How Dark Is Your Interior At Night?

[Heimkehr]

It doesn't adjust the brightness of lights in the bottom your console?

Mine doesn't. The conventional wisdom is that functioning of the left rheostat is trim-dependent.

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[Ratbert]

Mine doesn't. The conventional wisdom is that functioning of the left rheostat is trim-dependent.

I guess that's what happens when you make things optional, but don't want to invest in cleanly disabling the option.

 

[Wabujitsu]

Here's my preferred cabin lighting while night driving:

For reference, because you can't see much below the front window, here's my interior cabin with the aftermarket footwell lighting illuminated, and the interior lights brightened up a little bit.

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Greg, your opening post brought back a fond memory of my maternal grandfather.

My older brother was about to go off to college. Grandpa gave my brother his ‘57 Chevy Bel Air - mint condition! As he was showing it to my brother and I, my brother noticed an aftermarket flip switch on the dash, and asked Grandpa what that was for. Grandpa chuckled and said, “Turn it on!”

Purple footwell lights lit up the red interior of the car. “You know what those are, boys? Those are ‘pussy lights,’ so you won’t be fumbling around in the dark looking for that thing. I’m assuming you boys know by now what a pussy is.”

 

[keithcroshaw]

Mine seems fine, I just laugh every time I jog the interior lighting dial that does absolutely nothing.
I've heard Overland and above that does something for...

 

[Tread4Lo]

Yes, the left dial does the floorboard lights (this is in a MY22 Rubicon). I keep that one set to the minimum it will go. Didn't with the newer MY they put everything into the 1 knob, so it does both dash light brightness and floorboards?

 

[gm920]

I definitely lower the dash brightness at nigh, it's way too bright.




I had to look up this pic. That's James H. Howard who became an Ace in the Pacific and European theaters in WWII. I happen to be reading "The Flying Tigers" but I am only at the point in the book where it's about two weeks after Pearl Harbor so Mr. Howard had no kills yet.

The Greatest Generation

 

[Twisted10]

i have to wear my night vision its so dark

 

[Heimkehr]

Didn't with the newer MY they put everything into the 1 knob, so it does both dash light brightness and floorboards?

IIRC, the left-side rheostat wheel was indeed discontinued after the 2022 model year. I'd wager that the single wheel now evident would by necessity control the floor lighting concurrent with the dashboard illumination, if the former is adjustable in a particular trim level.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

IIRC, the left-side rheostat wheel was indeed discontinued after the 2022 model year. I'd wager that the single wheel now evident would by necessity control the floor lighting concurrent with the dashboard illumination, if the former is adjustable in a particular trim level.

You know realistically, those of us who do have a left-side rheostat which doesn't have a function, I've always been a fan of the idea of putting a modification on that.

How cool would it be to do surround vehicle lighting on the roof rack and modify it so that the higher goes up in brightness the more lights come on? It would be kind of nifty all right!!

 

[Heimkehr]

You know realistically, those of us who do have a left-side rheostat which doesn't have a function, I've always been a fan of the idea of putting a modification on that.

How cool would it be to do surround vehicle lighting on the roof rack and modify it so that the higher goes up in brightness the more lights come on? It would be kind of nifty all right!!

I've made that very suggestion in a separate, earlier thread, somewhere on this site. While I've no interest in doing so (and I too have the left-side rheostat ready and waiting), I'm convinced it can be done.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I've made that very suggestion in a separate, earlier thread, somewhere on this site. While I've no interest in doing so (and I too have the left-side rheostat ready and waiting), I'm convinced it can be done.

Agreed. It's definitely quite a bit more modification than just attaching a wire.

I'm not much of a circuit board and programming kind of guy. I'm definitely much more of the mechanical kind of guy. That being said the best way to do something like that would be to involve a circuit board with a program on it that as the brightness is increased, power goes to more lights.

If only I knew a software engineer ... @Ratbert

 

[Heimkehr]

...the best way to do something like that would be to involve a circuit board with a program on it that as the brightness is increased, power goes to more lights.

I'm pretty fair with motorcycle wiring projects, to include relay integration, and I've mentally cross walked that experience to projects that I've considered for the Jeep. That said, I also know when I need to pause and learn more before proceeding. Circuit boards and such qualify here, doubly so since the bikes don't have CANBUS and the Jeep does.

Anyway, that's why I'm in a holding position for now.

 

[JINO]

Lowest setting.

But I have UV lights installed under the seats. Not the flashlights.

 

[2019JLUS]

Idk, it’s always changing depending on street lamps since my top is always down

 

[jbcrane]

I like the brightest thing at night to be my headlights on the road... not what SiriusXM is telling me it's playing... or any of the other distractions on the dash. I roll that roller dimmer all the way down.

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