The custom nuts are for sale! www.etsy.com/listing/1760507928/the-best-jeep-tj-wrangler-dome-light If you don't have a 3d printer or want them in a filament you can't print (ASA) I'm here to help! Thank you everyone for all your support!
Just did this. thanks! I don't have a cool 3d printer, but now thinking I should get one. Ended up just getting a 10m 1.0 nut and it holds just fine with space for the door. Doesn't look as clean, but functional for now. Before I just pulled the fuse, but found I would keep it out even when the doors went back on because I'm too lazy and keep forgetting about it.
Thank you so so much for this! I found the switches. I think the correct ones are OEM and the one that does not work is aftermarket. Just order OEM switches and you are good. This modification took 1 hour with the 3D printing. Works perfectly, thank you!
Why didn't Jeep think of this?? All TJ's should have had these on the assembly line. You should sell these, you would make a fortune. Let me know, I'll be your first customer!
Actually... Jeep did. There is a simple fuse that you pull located behind the glovebox. Apparently, this poster never did a quick 30 second review of his owners manual prior to spending hours concocting this "simple fix"
wy wybulldog The switch is a whole lot more “simpler” by only having to pull it out t disengage the whole door light. A lot more convenient for owners too, and better yet when it’s time for doors to come back on then you just close the door then it resets! A lot easier.
I have an 05 I bought new. Been using the same spring type adapters you didn’t care for in this video. You have a unique way of fixing the problem but for $4.95 and 30 seconds I have the same results.
As with anything everybody has different ideas, That being said I enjoyed the thought process and problem solving skills involved in this vid. This is first one i've seen from you. Must say very interesting.
While this looks great in theory I actually find the fuse easy to get to and it gives light illumination while turning off the jeep for a short time which I like. This setup eliminates thus factory feature that is automatic when turning off the the vehicle. This was well thought out by jeep. I even made a little handle to the fuse to be pulled and there is a spot to store this fuse in the fusebox when not needing door pin switch to work.
Pulling the fuse is dead simple - No obscure parts, wiring, or 3D printing required. I didn't know that about the light delay and I like the idea of putting a little handle on the fuse.
I removed the fuse on mine and it still works by turning the headlight knob BUT the aftermarket alarm installed is not triggered by opening the doors anymore.
Thanks for the video! I did this mod on my 97 TJ restoration project and it works great. I also made a video on my channel. Always looking for Jeep video content for my channel. I did post a link in my description to your video to give appropriate credit where credit is due!
Thanks for posting the thingiverse link, just ordered it from Print a thing in a color of my choosing to match my Jeep. Yellow Jeep and a good solution for the Win, yes there may be a bunch of other ways to do this, but I choose this way. Thanks poster.
Anyone know what Mercedes models came with these switches? Looking to see if I can salvage a pair instead of buying new. Great video and wonderful solution. Thank you!
This is a cool idea and very well described. However, Jeep designed fuse 4 to be the switch for door off operation. I fail to see how this is a simpler solution than removing the fuse and storing it in the glove box.
Those over price springs I got for free when I order my tube doors. They haven't came off while driving. I've closed the doors on them once or twice, but there was no damage to my door. I think they work pretty good.
Do you not think this is an ideal solution? I mean, it would be easier to wipe my ass with my bare hands, but I still chose to go that extra step and use toilet paper.
ZERO NINE - Locate the fuse panel behind the glovebox, helps to take the glovebox off. Do not recall off hand the specific one as it was 20 years ago, still have the Jeep. But, it was labelled on the fuse diagram, also might have been identified in the owners manual. Your interior lamps still work just fine , just have to turn them on with your dash switch. Let me know of you can't find it and I can check tonight when I get home from work.
wy wybulldog I found it and it has been working great. It is kinda weird getting into the keep at night and not having the lamps come on though. Thanks!
On my tj you Just turn the headlight switch to the left and it turns on my dome and floor lights. I have no dome light switches in my doors. It’s a 2000 btw
Thanks, if I had black PETG on hand I would have used that instead but we'll see how well these hold up. If I have to remake them I'll make a followup video.
I've just never been motivated to use abs having read how much of a pain it is to print and store and such. I might order some black petg if this pla has a problem but we'll see how it goes. I'll post a followup video should I need to remake them.
I really like this idea. As my Jeep I just bought came with the sensors for the doors already removed this isn't going to cost me much more than putting stock back in. What size crimps did you use to fit into the stock plug?
You do realize on the jeep tj. That after 20 min. The light shuts off automatically. Mine does. If light is on while driving alter keeps battery charged. Now at night light sucks being on while driving so still a hassle.
So why doesn't anyone realize the Jeep installed a fuse in the fusebox JUST for this reason. Its called the door light bypass fuse. Pull it out, your done. Need light? Turn on your dome lights normally with the light switch on the steering column. No fuss, No cost, 30 seconds.
Jimbo Funny, just bought a 1998 TJ and read the manual which indicated a fuse literally called door defeat. Put a fuse in there today and now my dome light works when I open door. No mods necessary and apparently contemplated by Jeep.
He said in the beginning he didn't want to mess with pulling fuses. A little work up front saved him from ever thinking about this issue EVER AGAIN! No pulling fuses, no replacing fuses.... If it isn't your thing thats fine but don't bash a guy with a good idea...
adding a switch to the dash would be some wiring but if you added a switch at the bulb i wouldn't be bad. In my nissan pickup at the light itself it has a switch for always on, always off and on with the door switch.
That's a good alternative as well... I actually wouldn't be surprised if there's a dome light from another car that fits in the Jeep and also has a switch already. I still like the idea that these automatically return to normal operation though.
And a digital meter! What's up with that.alien technology? This is what HE did, nimrod, and he has a 3D printer because he makes things instead of be a jerk in TH-cam comments.
It's literally just a nut. Any nut, including the one that comes with the switch would do. I just wanted a reason to use the 3d printer (which, all things considered, this is an extremely simple print/part) Thanks for watching though!
Here is where you can buy the Jam Nuts - www.ebay.com/itm/M10x1-0-HEX-JAM-NUTS-NICKEL-BRASS-25-pcs/173676015212?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Hold on...wait until I buy my $500 printer, then buy the switch a genuine mercedes part which is probably more expensive than my jeep. Just buy the clip..$5 and problem is solved
True but I want my dome lights at night. It's more of a hassle having to pop the fuse in and out. I did this mod and when I run with my tube doors all I have to do is tug on the door switch.
i have those springs they will neither pop off or get smashed in the door they were $4 good deal in my book however its your jeep do what ya want with it
@@CubNole obviously. I said flipping the switch, not installing it. I guess if you don't mind having the dome light all the time and you just pull the fuse once, then that makes sense. For someone who prefers having the dome light nearly all the time but doesn't want my battery to die on the occasions I take the doors off... A little bit of extra effort to make things way easier for the rest of the time I own the Jeep is worth it.
Shame on Jeep Chrysler for a poor design however I respectfully disagree with all this work for an interior light. Not many people have access to a 3D printer. I appreciate that fact that you kept the dome light in factory working order. It's just more work then I'm willing to do and I never remove my doors and the light still bothers me so I installed an on/off toggle switch out of the #4 fuse. When I don't want the lights on I reach in and turn the switch off. Back on for factory conditions. Easy, fast, and inexpensive. Thanks for sharing, nice work.
Gosh, the comments about not having a 3d printer are exhausting. You can literally use any regular nut that fits the threads on the switch. The 3d printing was not the point of this video.
Remove the fuse meant for when you take your doors off there is a specific fuse that you can take out and you can still turn your interior lights on and off with the doors off and the fuse out this is completely pointless
Jeeze...i just pulles the fuse, bought a LED flex light from academy ran the wire though the roll bar and wired in a toggle switch. Took me like 30 min at the cost of 20 bucks
@@TimNummy its not that hard. you take it out and remember where it was. when its dark count the slots with your hand and boom took 2 sec. yes i have done it plenty of times
The custom nuts are for sale! www.etsy.com/listing/1760507928/the-best-jeep-tj-wrangler-dome-light
If you don't have a 3d printer or want them in a filament you can't print (ASA) I'm here to help!
Thank you everyone for all your support!
I don't even have a TJ but this was so thorough and really great to watch!
Just did this. thanks! I don't have a cool 3d printer, but now thinking I should get one. Ended up just getting a 10m 1.0 nut and it holds just fine with space for the door. Doesn't look as clean, but functional for now. Before I just pulled the fuse, but found I would keep it out even when the doors went back on because I'm too lazy and keep forgetting about it.
Thank you so so much for this! I found the switches. I think the correct ones are OEM and the one that does not work is aftermarket. Just order OEM switches and you are good. This modification took 1 hour with the 3D printing. Works perfectly, thank you!
This is a beautiful solution. And you did a fine job on the video. Better than 90% out there. Well done!
Why didn't Jeep think of this?? All TJ's should have had these on the assembly line.
You should sell these, you would make a fortune. Let me know, I'll be your first customer!
Seriously...I would be your second customer! You really would make a fortune on these!! At least sell me the part you made...That would be awesome...
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Going to try this, but if I could buy it already assembled I'd totally opt for that option. Sign me up.
Fifth!
Good example of practical use for 3D printing. I'm surprised Jeep didn't think of this before manufacture.
I'm sure they did, but we all know how much Jeep LOVES to cut corners on cost!
Actually... Jeep did. There is a simple fuse that you pull located behind the glovebox. Apparently, this poster never did a quick 30 second review of his owners manual prior to spending hours concocting this "simple fix"
wy wybulldog The switch is a whole lot more “simpler” by only having to pull it out t disengage the whole door light. A lot more convenient for owners too, and better yet when it’s time for doors to come back on then you just close the door then it resets! A lot easier.
En donde consigo esa pieza
I just read the owners manual and followed the instructions there to remove the dome light fuse in the fusebox behind the glove box.
I have an 05 I bought new. Been using the same spring type adapters you didn’t care for in this video. You have a unique way of fixing the problem but for $4.95 and 30 seconds I have the same results.
Thanks for sharing your research and hard work. Nice job.
As with anything everybody has different ideas, That being said I enjoyed the thought process and problem solving skills involved in this vid. This is first one i've seen from you. Must say very interesting.
Thanks so much!
An absolute waste of time.
Just cut the lights off using the switch. Then cut them back on if you you have to with none of this hassle
While this looks great in theory I actually find the fuse easy to get to and it gives light illumination while turning off the jeep for a short time which I like. This setup eliminates thus factory feature that is automatic when turning off the the vehicle. This was well thought out by jeep. I even made a little handle to the fuse to be pulled and there is a spot to store this fuse in the fusebox when not needing door pin switch to work.
Pulling the fuse is dead simple - No obscure parts, wiring, or 3D printing required. I didn't know that about the light delay and I like the idea of putting a little handle on the fuse.
I just ordered a pair of switches and will be doing this upgrade this weekend! Thanks for the 3d print file too!
I removed the fuse on mine and it still works by turning the headlight knob BUT the aftermarket alarm installed is not triggered by opening the doors anymore.
Awesome mod dude! I wish I was technical savvy like you to do it lol.
Thanks for the video! I did this mod on my 97 TJ restoration project and it works great. I also made a video on my channel. Always looking for Jeep video content for my channel. I did post a link in my description to your video to give appropriate credit where credit is due!
En donde lo consigo esa pieza o el interutor
great upgrade i am making this upgrade to my jeep this weekend thanks a lot
I really like your problem solving skills sir
Thanks so much! I really like your viewership :)
Yellow TJ for the WIN!!!! Great solution, thanx.
Thanks for posting the thingiverse link, just ordered it from Print a thing in a color of my choosing to match my Jeep. Yellow Jeep and a good solution for the Win, yes there may be a bunch of other ways to do this, but I choose this way. Thanks poster.
I got my switch from pelican parts it’s a Mercedes trunk lid switch works great
Nice find. I just removed the bulbs myself.
Thank you for making the video. I had the adapter nut printed online and found the switches for cheap. Very slick.
Fuse 4... use your dimmer on turn signal to either turn on or off your interior lights.
cool work around..always like your thinking
Thanks!
Anyone know what Mercedes models came with these switches? Looking to see if I can salvage a pair instead of buying new.
Great video and wonderful solution. Thank you!
great idea.. Will add this to the todo list. Thanks
Pure genius!!!
This is a cool idea and very well described. However, Jeep designed fuse 4 to be the switch for door off operation. I fail to see how this is a simpler solution than removing the fuse and storing it in the glove box.
Agreed. This is way more involved than simply pulling the glovebox down and pulling the fuse.
Very sharp idea! Nice job
Those over price springs I got for free when I order my tube doors. They haven't came off while driving. I've closed the doors on them once or twice, but there was no damage to my door. I think they work pretty good.
To be fair... I've never used them :)
Yeah, pulling the #4 fuse is soooooooooooooooo hard!
Do you not think this is an ideal solution? I mean, it would be easier to wipe my ass with my bare hands, but I still chose to go that extra step and use toilet paper.
Really dope idea. Props.
I just pulled the fuse. If I need the interior lights on, I simply rotate the headlamp switch and the interior lamps turn on when needed. Cost? ZERO.
AMEN
What fuse did you pull
ZERO NINE - Locate the fuse panel behind the glovebox, helps to take the glovebox off. Do not recall off hand the specific one as it was 20 years ago, still have the Jeep. But, it was labelled on the fuse diagram, also might have been identified in the owners manual.
Your interior lamps still work just fine , just have to turn them on with your dash switch.
Let me know of you can't find it and I can check tonight when I get home from work.
wy wybulldog I found it and it has been working great. It is kinda weird getting into the keep at night and not having the lamps come on though. Thanks!
ZERO NINE
Genius
On my tj you Just turn the headlight switch to the left and it turns on my dome and floor lights. I have no dome light switches in my doors. It’s a 2000 btw
OMG best mod ever for the TJ!
Yes they did. You can literally just pull one fuse. It takes about 5 seconds to pull the glove box down.
This is brilliant. People are stupid.
Try to avoid PLA for in car items. It will get soft in summer heat.
Thanks, if I had black PETG on hand I would have used that instead but we'll see how well these hold up. If I have to remake them I'll make a followup video.
cool stuff there. as beeing said, get some black abs before next summer so your switch nut wont "melt" in the heat :D
I've just never been motivated to use abs having read how much of a pain it is to print and store and such. I might order some black petg if this pla has a problem but we'll see how it goes. I'll post a followup video should I need to remake them.
I got the switches can you share the 3-d file for the nuts please 🙏🏻
Why did Mercedes make those switches that way, ? So you could leave doors open ?
Pretty cool
They were for the trunk. I guess it was so you could leave the trunk open without draining the battery with the trunk light.
That wildman haircut :)
Haha thanks
nice done
Pretty cleaver!
Why Jeep didn't do this I have no idea..but I would definitely buy this .
LOVE IT! Brilliant idea.
I really like this idea. As my Jeep I just bought came with the sensors for the doors already removed this isn't going to cost me much more than putting stock back in. What size crimps did you use to fit into the stock plug?
Thanks! I had to grind some thinner as I couldn't find the proper size...
You do realize on the jeep tj. That after 20 min. The light shuts off automatically. Mine does. If light is on while driving alter keeps battery charged. Now at night light sucks being on while driving so still a hassle.
Just freakin clever.
I remove the fuse and installed my own LED lights with a toggle switch.
Awesome
Thank you great idea
What gauge are those male weather-pack terminals that plug into the existing 3 hole harness?
So why doesn't anyone realize the Jeep installed a fuse in the fusebox JUST for this reason. Its called the door light bypass fuse. Pull it out, your done. Need light? Turn on your dome lights normally with the light switch on the steering column. No fuss, No cost, 30 seconds.
Jimbo Funny, just bought a 1998 TJ and read the manual which indicated a fuse literally called door defeat. Put a fuse in there today and now my dome light works when I open door. No mods necessary and apparently contemplated by Jeep.
How’s this shit any easier. This dude should just sell his Jeep.
He said in the beginning he didn't want to mess with pulling fuses. A little work up front saved him from ever thinking about this issue EVER AGAIN! No pulling fuses, no replacing fuses.... If it isn't your thing thats fine but don't bash a guy with a good idea...
I put a cover ride switche under the glovebox
adding a switch to the dash would be some wiring but if you added a switch at the bulb i wouldn't be bad. In my nissan pickup at the light itself it has a switch for always on, always off and on with the door switch.
That's a good alternative as well... I actually wouldn't be surprised if there's a dome light from another car that fits in the Jeep and also has a switch already.
I still like the idea that these automatically return to normal operation though.
How is this holding up? I've heard PLA tends to melt in hot vehicles
Why the 3d printed nut? Would the original nut not work?
I can't find the switches.
What's the switch called? Or the site you picked it up from?
Could you have used a normal hardware nut instead of printing a nut?
This is genius, but too bad everyone has JACKED the price up on the switches.....
You could sell kits of these and probably make good money
Victor Leachman everyone here would buy it if he did lol
Yess
I bought a tj about a month ago and the lights don’t come on when I open the door 🤷🏼♂️ but the light still comes on when I turn it on
Probably a blown fuse.
The springs can be found for like $2 which is not really overpriced and they stay on suprisingly secured when driving
What year is this Jeep? Mine doesn't do that. I take my doors off , mine doesn't come on.
Anyone know if these will work for 88 wrangler?
Sure, modification to some degree is required for any Jeep/other application - but they should work.
TimNummy thanks!
What kind of Mercedes would this come out from
Juan Hurtado older "w" code models I believe... I put the part number in the description so that should get you close :)
Do you only do to the passenger side or both doors?
Nope. Both sides.
I just made a switch. The, "off," setting is when the doors are off. The, "on," settings is when the doors are on.
Quadratec has a light switch that goes into that fuse and goes underneath the glove box. It’s really simple and is like $30
Hey Tim, that's totally awesome! Are you willing to send me a couple of printed nuts? I will pay for them, thanks!!!
So how can I get these 3D printed nuts ? Or does anyone have another suggestion on where to find something else to fit
I might be able to help you out...
@@TimNummy 😳
I just cut the door jam square where the switch mounts. They popped right in. Can't even tell they have been modified.
Just take a Sharpie marker and black out the steel mounting nuts. Problem solved without needing a 3-D printer.
The nut I made actually has a centering step on the back of it to keep it from slipping around in the hole, not so much the color.
I️ just wrapped electrical tape around my fuse with a tab on the end I️ can pull it out without removing the glove box
What about the drivers side
Same process. Just repeated on the other side.
who has a 3d printer just lying around the house wtf?
Peyton Leslie agreed
Ya I’m going to go buy one for a few hundred. Better than taking two minutes out and pulling a fuse of bulb. Wtf is right.
I agree!
Right! I was thinking the same the thing.
And a digital meter! What's up with that.alien technology? This is what HE did, nimrod, and he has a 3D printer because he makes things instead of be a jerk in TH-cam comments.
Fuse 4 bud. Saves you all that trouble.
You could do all of this or you could just pull the fuse that says door switch defeat behind the glove box 🤦
Great idea but extremely complex. You used a 3D printer to create a new part.
It's literally just a nut. Any nut, including the one that comes with the switch would do. I just wanted a reason to use the 3d printer (which, all things considered, this is an extremely simple print/part)
Thanks for watching though!
Here is where you can buy the Jam Nuts - www.ebay.com/itm/M10x1-0-HEX-JAM-NUTS-NICKEL-BRASS-25-pcs/173676015212?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Man. Cool. But good Lord…
Hold on...wait until I buy my $500 printer, then buy the switch a genuine mercedes part which is probably more expensive than my jeep. Just buy the clip..$5 and problem is solved
Weirdly critical. But thanks for watching.
Sell me one
Love the idea but cheaper and easier to just mount a switch, I know you down played it but less than an hour and cost of one switch lol
This is way more work than taking a spring off occasionally lol
Just remove the #4 10amp fuse that says.dome override. Much easier and free
True but I want my dome lights at night. It's more of a hassle having to pop the fuse in and out. I did this mod and when I run with my tube doors all I have to do is tug on the door switch.
i have those springs they will neither pop off or get smashed in the door
they were $4 good deal in my book
however its your jeep do what ya want with it
Or just buy a dome light bypass switch that has a fuse. That way you don't have to finagle one and take a chance on breaking the factory door switch.
Valid point.
But you still have the keys in ignition chime going
What a waste of time. You can buy a 15 dollar part and do nothing but pull your glovebox out.
Pulling a fuse is hard now??
No. But there's no way you can argue that pulling a fuse is more convenient than flipping a switch.
TimNummy Okay here I go, pulling a fuse doesn’t require me to install another switch. There, I argued.
@@CubNole obviously. I said flipping the switch, not installing it.
I guess if you don't mind having the dome light all the time and you just pull the fuse once, then that makes sense. For someone who prefers having the dome light nearly all the time but doesn't want my battery to die on the occasions I take the doors off... A little bit of extra effort to make things way easier for the rest of the time I own the Jeep is worth it.
all you had to do was push the original button in, and drill a hole big enough for a paper clip. put a paper clip in the hole and its done
Shame on Jeep Chrysler for a poor design however I respectfully disagree with all this work for an interior light. Not many people have access to a 3D printer. I appreciate that fact that you kept the dome light in factory working order. It's just more work then I'm willing to do and I never remove my doors and the light still bothers me so I installed an on/off toggle switch out of the #4 fuse. When I don't want the lights on I reach in and turn the switch off. Back on for factory conditions. Easy, fast, and inexpensive. Thanks for sharing, nice work.
Plus we all don’t have a 3D printer laying around
Gosh, the comments about not having a 3d printer are exhausting. You can literally use any regular nut that fits the threads on the switch. The 3d printing was not the point of this video.
Remove the fuse meant for when you take your doors off there is a specific fuse that you can take out and you can still turn your interior lights on and off with the doors off and the fuse out this is completely pointless
If it's that easy to pull the switch out why not just pull the switch out and leave it out?
This is overkill. Just take the fuse out as designed.
Jeeze...i just pulles the fuse, bought a LED flex light from academy ran the wire though the roll bar and wired in a toggle switch. Took me like 30 min at the cost of 20 bucks
wtf worthless mod, pull the fuse takes 2 seconds.
Until you need to try to put it back in, in the dark, without a flashlight. Vs this where you just close the door and it works again.
@@TimNummy its not that hard. you take it out and remember where it was. when its dark count the slots with your hand and boom took 2 sec. yes i have done it plenty of times