This is next on my mod list and I haven't seen any posts regarding it.
LMAO!! "Don't want to overdo it"Doesnt the new WK2 have enough interior ambient lighting with its door panel pockets lit and the overhear ambient light? Dont want to over do it.
James
The lighting kit exists. It's the same one as the kit used on other Chryslers. It can't be very popular, though, because it's back ordered through the supplier for more than 2 weeks.
And you have to basically disassemble the radio column and center console to install it. I wasn't about to attempt it
B
Mashie,
Not sure what's going on, but we have information which doesn't agree. My dealer believes he has one on order for me -- prepaid. Says it's coming directly from the supplier, but sometime in Feb.
@JTS97ZZ28 -- this isn't anything like a single LED. Check out the PDF instructions in my link. It's two strips of LEDs for the footwells, and several more individual LEDs for cup holders, etc, all wired into a controller box with a rotary knob that lets you select the COLOR of the LEDs. So in my description, replace "LEDs" with "multicolor LEDs."
Multicolor LEDs have red, green, and blue LEDs inside them, with multiple hot pins. You vary the voltage on each of them to control the color output. If I were trying to replace this kit with something I did myself, I'd start off with an Arduino to make the mapping from knob position to R/G/B voltages easy, but I'd still need to actually CODE that. Without coding ability, you'd need some pretty good discrete electronics ability to make that mapping smooth and pretty. And you'd still need to put it all in an installable package.
From my estimation, for what you're getting from this kit in terms of design and implementation, it's worth the $200 bucks.
EDIT: Here's a link to a guy who did just what I was suggesting with the Arduino -- but he's controlling the color from his pc: http://www.vimeo.com/2446413