One of the problems with the JK 2-door is that the dome light which sits in the center of the vehicle doesn't illuminate the area behind the 2nd row seat so the cargo area is pitch black at night which is beyond annoying when you're fumbling around try to get something from the back really quickly.
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| Brawnee rear glass lift game dome light bar installed |
To get around this, I picked up a Brawlee rear glass lift gate dome light bar. It's basically a strip LED you hardwire to the dome light power circuit with an inline bluetooth and IR module so you can adjust the brightness and even the color if you buy the fancy pants version (ok really it's just like an extra 5 bucks) to get full RGB support. It attaches to the inner part of the lift gate lip using provided 3M tape. To ensure good adhesion, I cleaned the area with alcohol and also used a heat gun to make sure the tape was nice and warm and tacky. Once mounted, with the wire on the passenger side, you can then use the provided adhesive cable guides to right it by the rear window defroster the follow that wiring down the hardtop so you can run the wires along the factory wire loom behind the carpet.
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Routing the cable
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| Routing the cable |
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| Routing the cable |
The LED plugs into the control module which houses both the bluetooth controller and an optical IR sensor so you can use the provided remote to change settings if you don't want to use the app.
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| Control module |
The power is tapped from the wires that follow the factory rollbar. You just open up the rollbar padding cover behind the front passenger seat, then tap into the yellow with white stripe for power (that's the positive lead going to the dome light) and the black wire for ground.
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| Tapping the power |
It's really that simple and makes a big difference. I selected amber as the color and it matches really well with the amber from the factory dome lights. When I change the dome lights to LEDs I'll probably change the setting on these as well to match the color output. With the lift gate up at night, it illuminates not only the cargo area but a lot of the area behind the vehicle making it super convenient. Would definitely recommend this for anyone that is sick of having to use their cell phone flash light to do even the most basic things around the cargo area at night.
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| Remote |
