 I'm a mopar fam. Oh everybody out there's having a fantastic time. So today we're gonna be doing a video and an install on My big truck as some of you guys know, this is a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 with the Cummins six-speed manual and This is a two-wheel drive truck and this truck did not come with the factory overhead cab lights so I Am kind of a fan of having cab lights, especially on a diesel Not that necessarily need them. I just like the way they look as do most people So today we're gonna be installing some on this truck and again It did not have any from the factory what we're gonna be installing is these guys right here This is a kit. It comes with five of these LED amber overhead cab lights Each light has a Large chip set in there and these are very bright. This is the amber color and These are the clear lenses that are slightly smoked just a tad So that is what we're gonna be installing on the top of my cab on this truck These are very inexpensive this kit was like 38 bucks Believe it was under $40 on Amazon the link will be in the description of this video if you're interested But a very cheap Kit there was a bunch of reviews on them a lot of the reviews was very good There's a few reviews that some people had some issues with them but I figured we'd take a chance as a majority of the people look like they had good luck and It's not a lot of money. Anyways, the hardest part about this operation is gonna be the fact that this truck does not have holes and The wiring in the cab for these in the first place So in the future if we did have an issue of these once we do all the hard work the drilling and everything It would not be a big deal to change them out in the future if need be But I think we're gonna have good luck with these now. I will say I have not installed cab lights on This particular truck before or honestly any other truck So this will be a learning experience for myself, but Pretty straightforward. We're gonna have to lower the headliner. We're gonna have to be removing the Grab handles and the corners up here on the passenger and driver's side and we'll be having we'll be having to remove the Visors up top and As long as we can get the front of the headliner to drop down enough Then we can do our necessary wire routing and so forth So I don't know if we'll have to remove this entire thing out of the truck We're gonna see what we can do But it looks like a lot of people have had pretty good luck with just lowering it down some So we'll we'll see what happens. We're gonna dive into this thing and See which direction we have to go now the next thing I'm gonna do I'm gonna take the camera over here And I'm gonna show you the whole kit and I'm gonna show you what all it comes with The hardware the wiring and the lights so forth. So hang on one sec All right, so this is the box that the kit comes in from parts a.m. And Already have one light removed already, but inside the box. You're gonna get a pack What they call the wiring harness kit gonna have the wiring harness some hardware wiring Connectors so forth and there's also a switch in here as well if you need to use a switch My plans is going to be to use a factory headlight switch so You have another light Another light that is four lights right there and then The last light so comes with five lights pretty standard for any kit out there and then the only other thing in the box is Mounting screws and gaskets for the lights now each one of these Does already come with a gasket on it but we will be Using silicone as well. I'm not sure which one I'm gonna use yet I'm a big fan of ultra gray on anything myself But I went ahead and I got some clear silicone as well We may use the clear stuff Not really a big deal Anything will work Pretty much just your preference, but we may go with this But anyway, you're gonna want to put something around this gasket material Just as precaution because you don't want any water or leaks to get through and ruin your headliner So I would not trust the gasket just by itself. Definitely back it up with some silicone Other than that, this is my truck As you see absolutely nothing Up top at all. So this is gonna be completely bare-boned install on a truck that never had cab lights This method should work pretty much for any Dodge Ram and Even the half ton pickups as well. This the process is gonna be the same Pretty much the same interior and everything between two trucks I know a lot of people want to put Cab lights on their half tons. So maybe this video will help you out other than that guys We're gonna start digging in. All right, so the very first thing we're gonna start on is getting the visors off both sides There is three torques Screws that holds on each one. You're gonna need a t20 torques To remove these three screws on each visor So we're gonna get these out real quick and then we'll move forward All right for the next step, we're gonna be removing the driver side and passenger side pillar Which is where the grab handles are You'll see two caps already got this one popped out You'll need a flat tip screwdriver to pop the cap out and then behind that cap is a 10 millimeter screw So you'll need a socket or nut runner of some sort to get in here and remove the 10 millimeter screws on the top and The bottom right here That's the same for a driver and passenger side. So we're gonna get these removed real quick and continue on Now the next thing you're gonna need to do where your headliners pop in right here on the headliner Or excuse me Where your visors snap in to the headliner piece? As you can see push this back up To get these released from the headliner so the headliner can come all the way down You'll need to pop these down Just be very careful. You use a little screwdriver and Just kind of work it around Until you get it to Move a little bit and Just kind of wiggle it around And it will pull down It's kind of hard to do with one hand here Just be careful because they do break fairly easily. So you don't want to Yank on it and pry on it too hard, but it will pull down just like this Which will release the headliner and you'll need to do that to both sides as well So I'm gonna get the other side done real quick and then we'll continue on And we'll probably be messing with this guy here next Alright guys the next step is going to be to remove the overhead Nav Or console or whatever you want to call it and there's torque screws Underneath the lenses so you have to pop out the lenses with a flat head screwdriver Just go on the side Of each lens and gently very gently Pry it out and as you can see All that's holding it in holding it in on each side is those little Locks right here. So if you pry it too hard or you pry at the wrong angle you will break them off And you'll need to get a new lens So You can see the little nipples right here where they lock in Just like this So you're gonna pry it out With a screwdriver a flat head screwdriver You'll pry it down like that on each side and then the lens will pull out So just gently do that and you'll be good to go. I'm gonna get the other one out And then you'll see the little screw is right here under each cover So that's the next step All right now that we got the Nav console out the overhead console There is two Phillips head screws one right here And there was one right there already removed it You will need to take those out as well Because this this is still secured to the top of the truck or the top of the cab Which is still holding the headliner in from coming all the way down in the front So i'm gonna remove this screw here and we should be pretty much good for the top of the headliner to drop down All right guys, so we have everything kind of hanging down here And as you can tell we can get under the headliner By pulling it down a little bit And it's kind of hard to see it's a little dark, but any who you can see up in there And we will be able to run our wiring Fairly simple. We're going to be drilling our holes up here. I'm a Playing out where I want to put my lights We'll drill the holes and then we will run the wiring from The passenger side all the way across to the driver side Under the headliner and then we'll come down This little pocket here where the pillar goes with the actual wiring Down here and then we'll come down here behind our dash And we will tap into our headlight switch So that when we turn on the marker lights The cab lights will be coming on as well So it'll work pretty much factory like I supposed to So that's the plan I'm gonna start laying out the lights up top And getting the holes drilled All right guys, we kind of jumped ahead. We're up here on top of the truck And I have pretty much all of my lights mounted Except for one and I wanted to show you Basically what you're having to do here. You got drill three holes the two Little out the two little holes on the outside here One here One up there is what holds the actual light Down to the top of the cab As you can see with the gasket here And then you got to drill a little bit bigger hole Right in the middle of them two So your wiring can come up through the cab And go into the light So that's basically what you got to do to all five of them I did not Really want to measure out and show exactly how I did my lights As some may mount them differently There's no specific way to have to do this I ended up doing mine with three In the middle Spaced out a little bit and then I did one on each Outside a little further apart So I have three in the middle fairly close and then one on each Opposite end spread out just a little farther apart As you can see with that side is completely done over there But that's pretty much it what we're about to do right here is Lay some silicone down Hook my wiring connectors up And mount the light to the top of the cab and then we'll just be going on to the wiring on the inside So here we go. All right guys, we have all of our wires ran from our cab lights Under the headliner here And what I did is I ran separate positive and ground wire to each cab light and then connected it to one power wire He shrinked it. I still got to do the ground yet Running into a fuse down to where the pillar is going to go And then we have it tapped into the headlight switch right here I'm just using a little pinch connector as you can see and it is a second wire Second orange brown wire over is the Wire we used Which gives me power only when the headlight switch is turned to the parking lights or the headlights But when it is off, there is no power on that wire So when we turn on the parking lights or the headlights The overhead cab lights will turn on Just like I want them to so we're going to finish wiring it up real quick But that's pretty much how I did it with this particular truck. All right guys got it completely finished up They look pretty good definitely A pretty good little project Took a few hours to do it If not a little bit longer But As you can see I'm going to turn off my headlights or the parking lights And they are off If I turn Just the parking lights on They are on it took about three or four hours to get these things unsold Definitely not the easiest thing to do with all the drilling and the wiring But it can't be done. We just know you're going to have to drill holes You're going to have to wire the world to do that They do fit and they look pretty good on the truck. That's for sure So other than that hope video helps you guys out As always hit that subscribe button if you're not subscribed to the channel and we'll see you guys on the next one