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Has anyone added any interior lighting?

 

It’s awfully dark inside the cab when I’m looking for stuff at night. Don’t feel like I should need a flashlight for my truck.

 

I feel like every other tick I’ve had had nice bright lights on the door near the kicker panel and could actually illuminate the cab.

 

Just curious if anyone’s added anything like led lighting below the dash or anything?

 

 

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econometrics
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The interior lights really are terrible in the T1. From the lack of vanity lights to the very limited coverage of the LED overhead lights. GM missed it here. 

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Yes.    I installed the OPT7 floor lighting kit.        The lights turn white when you open the door.   Easy 60 minute install.     

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Thanks for the lead on the Oznium 11 mm LED light.  I do not have a skylight, sliding window or Homelink, so there was more places I could put the lights. First thing is you need a long T10 driver t

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The interior lights really are terrible in the T1. From the lack of vanity lights to the very limited coverage of the LED overhead lights. GM missed it here. 

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Anyone try replacing the map light bulbs with stronger LEDs?  Are the map light bulbs even removable?

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1 hour ago, Swiftks said:

Anyone try replacing the map light bulbs with stronger LEDs?  Are the map light bulbs even removable?

Map lights are led soldered to a circuit board. Not removable. 

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5 hours ago, mandrewbot3k said:

 

Has anyone added any interior lighting?

 

It’s awfully dark inside the cab when I’m looking for stuff at night. Don’t feel like I should need a flashlight for my truck.

 

I feel like every other tick I’ve had had nice bright lights on the door near the kicker panel and could actually illuminate the cab.

 

Just curious if anyone’s added anything like led lighting below the dash or anything?

 

 

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Yes. 

 

I installed the OPT7 floor lighting kit. 

 

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The lights turn white when you open the door.

 

Easy 60 minute install. 

 

 

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4 hours ago, Smoothbassman said:

Yes. 

 

I installed the OPT7 floor lighting kit. 

 

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The lights turn white when you open the door.

 

Easy 60 minute install. 

 

 

very cool, just ordered this for my truck!  howd you wire it up to come on when the door opens? Thanks.

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Completely agree about the lack of interior lighting. I came here searching for solutions to this problem. Epic fail in GM’s part


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Yes. 
 
I installed the OPT7 floor lighting kit. 
 
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The lights turn white when you open the door.
 
Easy 60 minute install. 
 
 

Awesome. Just ordered the aura pro kit with bluetooth from opt7. Thanks for the heads up! Wish there was more overhears light but this’ll help for sure.


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I see this has a plug and play fuse connector.  How does this work?  If I bought I would want it to activate with my dome lights. 


From what I understand you add full switched power to the main controller with an add a fuse and then use a second one for the control circuit which will act like the dome lights.


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I'm one of the biggest supporters on the new T1.

Lord knows, I love my Silverado lol.

But, I certainly agree that the interior lighting could be  much better. I was actually surprised at how dim things are when you need them.

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1 hour ago, MacLaren said:

I'm one of the biggest supporters on the new T1.

Lord knows, I love my Silverado lol.

But, I certainly agree that the interior lighting could be  much better. I was actually surprised at how dim things are when you need them.

It feels like a weird fog for me. Like it's just enough light to say it's lit up, but not enough to function as illumination. lol 

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Yeah, my wife was trying to do her makeup in the truck on the way to a dinner the other night. It was dark outside, so she turned on the front interior lights (since GM cheaply removed the vanity lights)... they barely helped at all. She had to use her iPhone flashlight eventually. 

 

It was pretty frustrating. With all the cheap, LED lighting tech these days, they should have made the interior lighting BETTER, not worse. 

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Yeah, my wife was trying to do her makeup in the truck on the way to a dinner the other night. It was dark outside, so she turned on the front interior lights (since GM cheaply removed the vanity lights)... they barely helped at all. She had to use her iPhone flashlight eventually. 
 
It was pretty frustrating. With all the cheap, LED lighting tech these days, they should have made the interior lighting BETTER, not worse. 

Same thoughts here!!!
Just put the features in and add $50 to the MSRP. I’ll never know the difference! It’s not that tough.


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