Cup Holder Ambient Lighting

[Mrmike]

I've been following this thread from the start. I have a '23 OBX with unlight cup holders. I purchased an Escape cupholder from a member of this forum. I just sent for and received a service manual with wiring diagrams. After looking over the wiring diagrams I think the best approach would be to splice into the passenger side footwell light. It has the same three-color coded wires (black/blue(ground), green/red, and yellow/blue). Just splice color to color and you should be good to go. I think you can just pull the glove box to get access to the footwell light wiring. You just have to fish the wiring from the cupholder to the footwell. The advantage to doing it this way is that all the lights would be on at the same time and with the same brightness. This is the way I will attempt this mod. Unfortunately, I live in Syracuse, NY and it's quite cold. My garage is heated but only maintains about 50 degrees. I won't be doing this mod, my Tectico side marker mod, or my rear bumper protector until we get much warmer weather. I'll let everyone know how it works out.

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[JAD67428]

I've been following this thread from the start. I have a '23 OBX with unlight cup holders. I purchased an Escape cupholder from a member of this forum. I just sent for and received a service manual with wiring diagrams. After looking over the wiring diagrams I think the best approach would be to splice into the passenger side footwell light. It has the same three-color coded wires (black/blue(ground), green/red, and yellow/blue). Just splice color to color and you should be good to go. I think you can just pull the glove box to get access to the footwell light wiring. You just have to fish the wiring from the cupholder to the footwell. The advantage to doing it this way is that all the lights would be on at the same time and with the same brightness. This is the way I will attempt this mod. Unfortunately, I live in Syracuse, NY and it's quite cold. My garage is heated but only maintains about 50 degrees. I won't be doing this mod, my Tectico side marker mod, or my rear bumper protector until we get much warmer weather. I'll let everyone know how it works out.

Well that sucks for me as I have No Footwell Lights on the Big Bend !!!

 

[Winds of Change]

I have the 2021 Outer Banks and it has all ambient lighting - right from the start.
I'm not aware of any extra "luxury" packages that I ordered.

Cheers

A local Ford parts deoartment shows it listed for $16. I have to buy it for that price.

 

[Winds of Change]

Still waiting for the cupholder to arrive from Jenbeth. I will be posting in the forum once I get it figured out. Be patient, I live in Syracuse, NY and the weather isn't the greatest right now.

This weekend I am going to poke around my 2023 Badlands and see what I can find.

 

[Pintarrr]

I've been following this thread from the start. I have a '23 OBX with unlight cup holders. I purchased an Escape cupholder from a member of this forum. I just sent for and received a service manual with wiring diagrams. After looking over the wiring diagrams I think the best approach would be to splice into the passenger side footwell light. It has the same three-color coded wires (black/blue(ground), green/red, and yellow/blue). Just splice color to color and you should be good to go. I think you can just pull the glove box to get access to the footwell light wiring. You just have to fish the wiring from the cupholder to the footwell. The advantage to doing it this way is that all the lights would be on at the same time and with the same brightness. This is the way I will attempt this mod. Unfortunately, I live in Syracuse, NY and it's quite cold. My garage is heated but only maintains about 50 degrees. I won't be doing this mod, my Tectico side marker mod, or my rear bumper protector until we get much warmer weather. I'll let everyone know how it works out.

That's funny, I was just thinking about this today! I'll order the part and take a look next week, I was waiting for someone to figure out a good source to tap into. Makes sense to try the footwell light.

 

[Mrmike]

Well that sucks for me as I have No Footwell Lights on the Big Bend !!!

Check out the wiring diagrams I sent you. You may have other options

 

[JKauf55]

Check out the wiring diagrams I sent you. You may have other options

If you’re willing, I’d be interested in seeing this as well as I have a Big Bend currently on order

 

[Mrmike]

If you’re willing, I’d be interested in seeing this as well as I have a Big Bend currently on order

Talk to me in conversations

 

[dannyc928]

Buy this USB LED and plug it in. It works great!

https://www.amazon.com/Interior-Atmosphere-Decoration-Adjustable-Brightness/dp/B094NKCRMK/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1MY8XC1T5L3H5&keywords=usb+led+lights+for+car&qid=1674077404&sprefix=usb+lights,aps,134&sr=8-6&th=1

Thank you for the suggestion. I just bought it.

 

[shwamo83]

I have a brand new ambient lighted cup holder assembly if any wants to buy it from me. I have 2021 BL and it doesn't have the wiring and I don't want to splice anything. Let me know if interested.

 

[Mrmike]

Here is a picture of the wiring diagram from the Service Manual. The footwell wires (3) are the same color for the cup holders and footwell. It should be just a matter of splicing them. I hope the passenger side footwell light will be accessible once the glove box is removed. I'm not sure why there are 3 wires. If it were just power and ground it would be easy to tap into one of the existing lighted dials in the console. This wouldn't be the ambient lighting, but rather just normal dash and instrument lighting. I tried with a battery to get the cup holder lights to work with no luck. There must be something about that third wire I'm not understanding. Perhaps someone else on the forum can help. If anyone
wants a printed picture of this diagram send me your mailing address in conversations, and I'll mail you one.


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[Mrmike]

I've been following this thread from the start. I have a '23 OBX with unlight cup holders. I purchased an Escape cupholder from a member of this forum. I just sent for and received a service manual with wiring diagrams. After looking over the wiring diagrams I think the best approach would be to splice into the passenger side footwell light. It has the same three-color coded wires (black/blue(ground), green/red, and yellow/blue). Just splice color to color and you should be good to go. I think you can just pull the glove box to get access to the footwell light wiring. You just have to fish the wiring from the cupholder to the footwell. The advantage to doing it this way is that all the lights would be on at the same time and with the same brightness. This is the way I will attempt this mod. Unfortunately, I live in Syracuse, NY and it's quite cold. My garage is heated but only maintains about 50 degrees. I won't be doing this mod, my Tectico side marker mod, or my rear bumper protector until we get much warmer weather. I'll let everyone know how it works out.

I just did the Tetico side turn signal installation. Look in that thread to see the results.

 

[JCampos30]

Here is a picture of the wiring diagram from the Service Manual. The footwell wires (3) are the same color for the cup holders and footwell. It should be just a matter of splicing them. I hope the passenger side footwell light will be accessible once the glove box is removed. I'm not sure why there are 3 wires. If it were just power and ground it would be easy to tap into one of the existing lighted dials in the console. This wouldn't be the ambient lighting, but rather just normal dash and instrument lighting. I tried with a battery to get the cup holder lights to work with no luck. There must be something about that third wire I'm not understanding. Perhaps someone else on the forum can help. If anyone
wants a printed picture of this diagram send me your mailing address in conversations, and I'll mail you one.


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To me it seems like they’re constantly powered but have a trigger wire. 1 ground, 1 12v constant, and 1 accessory wire. That’s just how I see it. Might be wrong.

 

[Mrmike]

To me it seems like they’re constantly powered but have a trigger wire. 1 ground, 1 12v constant, and 1 accessory wire. That’s just how I see it. Might be wrong.

I'm not sure. Wiring is not my strong point. I'm waiting for warmer weather before I start trying to figure it out. If you have any luck, please keep us in the loop.

 

[Pintarrr]

So, had a warm day where I felt like tackling the project. It turned out to be easy enough to figure out!

I'll make a detailed write-up probably tomorrow, but the gist of it was I bought some 20awg wire, wired it to the ambient light assembly under the passenger side dash, and voila! It will dim/brighten with the controls in the SYNC 3 menu.

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