Mopar LED Bed Lights Install?

[lapoolboy]

Is the wire just supposed to hang free like this flopping around? It seems like it should be clipped to the body in a couple more places?

 

[22Ram1500InAR]

Is the wire just supposed to hang free like this flopping around? It seems like it should be clipped to the body in a couple more places? View attachment 154610

That is how mine looks.

 

[22Ram1500InAR]

Here is exactly what I ordered for my 2022 Ram Bighorn Level 1. I have NOT confirmed these work yet, and I will require at least two to three weeks to confirm due to hand surgery. I ordered all parts from BAM Wholesale Parts.

Item	Part #
Lift-Gate Lamp, Right	68312566ab
Lift-Gate Lamp, Left	68312567ab
Jumper Wiring, Left	68488851ab
Jumper Wiring	68523847aa

Hello all,

*** UPDATE TO MY EARLIER POST ABOVE ***

I got my LED bed lights activated at the dealership today for $75 (pus some tax). I can now confirm these parts work. Please see my truck model details above and in my signature.

The complete bed light kit that requires the hard work of running the wires to the front and into the cab (and repinning) is $195. I paid $138.75 for the parts shown above and about $13 shipping from BAM Wholesale (plus $75 to activate). All of you with AlfaOBD will avoid the activation cost. I installed everything in about an hour.

Thank you to those pioneers (especially @swing4terps, @vincentw56, @wacopolumbo and others) for your helpful replies, and for taking the time and the real risk in figuring this out for all of us.

 

[palmer64]

Good too know have the exact same parts ordered if I ever get em lol. Today will be a month still don’t have them made the mistake I guess of going with mopar parts overstock and they keep telling me one of the jumpers is on back order

 

[lapoolboy]

Good too know have the exact same parts ordered if I ever get em lol. Today will be a month still don’t have them made the mistake I guess of going with mopar parts overstock and they keep telling me one of the jumpers is on back order

BAM parts is your friend.....got all my stuff inside of a week.

 

[22Ram1500InAR]

BAM parts is your friend.....got all my stuff inside of a week.

Same. I order everything from BAM. Just ordered bed rails. While my harness was backordered, BAM kept me posted. The delivery was within their estimate.

 

[Murphy5156]

I’ve been looking to have the bed lights installed in my 2022 1500 Bighorn. I have reached out to the dealer though as I don’t want to mess with installing it myself. The dealer quoted me $225 for the LED bed light kit itself, and will quote me a labor cost tomorrow once the service advisor has a chance to talk to a service tech about the time this job takes, etc. Can’t wait to get this done as my bed is dark as a cave at night because I have a tonneau cover.


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[frisby5]

I just want to thank swing4terps and Duane for your help. Installed my led bed lights with the harness terps suggested and they work flawless, just like from factory. No running wires up to cab, just plug and program. Thanks!!

Do you have part#s for this install i have 22 BH no ram box . I like this install better than using mopar light kit.
Edit ! I found them after reading posts

 

[22Ram1500InAR]

I’ve been looking to have the bed lights installed in my 2022 1500 Bighorn. I have reached out to the dealer though as I don’t want to mess with installing it myself. The dealer quoted me $225 for the LED bed light kit itself, and will quote me a labor cost tomorrow once the service advisor has a chance to talk to a service tech about the time this job takes, etc. Can’t wait to get this done as my bed is dark as a cave at night because I have a tonneau cover.


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Your choice, but if I may…I am not a tinkerer. But this was so easy. Parts were about $150 with shipping and I paid $75 for the dealer to activate. Less than an hour easy install.

For comparison, I had the dealer install my electronic trailer brake controller. I was not comfortable pulling off the center stack.

 

[Murphy5156]

Your choice, but if I may…I am not a tinkerer. But this was so easy. Parts were about $150 with shipping and I paid $75 for the dealer to activate. Less than an hour easy install.

For comparison, I had the dealer install my electronic trailer brake controller. I was not comfortable pulling off the center stack.

22Ram1500InAR,

What does the activation by the dealer actually do? Does this make it so the bed lights turn on automatically when you open the tailgate at night or something? I think my prior 2022 1500 Classic Tradesman's (company vehicle) bed light had that functionality. Thanks!

 

[lapoolboy]

22Ram1500InAR,

What does the activation by the dealer actually do? Does this make it so the bed lights turn on automatically when you open the tailgate at night or something? I think my prior 2022 1500 Classic Tradesman's (company vehicle) bed light had that functionality. Thanks!

It makes them work at all. The BCM has to be programmed to know the lights are there to operate.

 

[Murphy5156]

I’ve been looking to have the bed lights installed in my 2022 1500 Bighorn. I have reached out to the dealer though as I don’t want to mess with installing it myself. The dealer quoted me $225 for the LED bed light kit itself, and will quote me a labor cost tomorrow once the service advisor has a chance to talk to a service tech about the time this job takes, etc. Can’t wait to get this done as my bed is dark as a cave at night because I have a tonneau cover.


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Update:
The dealer service advisor got back to me. Apparently the dealership isn’t familiar with the jumper option on this install because it sounds like they based their labor quote on running wires to the engine compartment to power the bed lights. She told me it would be about 3 hours worth of labor and then they would need to program the lights. She quoted $580 for just the labor…$225 for the light kit plus $580 labor is $805. I think I’m going to take the advise of others on this thread and purchase the jumper-kit from BAM, install it myself, then take it to the dealer for programming. That’ll save me north of $500 if my math is correct.

If she had quoted a couple hundred bucks for the labor I probably would have had them do it just so I don’t have to do it, but it seems silly to spend $805 on a job others of you have done and say it’s not difficult.


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[Murphy5156]

I'm not sure... I have the LED's. I don't see why they wouldn't work though, as this harness doesn't connect to the tail lights at all. I think the wiring for the bed lights are running parallel with the tail light wiring in the harness.

When I first looked at this picture, I thought the harness plugged in between the tail lights. These harnesses plug in under the rear of the truck and replaces the harness that is already there... I hope that makes sense...

DuaneMiller,

Could you explain a bit more about where the new harnesses are inserted relative to the tail lights? Do the tail lights plug into the new harnesses? I just ordered the harnesses and bed lights from BAM for my 2022 Bighorn no RamBox. Thank you!


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[Murphy5156]

DuaneMiller,

Could you explain a bit more about where the new harnesses are inserted relative to the tail lights? Do the tail lights plug into the new harnesses? I just ordered the harnesses and bed lights from BAM for my 2022 Bighorn no RamBox. Thank you!


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Never mind!! A few posts after this one I saw your pictures of the “old” and “new” harnesses. I think it’ll make more sense when I slide under the truck once the parts arrive. Thanks!


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[22Ram1500InAR]

Never mind!! A few posts after this one I saw your pictures of the “old” and “new” harnesses. I think it’ll make more sense when I slide under the truck once the parts arrive. Thanks!


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Yes, when I got my parts, I ran them alongside the existing harnesses before disconnecting anything. Do the drivers side first. It’s the easiest.

Oh, on the harness locks. Unclick them then depress slightly to disconnect; don’t just unclick. They should come apart easily. Wear safety goggles as dirt might fall down. I also disconnected my negative battery terminal. Keep the instructions from the bed light kit close by. There are some good tips in the instructions for the actual lights install in the bed.

 

[Murphy5156]

Update #2

So, I ordered all the parts from BAM last week and today I received the jumper harness for the LEFT side and the LED light for the RIGHT side. BAM had emailed me last week that the right side harness and the left side LED were currently back ordered. Hopefully not too much longer but for now the wait continues…

 

[ER.Nurse]

Anyone know the part number of the clips? I’d like to have some on hand in case I break any.

 

[frisby5]

I got my bedlight parts and wiring harness in today from the dealer. I installed everything and used Alfa Obd to turn it on, everything works !! Thx for parts info it was so much easier than running wires through the firewall!

 

[Murphy5156]

I got my bedlight parts and wiring harness in today from the dealer. I installed everything and used Alfa Obd to turn it on, everything works !! Thx for parts info it was so much easier than running wires through the firewall!

How long did the install take?


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[frisby5]

How long did the install take?


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Maybe a hour and i was taking my time drinking coffee : ) . I also installed a Mopar Cab protector i found it on FB market place at a discount brand new.