Color changing ambient lighting using Ford OEM parts

[‘21OBX]

I'll add I'm fine using the color changing lights. It will be a nice future mod to keep me busy in winter months. So whichever of those to part numbers is the correct version for the rear is what I'd get. Which one is it?

They are all the same physical size. I grabbed them from the F150 forum. The only difference we have found is the passenger front has the opposite style connector on the Bronco than what we need. If you order two drivers fronts or the rears you are good. Again I’d talk to John he can guide you on what connecter he is currently using. I know he was tweaking the design to be easier to use.

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[nwGTS]

I now have the part numbers for regular lighting thank you.

Has any one attempted this on a 2 door?

I checked under the front seats and do not see the 'hole' that would accept the light housing. So thinking this might be only for 4 doors.

 

[‘21OBX]

I now have the part numbers for regular lighting thank you.

Has any one attempted this on a 2 door?

I checked under the front seats and do not see the 'hole' that would accept the light housing. So thinking this might be only for 4 doors.

Not to take anything away from ford but I think there was just a post that Mabett came out with a kit for floor lighting.

 

[Tye]

I now have the part numbers for regular lighting thank you.

Has any one attempted this on a 2 door?

I checked under the front seats and do not see the 'hole' that would accept the light housing. So thinking this might be only for 4 doors.

I was looking to add just rear footwell lighting in my Bronco Raptor and the front seats also dont have the "hole."

 

[JHForman812]

I was looking to add just rear footwell lighting in my Bronco Raptor and the front seats also dont have the "hole."

seems weird that they would bother removing that light holder from the seats regardless of 2 or 4 door.

 

[ssr0822]

Well today thanks to the two main pioneers who posted this option to this forum, I was able to successfully add ambient lighting including cup holder to my 2022 Wildtrack. All prior instructions were spot on, including Forscan directions. I will say, I could not have done this without JHForman812. His custom harness made this easy as plug and play and looks factory. He also took the time to answer questions I had, what an amazing person.

I have included photos below showing his harness. You simply connect the first harness under the front passenger side with one end going to main connector, second end going to new ambient light. You then run the other end of the harness to the center console where there are two connections. In my photo, the blue circled connector goes to the cupholder, the yellow circled connector goes through the center console comes out in the back which you then connect JHFrorman812's other harness which runs left and right to connect to the ambient light under the driver and passenger seats giving you color changing light in the footwells for the rear passengers. The hardest part by far was shaving down old screw posts and drilling new holes for the new cupholder. Took me about 2 hours to get it right, I used a Dremel tool with a sander head. Needed to run to Lowes to get longer screws for the middle part of the cupholder as old screws were too short. I might have shaved them down a little further than needed. Take your time, less is more. All in for this project I was about $280. Again a must is to connect with JHForman812 and buy his harness. His improved design totally illuminates the need to switch out heads for connectors as past people have mentioned. The only modifications you need to do is shave down the prongs on the drivers side front factory connector and shaving down screw posts on cupholder to made flush fit. Best of luck to those that try.

 

[‘21OBX]

Now if you want to make it easier to get to go into the apim in forscan plain English. Enable favorites domain. You can then assign the ambient lighting button. One tap and your changing color or brightness. When you press the button it changes to edit because you can reassign it to anything you want.

 

[jh3113]

Nice! Do you have more details on the cupholder? I did the front and rear lights using Johns harness, but didn't want to tackle the cupholder because it seemed sketchy. You make it sound easy. What cupholder did you buy. Is it flush and does it look OEM or can you tell you modified it? Thanks!

 

[ssr0822]

I used cupholder LJ7Z-7813562-BA. I would refer you to my photo on if it looks factory. The answer is yes. I am very anal about how my Bronco looks. You just need to be patient and line up new screw holds and you will be fine. The cup holder is a little deeper so that’s why you have to shave down old screw posts.

 

[Stevdug]

I ordered the cup holder just to try and tackle that portion only. I've read through this thread a couple times but don't see any real detail on how you dealt with the rake of the new holder. I understand you have to trim but did you trim both the console and the holder to get the bottom to set level? Does one cup pocket end up deeper than the other?

 

[‘21OBX]

I ordered the cup holder just to try and tackle that portion only. I've read through this thread a couple times but don't see any real detail on how you dealt with the rake of the new holder. I understand you have to trim but did you trim both the console and the holder to get the bottom to set level? Does one cup pocket end up deeper than the other?

It doesn’t sit completely level but is acceptable. I’d have to look as I don’t recall if one is farther down than the other. You do want to pay attention to then orientation when trimming. And yes console and new cup holder will both be trimmed to match each other.

 

[ThatWilsonGuy]

I scrubbed through the thread and didn't see if anyone with a 23' had pulled this off yet.

My Forscan adapter will be there Saturday for me start testing sync.

 

[ThatWilsonGuy]

I scrubbed through the thread and didn't see if anyone with a 23' had pulled this off yet.

My Forscan adapter will be there Saturday for me start testing sync.

**** 7/3/23 Update **** Got it working. Just follow the instructions and keep trying if the Forscan settings don't take correctly.


Bad news for 23' owners. No way to tell if it's all 23' or some mid-year thing but it looks like the module doesn't have the full pantone functionality. You can unlock the menu but it doesn't change color or adjust brightness. Sounds like this is also the case in newer F150s.

I'm going to keep looking for a solution but one option mightb e to swap to an older APIM module.


Massive shout out to JHForman812 for his assistance and responsiveness. He was more helpful, communicative, and quick to respond than 90% of the companies I reach out to about Bronco products.
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[‘21OBX]

Bad news for 23' owners. No way to tell if it's all 23' or some mid-year thing but it looks like the module doesn't have the full pantone functionality. You can unlock the menu but it doesn't change color or adjust brightness. Sounds like this is also the case in newer F150s.

I'm going to keep looking for a solution but one option mightb e to swap to an older APIM module.


Massive shout out to JHForman812 for his assistance and responsiveness. He was more helpful, communicative, and quick to respond than 90% of the companies I reach out to about Bronco products.
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You have to change the line of code I listed. Just changing to panatone won’t do it.

 

[ThatWilsonGuy]

You have to change the line of code I listed. Just changing to panatone won’t do it.

I'm 99% I changed it in as built then noticed it also changes to pantone. I'll give it a shot again when I get back to the house tonight.

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