Mopar LED Bed Lights Install?

[DarylK]

Recently, I‘ve looked into this more than I care to admit. Deciding between OEM bed lights, aftermarket, or some combo. I’ve read many comments here that the OEM lights are not very bright and others that aftermarket led strips are too bright. All subjective I guess.

To answer your question, there is a connector in the rear that should have the upstream wiring for the bed lights. With the kit you might be able to pin the connecting connector here instead of running up front; assuming terminals are the same size. You‘d have a lot of excess wire to deal with. Or if you don‘t care about wire taps / keeping totally OEM / it being reversible, you could tap the upstream wires.

Here is a description of connector and pin locations.



As an alternative to the Mopar kit, you can buy the bed Lights and required harnesses separately for roughly the same $ as the kit. This would be truly PLUG and play; no pinning/tapping required. Would still need to program. Harnesses required depends on model year and options. Attached are the part numbers needed for 2021 without Rambox, in case that’s your situation.

I ended up doing OEM lights. Bought the left light and left harness. I found the one light alone to be bright enough and went ahead and bought the right one. Made my own right harness with some spare wire and tapped into the left light wiring. They function same as OEM (light switch included) and if I ever want/need to remove, I can take out lights and put old harness back and it’s factory again.

There are tons of threads here that describe options if you don’t care about altering factory wiring or OEM functionality.

So i have the plastic slide in bed liner, but underneath it has the covers to pop out, so can i get just the left harness simply for my power, and then put my own strip lights in using the new harness power?? Or will those lights still work if i just make a plastic hole in the bed liner?

 

[mbarber84]

Recently, I‘ve looked into this more than I care to admit. Deciding between OEM bed lights, aftermarket, or some combo. I’ve read many comments here that the OEM lights are not very bright and others that aftermarket led strips are too bright. All subjective I guess.

To answer your question, there is a connector in the rear that should have the upstream wiring for the bed lights. With the kit you might be able to pin the connecting connector here instead of running up front; assuming terminals are the same size. You‘d have a lot of excess wire to deal with. Or if you don‘t care about wire taps / keeping totally OEM / it being reversible, you could tap the upstream wires.

Here is a description of connector and pin locations.



As an alternative to the Mopar kit, you can buy the bed Lights and required harnesses separately for roughly the same $ as the kit. This would be truly PLUG and play; no pinning/tapping required. Would still need to program. Harnesses required depends on model year and options. Attached are the part numbers needed for 2021 without Rambox, in case that’s your situation.

I ended up doing OEM lights. Bought the left light and left harness. I found the one light alone to be bright enough and went ahead and bought the right one. Made my own right harness with some spare wire and tapped into the left light wiring. They function same as OEM (light switch included) and if I ever want/need to remove, I can take out lights and put old harness back and it’s factory again.

There are tons of threads here that describe options if you don’t care about altering factory wiring or OEM functionality.

Anyone know if these part numbers (and the process to install them) is the same for a 2025?

Just bought my Big Horn level 2 and the bed lights are one thing I miss over my previous truck.

From what I’ve read thus far, 2025’s have a different architecture electrically (please correct me if I’m wrong) but wasn’t sure how or what the process to “activate” and “turn on” the bed lights feature would look like.

You’ll have to excuse my ignorance, I’ve spent decades working on and owning Dodge / RAM HD pickups but this is my first half ton with them.

 

[gmercury2000]

Want to add as I didn't see or really dig into it so if not already posted in this thread, here it is. I just did the install on my 24 Laramie using the part numbers listed and they worked fine. I do have BSM but don't know if that makes a difference in the part numbers but these worked for mine. Quick flash with AlfaOBD a d they work great.

 

[mbarber84]

Want to add as I didn't see or really dig into it so if not already posted in this thread, here it is. I just did the install on my 24 Laramie using the part numbers listed and they worked fine. I do have BSM but don't know if that makes a difference in the part numbers but these worked for mine. Quick flash with AlfaOBD a d they work great.

It’s the activation that has me concerned. Not sure AlphaOBD will work on a 2025, and from what I’ve been hearing, dealerships are having trouble activating sales codes with 25’s as well.

 

[vincentw56]

It’s the activation that has me concerned. Not sure AlphaOBD will work on a 2025, and from what I’ve been hearing, dealerships are having trouble activating sales codes with 25’s as well.

Yeah, not going to happen on a 2025. Maybe in the distant future. I know they (AlfaOBD and someone else) are working on it.

 

[mbarber84]

Yeah, not going to happen on a 2025. Maybe in the distant future. I know they (AlfaOBD and someone else) are working on it.

Yep that’s what I assumed.
I’d be ok with paying the dealership to turn it on, my concern is wether or not they would be competent enough to do it successfully without causing any issues.