard lighting is contained in a little module that contains a larger LED that illuminates white with door open, as well as a secondary smaller LED that illuminates at night (engine running, headlights on) as an ambient lighting for the floorboards. The brightness of the ambient lighting is controlled by the second dimmer dial on the dash next to the headlight switch (the dimmer on the left).

Both of these LED's are soldered to the mini circuit board contained inside the module. He swapped out the smaller ambient light in mine to a red one to see if it would work, how bright it was, etc. So for the current time being, I have a red ambient lighting in my drivers side floor board. I can't wait for it to get dark and see how bright it is at night.

I've included some images of said lighting module and him working on it.

I mentioned this was the initial investigative work. Our initial goal was that we could sell a plug-n-play kit in a variety of colors for anyone who wanted to mod the color of the floorboard lighting. Since this is more of a sophisticated module that requires soldering tiny LED's to a circuit board, that scenario isn't as feasible for the every day jeeper.

So... He's going to do some digging and see if this lighting module is available for purchase from Jeep. If so he's looking to get a few to mod on an order-by-order basis and offer them with a core for your existing module. I.e. he mails you the modded modules in the color of your choice, you unplug your light module, plug his in, then mail your factory white one back to him.

I'll keep everyone posted on my findings.

Lighting Module:


Lighting Module Disassembled:


Circuit Board inside module with the LEDs:


Swapping my LED for trial:


Ambient LED installed with RED LED.

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[Man-of-methods]

Nice! How hard is it to remove the module? That red should look good at night.

 

[JeepDad33]

Nice! How hard is it to remove the module? That red should look good at night.

Piece of cake. A quick release plug and a christmas tree post securing it under the dash. Unplug and pull it out and bam.

 

[Tragdor]

Following this thread!

 

[WranglerMan]

So I wonder when someone will make these available

 

[ManLovesRobot]

I just put tail light repair film over the lights

 

[dajuicejml]

I just put tail light repair film over the lights

Great idea. Where did you pick up the film?

 

[ManLovesRobot]

Great idea. Where did you pick up the film?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N5WXW77/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got way more than I needed in a single roll but worked like a charm.

 

[JBall]

Great idea. Where did you pick up the film?

I just picked up a roll at O'Reilly's...think they will have this at all/most auto parts stores. Can't wait to get my Jeep to try out this hack. Thanks for the awesome idea Manus!

 

[yz kid]

I just put tail light repair film over the lights

Wow that looks great, going to give this a try

 

[icecreamw]

I just put tail light repair film over the lights

Wow great idea. Couple concerns: how hot does the LED get? Also, we all know that tape fades but who cares it will last years but I wonder if heat will perpetuate the process.

 

[ManLovesRobot]

Wow great idea. Couple concerns: how hot does the LED get? Also, we all know that tape fades but who cares it will last years but I wonder if heat will perpetuate the process.

No the LEDs do not get hot. This was taillight film so it's meant to be in the sun and I pretty confident it can handle heat.

 

[MojitoMojo]

Sweet! Looking for green!

 

[JBall]

I decided to start a new thread on this topic that I had been having some discussion about under the "turn on floor lights" thread.

For those of you who weren't following that thread, a quick recap. I have a local shop that specializes in instrument cluster repair and also caters to customization of the LED's in said panels. We were discussing if it would be possible to / and how to change the color of the ambient lighting in the floor foot wells.

I had time to swing by his shop today to do some initial investigative work.

Findings: The floorboard lighting is contained in a little module that contains a larger LED that illuminates white with door open, as well as a secondary smaller LED that illuminates at night (engine running, headlights on) as an ambient lighting for the floorboards. The brightness of the ambient lighting is controlled by the second dimmer dial on the dash next to the headlight switch (the dimmer on the left).

Both of these LED's are soldered to the mini circuit board contained inside the module. He swapped out the smaller ambient light in mine to a red one to see if it would work, how bright it was, etc. So for the current time being, I have a red ambient lighting in my drivers side floor board. I can't wait for it to get dark and see how bright it is at night.

I've included some images of said lighting module and him working on it.

I mentioned this was the initial investigative work. Our initial goal was that we could sell a plug-n-play kit in a variety of colors for anyone who wanted to mod the color of the floorboard lighting. Since this is more of a sophisticated module that requires soldering tiny LED's to a circuit board, that scenario isn't as feasible for the every day jeeper.

So... He's going to do some digging and see if this lighting module is available for purchase from Jeep. If so he's looking to get a few to mod on an order-by-order basis and offer them with a core for your existing module. I.e. he mails you the modded modules in the color of your choice, you unplug your light module, plug his in, then mail your factory white one back to him.

I'll keep everyone posted on my findings.

Lighting Module:


Lighting Module Disassembled:


Circuit Board inside module with the LEDs:


Swapping my LED for trial:


Ambient LED installed with RED LED.

Hey JeepDad! Any progress on finding out if your guy can purchase the module to do the mods? I'm using lens film for now, which works okay-just hoping for a more permanent fix, especailly if the lights can be brighter. Let us know!

 

[Man-of-methods]

I wish there was an easy way to make the dome interior light brighter.

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