Installed IAG interior lights, finally

Sdakotabronco

I bought a set a long time ago. Need To find them and get them installed!

FYI- The hardest part is finding the right wire to tap. Its like a grey with a purple stripe (dont quote me on this- I installed this thing like 3 months ago) and there is another grey with brown stripe in the same bundle. I had a real hard time seeing which was the right one, and you are up under the dash fiddling with the wire bundle. I had to get a magnifying glass and a very bright flashlight to work it out.

Mal

FYI- The hardest part is finding the right wire to tap. Its like a grey with a purple stripe (dont quote me on this- I installed this thing like 3 months ago) and there is another grey with brown stripe in the same bundle. I had a real hard time seeing which was the right one, and you are up under the dash fiddling with the wire bundle. I had to get a magnifying glass and a very bright flashlight to work it out.

You are correct! A good hands free light is necessary!

Bt_ostate

Night and day difference in interior lighting, especiallywith black interior. Works off of my doors opening/shutting and my aux 6 switch. Fixed something Ford should've thought of at the factory. But really, really makes a difference and is both a very solid product and easy to install.

Couldn’t agree with you more that these are a cheap and effective solution into shedding light at a dark hole. They look OE.

I got mine for $101 delivered. Ran to aux switch 5 as I prefer to only have them on at my option.
So wonderful!

Bt_ostate

Night and day difference in interior lighting, especiallywith black interior. Works off of my doors opening/shutting and my aux 6 switch. Fixed something Ford should've thought of at the factory. But really, really makes a difference and is both a very solid product and easy to install.

Do the lights come on when the doors open? Or is it only on a seperate switch?

SuperDave10

Do the lights come on when the doors open? Or is it only on a seperate switch?

IAG's basic install ties into OEM's dome light circuit located in the fuse box under driver's side dash. Also they provide instructions & wire to route line thru the firewall to an Aux switch. So, you can have both.

It's not difficult and having he Aux switch option is very handy.

Cheers

Kenneth

IAG's basic install ties into OEM's dome light circuit located in the fuse box under driver's side dash. Also they provide instructions & wire to route line thru the firewall to an Aux switch. So, you can have both.

It's not difficult and having he Aux switch option is very handy.

Cheers

Thank you so much. Last question, how hard was it to tie into the dome light circuit?

Numerous posts and threads about this. The only tricky part is tapping into the wires under the dash. You need a good hands free light and be very careful to tap into the wire that is grey with a purple stripe. You need to use care when cutting through the wrap on the wire harness. The wire harness has no slack to it, so you are working in a very dark and confined space. This is where it gets tricky. The correct wire is at the back of the wire harness and is difficult to locate. There is another wire on the easy side of the harness that a couple of people confused with the correct wire and they had issues. If you have old eyes and color blindness as many do, be warned. And as Kenneth stated above it wires up to the doors first and the aux switch is an option. The aux switch connection is super easy, and the dome light hook up is the tricky one. I recommend both, that way they turn on with the doors and you can flip the switch while driving to utilize them. I have mine wired to aux switch five. This is absolutely the best modification I have done to my Bronco.

^^^^ - Right, what TK1215 said. This wire harness must have 15 - 20 wires and finding the gray wire WITH PURPLE strip can easier be mistaken with light blue, solid gray, etc. Good lighting & patience are very helpful. I separated the gray/purple wire with a trim tool, took a photo and confirmed my colors with wifey, attached wire coupling, re-wrapped the wiring harness - All good.

There are several good YouTube vids on this install, here's IAG's


Cheers

I love my IAG interior lights, really helps when camping in the Outer Banks as it gets like blackhole dark at night sometimes and you can't see the end of your nose.

TK1215

Numerous posts and threads about this. The only tricky part is tapping into the wires under the dash. You need a good hands free light and be very careful to tap into the wire that is grey with a purple stripe. You need to use care when cutting through the wrap on the wire harness. The wire harness has no slack to it, so you are working in a very dark and confined space. This is where it gets tricky. The correct wire is at the back of the wire harness and is difficult to locate. There is another wire on the easy side of the harness that a couple of people confused with the correct wire and they had issues. If you have old eyes and color blindness as many do, be warned. And as Kenneth stated above it wires up to the doors first and the aux switch is an option. The aux switch connection is super easy, and the dome light hook up is the tricky one. I recommend both, that way they turn on with the doors and you can flip the switch while driving to utilize them. I have mine wired to aux switch five. This is absolutely the best modification I have done to my Bronco.

Totally worth it. The factory lighting set up is not great (IMHO) and its hard to see things at night, especially in the back.

I installed mine on the dome light circuit and an aux switch and we use them all the time. My kids are always dropping stuff or cant find the seatbelt or whatnot in the dark and its nice to be able to trigger the lights with the aux switch. Used this one way more than I thought I would.

The wire-tap is the only difficult part of the install, and that was mainly I had a hard seeing the wire and was under the dash. Other than that, it was total cake.

This is one of the best and most handy upgrades I've done to my Bronco. I can't believe Ford didn't ship the Broncos with more interior lighting to begin with. I installed the IAG lights about 10 months ago and they make all the difference in the world. I tapped into the harness wire so they come on when the doors open as well as to Aux Switch 6 so I can flip the lights on if I need them while traveling down the road.

Posted on a different forum recently, but I thought I'd repeat it again and add it to this slightly older covered topic.

These interior grab handle lights from Lumen8 were supper easy to install and did not require opening the fuse box or tying into any AUX switches. They tie into dome light, turn on with key fob entry, remote start, opening a door or manually with the actual pushing of the dome light button (upper console near map lights).

Has anyone had an issue with the wire tap missing its interior metal piece. Got all way to the end to find out it wasn’t there..