Additional interior LED lights
JK Junkie
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: The Dirty South
I did this modification today and it works great! 
You can read my write-up here: https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-s...6/#post4074815
Here is a couple pictures of the completed project!
Thanks for the idea!!
You can read my write-up here: https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-s...6/#post4074815Here is a couple pictures of the completed project!
Thanks for the idea!!
Last edited by 14Sport; Mar 25, 2015 at 10:37 AM.
JK Newbie
Joined: Oct 2013
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No just take the lens off there are 2 screws that hold the overhead light in place. Go back in this post and you will see the over head hanging. I just soldered the wires right there. Of course you need to run the wires first.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: South Coast, Massachusetts
was replacing the dome lights with led warm white when like a moron i bent the metal housing that the bulb goes into, any suggestions, can i just take rip out the metal housing and replace it with new?
I'm an idiot.
I'm an idiot.
JK Junkie
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From: The Dirty South
I have no idea. Have you tried bending the metal back? They're just wedge lamps so bend it back to a point where it makes a tight connection.
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Houston, Texas, United States
I wanted more light in my cargo area, so I spliced a diffused KC Cyclone into the rear dome light. It's bright but I wasn't overly impressed. The putco leds bulbs also helped. Thought about a couple more of these wired to their own switch and power supply.
JK Enthusiast
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From: The D, MI
JK Enthusiast
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From: South Coast, Massachusetts
Maybe I can get some help with an idea that I have, I want to wire in an LED strip into my cargo area, I'm currently running with a security enclosure and when I'm in the back looking for something, it is dark under the the enclosure and wanted the LED to come on when the courtesy lights come on. What would I need to wire the LED strip into, which wires? Also was thinking that maybe I would install a switch to turn the strip on after the courtesy lights went out and I'm still back there doing something.
Any help for this would be greatly appreciated, I'm a novice when it comes to electrical.
Any help for this would be greatly appreciated, I'm a novice when it comes to electrical.
JK Junkie
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: The Dirty South
Sounds like a 3 way switch would work best for you. This schematic was for footwell lights, one on each side, but you could just do one of them. The switch will allow you to either have it come on with the dome automatically, or never have it come on, or have it come on manually.
