yeah that is simple but you loose your usb port. You can't plug anything else into it.This works for me. Easy to install on USB outlet, and really low cost (color choice and adjustable intensity):
Exactly. It wires before the anode (longer of the two leads).
The phone's camera overexposed the picture since it was dark, but that's the nice thing about the resistors, you can modify the brightness to your liking. It's a white light, matches the cluster lights just fine.
Bought the Ford ambient light assembly and hooked it up to a 9V battery and it did not work. Tried hooking it up to my 12V riding mower battery, also did not light up. There are 3 wires on the Ford LED, one is labeled VBAT, one is labeled LIN, and the last is unlabeled (assuming its ground). I think the LIN wire is some sort of communication link and perhaps it is required to be hooked up to run the light. The assembly is it’s own circuit board so there’s some other things going on there. If anyone might have a clue on how to power this light I can ship it to you to test it out.
Yes LIN is likely Local Interconnect Network, a control protocol used in vehicles. Would need to find and tap the corresponding wire for it.Bought the Ford ambient light assembly and hooked it up to a 9V battery and it did not work. Tried hooking it up to my 12V riding mower battery, also did not light up. There are 3 wires on the Ford LED, one is labeled VBAT, one is labeled LIN, and the last is unlabeled (assuming its ground). I think the LIN wire is some sort of communication link and perhaps it is required to be hooked up to run the light. The assembly is it’s own circuit board so there’s some other things going on there. If anyone might have a clue on how to power this light I can ship it to you to test it out.
Did you try applying power to both vbat and lin while grounding the last one (or some combination of that)? Without having someone with a 2022 and a multimeter actually test the wires, it's a crapshoot.Bought the Ford ambient light assembly and hooked it up to a 9V battery and it did not work. Tried hooking it up to my 12V riding mower battery, also did not light up. There are 3 wires on the Ford LED, one is labeled VBAT, one is labeled LIN, and the last is unlabeled (assuming its ground). I think the LIN wire is some sort of communication link and perhaps it is required to be hooked up to run the light. The assembly is it’s own circuit board so there’s some other things going on there. If anyone might have a clue on how to power this light I can ship it to you to test it out.
I tried every combination of the 3 wires and nothing worked. I ended up using the 12v mower battery and wiring directly to the LED and it lit up for a second then went out. Now it just dimly flickers white when I do that. Maybe I shorted it…
thanks for putting in the work! also glad to see the parts at microcenter, gotta love being a short drive away from themInstead of ordering the factory part, I decided to just make my own ambient/console light.
Remove the lid (clips circled in green, other clips are hidden towards the back) and unplug the harness (red circle) that is used to illuminate the USB ports.(picture credited to @Executech)
You'll tap into the white/stripe for your (-) ground and purple/stripe will be your 12v (+) positive - these will dim along with the dimmer switch on the dashboard. The yellow/stripe is switched 12v that can be used for some other low power accessory. Dash cam, etc...
I used an LED light along with a 1k ohm resistor, soldered them together, wired everything up with some spare 18ga and taped them up. Shrink tubing would also work, but I didn't have any and didn't want to go back to the store. I used a 3M Command Strip and mounted it where the factory light would've been (there's an outline in the molding).
Looks pretty good. I might purchase some more and do the footwells.
I have the parts, but haven't done the foot wells yet. You'll need to be cautious around the driver's side knee airbag. Each light should have it's own resistor and should be wired in parallel.thanks for putting in the work! also glad to see the parts at microcenter, gotta love being a short drive away from them
how's the footwell lighting going? i'm about to do all of it at once while the console's popped open. any advice whether to run the led diode and strips in series vs parallel? this'll be my first go at doing anything electrical ever in my life
Just saw your request about the door handle ambient lighting. I have attached some photos to show you what it looks like.Finally got around to installing the foot well lighting! This time I decided to use 2.2k ohm resistors to dim it down a bit more. I wouldn't go higher than that. If you want brighter, go for the 1k ohm. I would stay in the 1-2.5k range. Keep in mind these dim with the gauges.
Placed the driver's side in the same spot as factory.Placed the passenger side on the fan housing for a bit more of a centered placement compared to the factory spot which is off to the left.
Final results:
(Using night mode, a bit more realistic of what it looks like in person)
On a side note, if someone that has a lariat could take a picture of the light in the door handles that would be great.
I'd also like to add the Corsair illuminated cup holders, so that might be the spring project.
