Center console light
 

I know there have Other threads about this but I don't like to take a new truck apart. I found a double neon strip that Is powered by a cigarette lighter 12v (which is perfect for my 2011) with an on/off switch on the plug. Anyone else gone this route or have any other plug and play options?

Are you trying to put the light inside the center console?

i just put a min mag on that little tray in there... no wires, no switches, no drilling.. easy day...

Yes since I can't see in there! Lol

Well if you have the center console with the 12V cigarette outlet facing the rear you could tap into that with a switch to the "light" that you would want to put in you would have a easy console light.

My $7 neon fix sounds good!

Thats what I did. But I installed a mercury switch inside the top portion of the console. So when you open it the lights come on and close it, they go off.. I have been meaning to post a 'How To" on it. But as of yet I haven't had the time to disassemble my console and take pics of what I did. But I assure you, it works great. Everything is hidden. The LED strips had a sticky back, so I mounted then up in the outer lip on each side on the console and ran the wires through the back and down to the 12v lighter. Very clean and the LED's are very bright. Good for looking into that huge storage space in the Flowthrough console.....:)

NEED a "how to" ASAP, sounds like an awesome mod, can't wait to copy it.

Hopefully I can get it done this week. I am at work... its Christmas week and not much doing. So hopefully I can get it done here at work......:)

I did the same as "Fordever" , love it and was fun to do. I used the leftover LEDs from my mirror reflector project and an under hood mercury switch from the "u-pickit" ($0)

My LED strips were intended for the signal mod as well. But I decided to do a PTM on the inserts rather than LED signals. So I put them in my console.
I got the mercury switch from an old Honeywell furnace thermostat... 0$ as well...:thumbsup:

i cant wait to see your how to as well

This weekend I had time to add the center console light with LED strips from ALPENA MAX LEDs. I borrowed this PIC from 2011FX2CRAZYS post cause I didnt take a pic of the LED before and this is exactly what I used.

Here is the thread that I started on what I have done so far
11 F150 XLT Center Console Enchancement

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Youll need:
-Drill
-1/4 drill bit
-electrical wire
-electrical tape
-LED strip
-Single Pole Single Throw switch (button) Operates Normally in the Closed postion (ON postions)
OPTIONAL
-Solerding Iron
-Flux
-Solder

I used the soldering iron to solder the cables to the switch and one end to the 12V lead of the LED strip

Pop the rear end of the console off just pull straight out not too hard where you will pull and break the wires out. The 12v cigarette outlet has two wires comign from it. The 12v source and the ground. I forgot what colors make the factory set up so use a multimeter and find out whatis what. The blue cable in my set up is the +12V going to the switch and the ground from the LED strip is tied to the ground on the 12V cigarette outlet
SIDE NOTE: In retrospect; Instead of running cables to the 12V outlet adapter (GREY PLUG) I would have used the the adpater that is close to the ground(GREY PLUG)
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...-49-20_649.jpg
This pic shows the +12V going up to the switch The black part is the bottom of the rear cup holder
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...-49-34_980.jpg
Here is the pic of the switch on the upper right hand coner of the console when lookin at the pic the driver seat is to the right hand side. Take note of where to actually drill as you can see I was going to drill in the wrong place but caught myself,what looks like a rivit isnt a rivet. Now the switch alone wont make contact with the lid to make it turn off so I used a black screw and drilled it in and adjusted enough where it doenst crush the switch but enough to do the job of hitting the switch.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...-50-02_465.jpg

In this pic follow the LED strip from right to left where the white turns black follow that to the wall of the console drill a hole there NOTICE in the upper left hand corner you can see the switch (button) that will work when the lid is open and not work when the lid is closed but notice the location of it
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...-52-12_282.jpg

Would also like to see a "how to" on this. I already have the led's but am trying to figure out what kind of switch to use, and this sounds perfect.