Ambient lighting LED DIY

[MustangMac67]

Looks great!

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[Evo1986]

Looks really nice. I like the blue. I am sure it looks even better in person. Regarding the video, maybe you could upload it on YT and share the link.

 

[Evo1986]

Hey man how are things lately. I hope you are still happy with your ambient light. Have you tried to put wires in the cup holders like they used to be for the S550? I have read somehwere before that it is not easy as there are no connections to that part.

Can you share some more nice pictures or footage if possible? I will take it as best practice. Thanks buddy. @INSANEMUSTANG9

 

[INSANEMUSTANG9]

Hey man how are things lately. I hope you are still happy with your ambient light. Have you tried to put wires in the cup holders like they used to be for the S550? I have read somehwere before that it is not easy as there are no connections to that part.

Can you share some more nice pictures or footage if possible? I will take it as best practice. Thanks buddy. @INSANEMUSTANG9

Yes everything has been great I did get around to doing the cup holder, I am going to make a video, enough people have asked me, just been busy, but no issues

 

[INSANEMUSTANG9]

Yes everything has been great I did get around to doing the cup holder, I am going to make a video, enough people have asked me, just been busy, but no issues

Yes everything has been great I did get around to doing the cup holder, I am going to make a video, enough people have asked me, just been busy, but no issues

tired uploading a little video but says it’s too big if you message me on instagram I can send it that way

https://www.instagram.com/insane_mustang?igsh=MXZ3NDVqbDJsazU4eA==&utm_source=qr

 

[INSANEMUSTANG9]

Yeah some some took my pics off the form here and uploaded it to YouTube try to sell light kits like they actually accomplished something. So decided to upload a video showing what it actually look like at night.

 

[tuckingfypo94]

Hey everyone I was the creator of the video posted here. I actually do sell them as kits if you arent comfortable doing everything yourself. Send me a pm if you have any questions . I have even posted an instructional video to show how to install the kits. I also have printed instructions if you like that better. Check the link out for the kits on my etsy page! https://www.etsy.com/shop/LastLapApparel

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[tuckingfypo94]

Wow, this is awesome! I am awful with this kind of stuff, and don’t have the patience for it, but I am going to find someone to help me or just pay someone to do. Thank you

Hey I was the creator of the video posted here. I actually do sell them as kits if you arent comfortable doing everything yourself. Send me a pm if you have any questions . https://www.etsy.com/shop/LastLapApparel

 

[roket]

Ford added ambient lighting to the 2025 Explorer and did it similar to this. they have a thick fiber optic cable with an LED at the end and they have marks in the fiber optic cable to disrupt and broadcast the light

 

[INSANEMUSTANG9]

Ford added ambient lighting to the 2025 Explorer and did it similar to this. they have a thick fiber optic cable with an LED at the end and they have marks in the fiber optic cable to disrupt and broadcast the light

That’s looks really nice it’s a shame they didn’t just do it the mustang but do it for Lincon and other ford cars

 

[slowboy2.3]

some useful info for anyone trying this, here's a guide on how to find the right wires. ambient lighting has 4 wires, red power, green power, blue power, and ground. vehicles have 2 used ambient lighting zones, 1 and 3. zone 2 is unused and has no wiring at all. there is a long 26-pin connector coming out of the BCM which is located on the right side of the passenger footwell. below is a diagram of the connector

pins 3 and 16 are not ambient lighting, so ignore them.

Pin Number	Wire usage	Wire color	Wire gauge
9	Zone 3 Red	White and orange	22
10	Zone 3 Green	White and green	22
11	Zone 1 Red	Orange	22
12	Zone 1 Green	Green	22
13	Zone 1 Blue	Blue	22
23	Zone 3 Blue	White and blue	22

ground is always brown

Do you know if there’s an updated pinout for this? I’m looking at the connectors and I don’t see any that have that color combo in the pin locations. I might be overlooking it, but which jumper would it be under?

 

[INSANEMUSTANG9]

Do you know if there’s an updated pinout for this? I’m looking at the connectors and I don’t see any that have that color combo in the pin locations. I might be overlooking it, but which jumper would it be under?

I just used the pass floor LED four wires, and then each door just use the four wires off door handle LED for the door leds, its such low voltage,

 

[slowboy2.3]

I just used the pass floor LED four wires, and then each door just use the four wires off door handle LED for the door leds, its such low voltage,

I don’t have ambient lighting optioned on my Mustang unfortunately. I’m trying to figure out the pinout of the BCM connectors so I can either add the pins to the connectors (if I don’t have the wires there already) or tap into the wires already there.

 

[slowboy2.3]

hehehe I caved and got the service subscription to figure out this wiring diagram for the BCM

The ambient lighting is split across two connectors in the late production versions; I have no idea why, but I won't question it.

I'm gonna probe these pins to see what kind of voltages I get off of them, and I'll update.

 

[bbowes9]

Been trying to do this, seems like my math just ain’t mathin to find the resistor values lol. I wire it all up and my green never works properly. Certainly been a headache considering I’ve measured values at least 20 times now on both the strip and the car. 🫠

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