Rivman1243
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Loving these lights! Also just noticed I don't have a grab handle on my rear hatch!
Anyone mount LEDs on interior rear hatch?
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Parts used:
dimmer switch
12V Manual Dimmer For LED Single Color Light Strip Brightness To DC Adapters New | eBay
spdt switch used to toggle between red and white hatch light
10Pcs ON/OFF/ON 3 Position SPDT Round Boat Rocker Switch 6A/250V 10A/125V AC ZH | eBay
here are the lights i used for the rear hatch
200 X 10mm 10W 12V COB LED Light Bar diode Warm white Red blue Green for Car | eBay
1 red 1 white.
In retrospect, I should probably should of had one set of red and whites on each side to provide more light coverage. But this is working for me right now.
I tapped the cargo dome light wire and grounded the negative to the hatch. Like some that has noted here, the ground on my hatch was pretty bad. So I ran another ground from the hatch to the chassis through the grommet.
dimmer switch
12V Manual Dimmer For LED Single Color Light Strip Brightness To DC Adapters New | eBay
spdt switch used to toggle between red and white hatch light
10Pcs ON/OFF/ON 3 Position SPDT Round Boat Rocker Switch 6A/250V 10A/125V AC ZH | eBay
here are the lights i used for the rear hatch
200 X 10mm 10W 12V COB LED Light Bar diode Warm white Red blue Green for Car | eBay
1 red 1 white.
In retrospect, I should probably should of had one set of red and whites on each side to provide more light coverage. But this is working for me right now.
I tapped the cargo dome light wire and grounded the negative to the hatch. Like some that has noted here, the ground on my hatch was pretty bad. So I ran another ground from the hatch to the chassis through the grommet.
10w each? If you did both sides that will be incredibly bright. I did 5w on each side (i have to change lenses for color so yours is far more sophisticated) you can look at Rear cargo light install, ERG80 style to see how bright those are, it may end up being too bright for you if you did both sides.
I think the wattage on these products might be overly rated. It will be bright, but I have a dimmer. Maybe swap out for longer ones which should produce more wattage.
The dimmer idea is certainly some forward thinking, From your pictures it looks like you are getting a good bit of light from those LEDs. I know it is hard to tell in pictures. the ones I installed claim 357 lumens each and it takes people by surprise. Comparing your pictures to mine, yours look to be in the same neighborhood.
Stupid me is having bad Google-foo. Can you give a link? TIA.
trucklite model 33s
Dirty Koala
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Two 11mm Red LED's and 2 warm white 11mm LED's with flush mount switches.
Switch between white and red with dimming option.
Hey sorry to hash up a new thread but I saw that you did this rear hatch mod awhile back and I am looking to do the same... where did you tap into the 12v lines for this? Thanks!
Happy holidays. I tapped into the rear cargo dome light. Went through the same conduit as the wiring to the rear hatch. If I was to go do it again, I would run additional wires just to have for future upgrades.
I tapped into my fridge wiring (fished the wire through the little rubber sleeve) which is ran from my aux battery so I can run the lights forever with no worries except cold beer.
My LEDs are so bright! It’s great loading the truck most the time. Sometimes in the woods, it’s a bit much. Considering installing additional yellow (bug resistant) lights on a dimmer.
Brilliant and thank you. Question.... why doesn’t anyone tap the wiper blade power for this? Or is it bc it’s switched and no always “on” ...? Also I’m trying to figure out what these guys are.... to see if there isn’t another power source I could tap instead of going through the headliner... which frankly scares me slightly
.also what in the hell is that coaxial connector for!!?
thanks!
surfpig
The Anti-Tech
ppc
M Go Blue
The LX450 came with a cell phone. That connector is for the antenna that was installed on the rear quarter window
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M Go Blue
Don't know the answers to those questions but a cell phone is not a high power device so 12V may be present but with limited amperage.
Taping in to the dome light isn't nearly as hard as people make it out to be. The hard part is fishing the wire through the grommet to the door is the hard part and it is something you have to do no matter where you try to get power. You are going to want the light to go out when you close it anyway. You might want a switch to tell the door is closed so you can kill the power to even the door lights.
For the LX450 I used:
LED Bolt Flush Mount Lights | IP68 + 12 Volt | Oznium LEDs
BRIGHTEST IP68 LED Bolt Lights - Flush Mount 12V LED Light for Bumper, Grille, Cars Interior, Dash, Ambient Lighting, Motorcycle w/ SLEEK Aluminum Housing & Screw Nut
I added a small toggle switch to the handle surround and tapped into dome light +12 from the center row, fished above the headliner and followed the bundle down the upper hatch. They are more than bright enough in a dark campground and don't kill your night vision. They also make good reading lamps when sleeping in the back.
ProjectsNMotion
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The LED strips that I installed in the ceiling of the cargo area are very bright at night and light up the cargo area and hatch very well at night.
Builds - PiM '96 LX450 Build Thread
Did you paint the plastic cladding too? Looks a darker grey--really good with your front bumper! Take a look at the second post in this thread, it'll link you to the thread where I sprayed the plastic trim with bedliner. The color is actually a very dark metallic brown, it's a very nice color...
forum.ih8mud.com
Cheers
