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21 XLT 302a job 1 truck with front, passenger, and passenger rear connectors.

I successfully installed the jumper wire included with John’s harness from c2280 to c212. I successfully made the forscan changes and connected both front footwell lamps. Turned on the ambient lights through the new SYNC option. Voila! Fairly simple.

Also connected John’s harness for the cupholder/media bin light to the passenger footwell lamp - looks like I installed that correctly as well as the passenger footwell light still works. Thanks John.

Cup holder, rear footwell lights and media bin light(maybe) still to be installed - but wanted to test before taking the console apart.

The new media bin I got is a bit larger than the currently installed bin, but it does already have a cutout for the light. I’ll see if it fits before ordering the media bin light and new media bin rubber insert.
 

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21 XLT 302a job 1 truck with front, passenger, and passenger rear connectors.

I successfully installed the jumper wire included with John’s harness from c2280 to c212. I successfully made the forscan changes and connected both front footwell lamps. Turned on the ambient lights through the new SYNC option. Voila! Fairly simple.

Also connected John’s harness for the cupholder/media bin light to the passenger footwell lamp - looks like I installed that correctly as well as the passenger footwell light still works. Thanks John.

Cup holder, rear footwell lights and media bin light(maybe) still to be installed - but wanted to test before taking the console apart.

The new media bin I got is a bit larger than the currently installed bin, but it does already have a cutout for the light. I’ll see if it fits before ordering the media bin light and new media bin rubber insert.
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Hmm. My 22 401a tremor only has the drivers side front and the rear passenger ambient lighting connectors. Which harness would I need in this case? I’m assuming the one for having no connectors at all?
 

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Hmm. My 22 401a tremor only has the drivers side front and the rear passenger ambient lighting connectors. Which harness would I need in this case? I’m assuming the one for having no connectors at all?

If you have the drivers side front, you have the passenger side front you just havent located it yet. The rear connector is dead and will not work no matter what you do. If youre wanting front and rear, you would need a harness that runs from the passenger side foot well light, back to the cup holder and under to the rear seats. also a jumper wire.
 

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Thanks @JHForman812 ! That was a much easier install than I was expecting. The console bolts came out pretty easy thanks to your tip to back them out and run them back in when they started to get hard to turn. I think the in/out warmed up the bolts and thread locker to help with removal. No broken bolts and I was able to leave my center console fridge installed!

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This looks absolutely incredible. I'm new to forums and not sure how they work really. Is there anyone from NH, MA, or CT that I could pay for there time, and even help them do the cupholders and footwell ambient lighting? I just don't have the know how and time alone to do it. I can buy the harness and everything needed from @JHForman812 as well as the Ford parts either online i.e. Tasca or locally as I know the GM personally at my Ford Dealer. Is this the main ambient lighting thread I'm posting to about this? Forgive my incompetence when it comes to this. I have a '22 PTS, XLT, 402A, with those metal tabs under footwells too. Thanks in advance if anyone local to me can help me achieve these 2 modifications. ??
 
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This looks absolutely incredible. I'm new to forums and not sure how they work really. Is there anyone from NH, MA, or CT that I could pay for there time, and even help them do the cupholders and footwell ambient lighting? I just don't have the know how and time alone to do it. I can buy the harness and everything needed from @JHForman812 as well as the Ford parts either online i.e. Tasca or locally as I know the GM personally at my Ford Dealer. Is this the main ambient lighting thread I'm posting to about this? Forgive my incompetence when it comes to this. I have a '22 PTS, XLT, 402A, with those metal tabs under footwells too. Thanks in advance if anyone local to me can help me achieve these 2 modifications. ??

youre in the right thread for an XLT PTS truck. You said you have the metal tabs, do you have the connectors on the tab
 

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youre in the right thread for an XLT PTS truck. You said you have the metal tabs, do you have the connectors on the tab
It appears I do, I believe. It's quite far from the opening in that metal tab but there is a small white plug on the driver side with nothing plugged into it and I believe a small black plug on the passengers side.
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It appears I do, I believe. It's quite far from the opening in that metal tab but there is a small white plug on the driver side with nothing plugged into it and I believe a small black plug on the passengers side.
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you do have the connectors.
 

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you do have the connectors.
Awesome! Now I just need to buy the harness(s) from you and parts from Ford for the footwell and most importantly cup holder lightning. Main thing is hoping there is someone located in NH, MA or CT on here who has done these 2 installs I could do this with. Would gladly compensate whomever could assist me. The part with the pin connectors and removing center console/old cup holders is tough for me to understand despite the great instructions on here and more importantly my hectic schedule. Would love it if someone was local I could travel to if need be or vice versa to bang this out. It's such a gorgeous upgrade I wish the truck came with.
 
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Awesome! Now I just need to buy the harness(s) from you and parts from Ford for the footwell and most importantly cup holder lightning. Main thing is hoping there is someone located in NH, MA or CT on here who has done these 2 installs I could do this with. Would gladly compensate whomever could assist me. The part with the pin connectors and removing center console/old cup holders is tough for me to understand despite the great instructions on here and more importantly my hectic schedule. Would love it if someone was local I could travel to if need be or vice versa to bang this out. It's such a gorgeous upgrade I wish the truck came with.

if you find someone that can help ill be ready when you are.
 

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if you find someone that can help ill be ready when you are.
Appreciate it. This is the PTS XLT forum right? Isn't there a bigger main forum with a ton of pages of people who've done it? I should ask on there if I can find that main thread. That's where I initially found all this and then this sub thread for PTS guys to go over too. Just need to ask on the biggest thread on here that talks about these upgrades.
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