How to UPGRADE Your Factory LED Interior Dome Light for BETTER LIGHTING - DODGE RAM 1500 2500 3500
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- In this video we show how to upgrade the lame factory LED interior dome light in your RAM 1500 2500 3500 for more light output. This mod is extremely inexpensive to do and ONLY COSTS $9 !!!!
You need to just remove the light as shown in the video and do some simple wiring.
FRONT LED DOME / MAP LIGHT CUSTOMIZATION VIDEO:
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FRONT LED DOME / MAP LIGHT CUSTOMIZATION VIDEO:
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Cool video and yes I would like to see you upgrade the light under the hood. This is where you would need it to be bright if you need to see at night under the hood.
For sure! I'll definitely be tackling this soon! 😎
Both videos were very helpful. I also used the same LED panels to replace the under dash floor lights and they were just plug in!
Thats awesome Jeff glad you found the videos helpful! Let me know what you think of some of the other videos we have for these trucks on the channel when you get a chance too! 👍
I did the map lights today and they worked. I want to do the rear interior light but I’m not 100% sure where to solder the wires. Is there a way you can send me a picture as to where exactly I need to solder them. In the video it’s hard to tell. Thanks. Your videos are great.
O wow I didn't know the newer rams are that complicated to add LEDs to rear dome. I have a '2012' and just swapped the bulb out with a 41MM Festoon LED. Very bright. Your videos are very good and keep it up. Just ordered a QTP cutout after watching your video on it.
Thanks brother appreciate it! Yeah the factory LED require a bit more customization to replace for sure! You're going to love that QTP cutout after you're done cursing and swearing installing it lol. It's an awesome setup!
What a great modification... I used 3x8 LED panel and it is BRIGHT enough. I decided to use 5 min epoxy instead of double tape as it gets very hot inside and also epoxy will help to dissipate heat a bit better.
Tanks for clarifying electrical connection inside the light itself!
Wow, I thought that led panel at first was factory made . Great job, I’ll be doing this to my ram.
Thanks Al! Let us know how you like it! 😎
Thank you for all your help.
Almost every light is now led.
My engine bay led kinda sucks cause you can't change the angle.
As for the rest led dome, if it helps or makes a difference on ease of install.
I ordered an OEM regular incandescent festoon dome housing from ebay.
I paid $30 for the black housing with the push button switch from a jeep cause I thought the contrast in color would match the black front map light housing.
Anyway it was a perfect fit and easy hook up.
No disassembly or soldering.
Just had to cut away a very small piece of the headliner.
Pressed the housing against the headliner, made an impression then cut out the line.
Looks fantastic and now the interior lighting color matches.
Anyway thanks again.
You've been an incredible help in transforming my '14 Sport into an even more impressive truck.
Thats awesome Tony sounds like a good mod too! Thanks again for your support on the channel! Still have a lot more on the way for this truck before we switch projects!
Hey Tony, great suggestion on replacing the dome with a festoon option. There is a follow up video where John is having issues with this dome light, real dim, concern about the solder etc etc etc.
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I tried checking on ebay but would you be able to link or give some more details in regards to what you purchased?
Thanks!!!
@@Manningo Hi Matt. It's been so long since I did all my lights. good news they are all still going strong with no issues. Like I said it was so simple and easy. The dome light casing is actually from a Jeep Commander and specifically it must have the push and click indent on the transparent cover. The covers the don't have that indent can't be turned on off by the rear passenger. Here's a link for you www.ebay.com/itm/06-10-JEEP-Commander-11-15-Wrangler-Durango-RAM-Dome-Light-w-Switch-GRAY/313105080834?hash=item48e6846202:g:NmkAAOSwOvJe1-JA
For anyone who says this is impossible, it is not. And you also do NOT need to short out the voltage regulator either. All you need is a ground and a power. Once you get the Chrome facia separated from the housing, you will see one of the three legs coming in (from the connector) is a black wire (which is the left-most leg looking at it) . Solder one end of your negative wire here. For the power, if you're looking at the stock led light itself, immediately to the right if it is the voltage regulator. There are three horizontal legs on it, the first (top) one is the regulated leg, the second (middle) leg isn't connected to anything, and the third (bottom) leg is the unregulated leg. This third (bottom) unregulated leg is where you want to solder the wire that will run to the power side of your bulb. Once you do that, tie in your newly soldered negative and power wires to the negative and power wire on you led, and boom, Bob's your uncle. Wiring it like this ensures your new led light works when both opening the doors as well as using the clicker button on the light itself.
Been waiting on this forever! Thanks! !!
Haha sorry to keep your waiting David! Let me know how your project goes! Only cost $9 to do the front and rear dome lights 😎
Boosted2k I actually bought a ton of those from China for like $10 lol...the only thing that scares me is the soldering part...I have no idea Wtf I'm doing lol...did you peel them and place the reds together and the blacks together?
David Rosales yes sir it's super easy! Connect your red (+) together and your black (-) together and then solder to those two pins. You'll have to short out that two pins "accidentally" with power connected like I did or take power from the back of that black square voltage regulator and one pin.
Boosted2k Cool I'll try my best...looks awesome! about the hood one I freakin shorted it out trying to put two of them in lol hopefully I can make it work so I can follow your steps on putting a panel in there!
OK, is it time for you to do a final summary video on all the lighting you’ve updated? Which lights work, where you got them, etc. Are they all working without sending an error code as well! As I have leds in two areas sending error codes...So many videos it’s hard to figure out which ones to get.
My suggestion. What do you think?
Thats a pretty good idea actually Curtis! I could link all the videos in one video so that it's less confusing and easy to find.
Curtis Beelman yeah I’m here bouncing around trying to figure which ones exactly to order!
I love your video's, thanks so much for all of them. I have a 2017 ram 1500 that I am trying to do the dome light mod, I have everything put together, I soldered everything like you did so when I test it with a battery pack it works fine just that the original flashes when I initially make contact but when I connect it in the truck only the original turns on
I have the same problem what was your solution?
Any videos on. Footwell replacement ?
Thank you brother very helpful and nice 👍
I know this is an old video but I am planning to do this exact same thing this weekend. How do you know the polarity of the light before you solder? It looks difficult to plug and unplug the harness from the ceiling so testing seems like a pain. I'd like mine to work with the doors and the switch so my kids can control it from the back if needed
Finally got around to replacing the rear dome light and map lights with the ones you recommended, and learned to solder in the process lol. Wasn't very difficult once I got the polarity correct (opposite of yours). I used 2 in the back, 2 in the maps, and one in the glove box. Any recommendations as to what to do with the 6th light? These videos are great! Thanks!
Thats awesome Nate glad to hear you put the videos to good use! Be sure to share any videos anywhere you think other will like them too! 😎
Attempted to do this, it worked but lights were dull, how did you end up messing up the board
Tysm for your video, I tried the same LEDs but when I connected to the black square voltage regulator to a battery it gets very hot, but it does light up both the original and the new boards which by the way I connected 3 panels to the 2 opposite ends of the regulator, any ideas?
Awesome video. Is it possible to do the underhood light?
UPDATE: found your video. Followed your instructions and wow, its bright.
First off great video, I've done the front map lights without any problems, they look/work great, moved on to the dome light also went very smooth, noticed when I plugged everything back in the factory led was still working and the leds are alot dimmer then the map lights, so my question is how do I eliminate the factory led? Should I try and short it out or try to take it off the board? Hope I'm asking in the right spot here...thanks Mark
Bummer you got no reply on this because now I've the exact same problem. My soldering skills are weak so I was wondering if I damaged anything with too much heat on the circuit board. I'm using 2 of the 24 LED boards like this gentleman used on his last RAM map light upgrade and these one in the back dome light are dim enough to stare right at. The map light ones are BRIGHT!
This was very useful
Thanks brother! 👍
I have 2017 Ram Tradesmen, is pre wired for a rear dome light?
Does anyone make the whole panel switch now rather than doing all of this?
Yes is there any solution yet?
Haha! Sweet Jesus! Those are bright. Looks great.
Hahah its pretty crazy but I like how it came out!
You should change your name to BoostedLED! lol keep it up dude!
lol yeah I need to take a break from all the LED mods 😁
Good day how did you make out with your interior lamp upgrade?....I did the same and after 2 weeks the chips starting to shut down! ony 3 chips on each panel are lighting up now!!
Frikin owesome Tks😅
Nice job!!
Thanks brother I appreciate it! More videos on the way!
Thx men
Was a but deferent what I had to do but SO nice thx
What’s then name of those leds and do they come with the wires ?
Wait..there’s a hood light? Lol. I had no idea. Guess mine hasn’t worked. 😕
lol its an option on some trucks for some reason but mine came with one 😁
BoostedMotorsports Well, turns out I do have the light under the hood - and it hasn’t worked guess it’s a burnt bulb...you mentioned a possible video on that change to LED. I’m up for that. 😁👍🏼
So, what do you do if you don’t short that little voltage regulator out? If I hook these new leds to the same place the existing led is, is it gonna reduce the light output from my new lights? Thanks.
Well, I just answered my own question on that first comment which no longer matters. But now another question- how exactly did you “short” that little voltage regulator thing out that you soldered your wires to? When I tried it, I guess I did what someone else commented on and must of fried something on the circuit board, or I fried that little voltage regulator in such a way that it no longer has any power coming out of it because the only way now- or well, I could, was to attach the wires of the new leds to those terminals on the wiring harness-side of the little grey push button switch but the led was a whole lot dimmer. So now I just got a whole new dome light on order so I guess whoever else is planning to do this, beware because you might be buying a whole new light just like I am because my other one’s shot.
What’s the name of those leds I wanna order some ?
Thank you for the video unfortunately mine are very dim LOL how did you short yours out to get it brighter??????
The reason yours are dim are because unless you can short out the regulator portion of that voltage regulator like he was able to somehow do in the video, they’re gonna be dim. The factory led on the board is probably a lower wattage diode on purpose to keep the brightness down. I don’t know how to post pictures in comments but if you wire your LED’s together like he did but instead of soldering the wires to those appropriate terminals on the black voltage regulator, instead, solder your black wire to the far right metal contact that the main wiring harness plugs into, below that horizontal black plastic piece and then solder your red wire to the middle terminal on the left of the square gray push button. This way you’ll bypass the regulator and get full power to your lights. I just got done completing this so it works.
@@billplaisance6387 THANK YOU! 🎉 I've just spent hours looking for wiring diagrams to bypass the regulator (because I didn't want to short it). There's zero information available on these LED dome lights - at least now they're bright!
Link for the kit you used?
This is almost impossible.
What brand are the LEDs?
I followed your steps for the rear dome light and for some it's not as bright as the front LEDs....I used the same exact lights....could i have reversed the positive and negative on the mother board when soldering?
I would try to find a different lead to take your positive off of and disable the existing LED on the board. I think the positive terminal I connected to is a regulated voltage but I no longer have the truck to double check
Check out my comment further down from a couple years ago. This is so simple and easy and quick and cheap.
Since u have had it in, has the leds warped the plastic lenses from its heat?
Nope no issues
BoostedMotorsports thanks!
LOL. That's the brightest interior I've ever seen.
Hahah its pretty intense for sure! 😎😂
Awesome video! Thank you so much! Also I had a different question for you. I drive a 2013 ram 1500 and have noticed a vibration when at speeds between 65 and 75 mph. It is felt in the seats the most. It isn't in the steering wheel at all. Do you ever experience this. I've balanced tires and it's still there with brand new tires. There's a ton of forums about this topic but no solution. Any ideas on how to fix it? It seems to be some sort of design flaw by Ram
Hi, check your truck for recall. It can be unbalanced drive shaft.
Hey Michael is your truck a 4wd? Also do you have it leveled?
My truck is 4 wheel drive. No it doesn't have a leveling kit. It's bone stock. Have you ever had any problems with vibrations at highway speeds in yours?
Michael F I would double check the balance job. Seriously. People make mistakes. But most tire shops do a free inspection if there is a different problem
Waiting for the under the hood LED
I'll be doing that soon!
mine will work fine when you first plug it in "the back" but when you push unlock it is very dim or opening the doors.....then if you just press it on when its not lit it well blind you...... Scratching my head wondering what's going on with it...going to try two
It probably has to do with where you tapped into with the power. I need to revisit this and find a better power source. I'll do a follow-up vid shortly
@@BoostedMotorsports .... This morning I went out and got in the truck after taking the 3rd LED panel off and just using two panels....everything worked fine.....so when I got off work I added the 3rd panel back on .....it did the dim thing again...like when I first plug it in its fine, then I use the remote to lock and unlock cutting it off and on......so anyway went in the house about 30 minutes later I went to the store and everything is working fine with all three....I don't know maybe it just needs to Settle in.....Thank you Jon I've changed all my bulbs to your recommendations besides the fog lights I went with the more expensive ones......everything is working fine with no messages...Thank you again, you da man...can't wait for your next easy mod
@@Divescavez Mine did the exact same thing. Do you believe in magic? HA
Short circuited the board... can’t find any replacement information online other than the non projector style ones, any help?
Just get a regular halogen version and put LED in it. It’s better suited
BoostedMotorsports Awesome thanks, will do.
@@hectori.7281 Did you ever order the halogen one? If so, did the plug fit and where did you buy it from?
Is that dome light interchangeable with the non toggle in say a 2016??? If so I need that yesterday!
Thaenatos pretty sure that '13-'17, are the same
I'm not 100% sure but I believe the halogen one is the same plug.
is that a factory dome or is it an aftermarket?????
Factory LED dome that I modified 😎
Went through 3 dome lights for it not to work. $250 down the drain
If only chrysler would of looked into better led interior lighting, We wouldnt have to destroy things on these expensive trucks. Semis come with 5K color temp led interior lights that blind you, Not sure why the factory would waste their time using extremely dull ass so called leds. These stock leds are a JOKE! I almost shi* the first time i activated these So called leds.