Cup holder light installation/media bin light/glove box light

[Solaris13man]

I just finished mine this weekend, thanks to @JHForman812 for the harness and everyone else for the helpful pictures! The cup holder was pretty easy, but I have the 15" screen and wasn't able to easily pull the media bin. Reaching those two screws holding in the forward part of the bin would have required me to pull the entire dash apart. Instead, I took the 4 bolts out of the gear shifter and set that to the side. Three bolts are visible, the last is under the rubber mat in the bin that the shifter lays down in when using the work surface. This gave me easy access to the hole for the media bin light and eliminated the need to pull apart the dash. I was able to do the cup holder, media light and glove box light in less than an hour this way, so a pretty simple and straight forward install. Thanks for all the help!

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[COrocket]

Has anyone done a 2023 Lightning yet? I just started poking around in mine, and saw that it does have the glove box light cutout, however I don't think it has the media bin cutout

So it seems like I'd either need to do surgery on my media bin, or get a 2022 part? Looking at the ICE forum, the part # for the media bin with wireless charging is ML3Z-1513594-AA - doesn't seem too expensive but from other posts it seems like you need to take apart the dash in order to free the media bin? I'm not sure if I'd want to do that much but I'm interested in the cup holder and glove box. I'm guessing the cup holder ML3Z-1513562-CB is coming with the lights recently?

 

[JHForman812]

Has anyone done a 2023 Lightning yet? I just started poking around in mine, and saw that it does have the glove box light cutout, however I don't think it has the media bin cutout

So it seems like I'd either need to do surgery on my media bin, or get a 2022 part? Looking at the ICE forum, the part # for the media bin with wireless charging is ML3Z-1513594-AA - doesn't seem too expensive but from other posts it seems like you need to take apart the dash in order to free the media bin? I'm not sure if I'd want to do that much but I'm interested in the cup holder and glove box. I'm guessing the cup holder ML3Z-1513562-CB is coming with the lights recently?

as for the media bin, pulling the console back to change it out isnt that big of a deal. as for the cup holders, its been a LONG LONG time since one hasnt came with the lights. or the light ring.

 

[COrocket]

Just finished the install! Great thread and I really like the end result.

Only small issue I had is I ordered the Media Bin ML3Z-1513594-BA, and I'm not sure if I ordered the wrong part, but the mounting for the wireless charging pad is different on my 2023 Lightning. Because I had no way to transfer the wireless charging pad, I ended up reusing my existing media bin and transferring the light hole dimensions with calipers and using a fresh razor blade was able to cut it clean and accurate enough that the light popped right in and installed cleanly. I wish I remembered to take a picture of the two media bins side by side.

 

[Mujenpwr]

I finally am getting to this….

The single plug from the foot well ambient harness goes back to the cup holder light plug.
“run the harness that now has a T in it to the ambient light in the foot well”

The 4 plug harness taps into center console light then short end feeds media light and long end feeds glove box light.

So both long harnesses go to center console.

Initially the cup holders only lit when I shut truck off and/or got out.

I tried adjusting ambient lights I initially could only get cup holders to light when I shut truck off.

See next post after I figured it out….

 

[Mujenpwr]

I figured it out LOL. Ambient Lightning was off in touchscreen.….

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