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Ha ! I did not even realize there WAS a lower shroud !!! mine never came with it

Its interesting but not for me. Looks like it covers the doors, dash and around the rear of the front seats (TRON). I like left and right of the console. The concept is great though. Just not much info on the website at all (IE rear doors as well and what the controllers are etc)

depends on how shipped and how much you pay.

really interesting to see once installed, how many times (once tilted all the way to the driver) that the function is used to go back to flat and/or over to the right. I agree, once you go LEFT you never go back :) . I purchased the screen mount with motors for $ 95 bucks and installed a...

Sorry ahead of time as I did go through the thread but cannot find.....is there a link (or spec IE height of) the shower dam ?

This was a great post. I went in a few weeks ago and it was the whole kit including the enclosure and went in on Sunday and sure enough I was able to order this. I have the sock and will be installing the dam as soon as this kit comes in. Did anyone spray any evaporator cleaner or other...

Switch can go between the wire coming from the ODB pin 16 and the controllers +ve power leads right at the console

removing the screen makes the project MUCH MUCH easier to tie all the wiring and controllers together.....

Purely time available right now and wanting to get operational. Secondary to that is adding another soft point of future failure (IE why did it not turn on). I like the SIRI solution for changing modes noting that I do not even have SIRI enabled and have really never used it. Not real...

It really IS a labour of love. I have been delayed due to the temperatures for working in my garage and anxious to get back into it. So for control you wired PIN 16 to the + on the control side of the SSR and PIN 4 to the - side ? This is the way I am going. Related to another thread on...

Hi @taekua yes completely how I understood it. At no time is there a clean DC voltage. Just, with the headlights on, it is high enough to trip the SSR.

exactly like that and your wiring diagram is connect. Your power supply to one of the output terminals and the RGB controller +ve leads to the other with the ground being directly connected.

Hi @taekua that is a good qualifier. The ambient lights go too dim to trigger a hardware relay when the headlights are OFF and it is bright outside. If you leave the headlights ON then the car is in (dark mode ?) and keeps the ambient lights up. I keep my headlights on AUTO but one could...

My conclusions on the 'trigger' project. We have three solutions in play to turn the lights on and off @taekua with the Arduino uController based solution @4SUPER9 with the ODB port tap (pin 16 is + and pin 4 is gnd @Proppilot (me) with the solid state relay wired to an existing light I vote...

so those crappy chrome strips along our doors and dash should have looked like this if we had been delivered a feature that was sold with the car

Fantastic. That is a next level solution. You could trigger when only in DRIVE or whatever. These small uC units are tons of fun to play with. How do you watch the canbus signals ? If on a scope, what bandwidth scope is needed as minimum ? @taekua how are you powering the Arduino ? Buck...

I have a Nano ESP32 coming and it looks like it is supported by the BLE library. Love the ultra small footprint. I am a minimalist ! Roger that on the front floor seats. Now that we sourced the connectors from Amazon it took away any grief over extending wires or using other types of lights.

These small controllers are incredible. Back in the day I started with BASIC Stamps and PIC chips. What one can get for $ 30 bucks now is more powerful than the computer on the lunar lander :cool:

Do you think any Arduino would be OKAY IE the NANO ? I would think so but want to confirm.... again, I love the project. I am a Raspberry Pi addict and love coding Python for various home automation or aviation related projects for displaying weather on maps etc. This is the most complex but...

There is a major grounding bolt/point on the passenger side just inside the footwell at the lower forward part of the drivers door. My first SRS fault was repaired by a Ranger cleaning that up.

Do you have a volt/ohm meter that you can use to ohm out (continuity checker) between the pins and the wires ? I think you know what pins you need. You just have to map it to the wire colors being used on the connector. Like the RGB wiring colors we are working around with these various...

I love the project. I used one of these boards a few years ago to add Z-wave compatibility to a Raspberry Pi I use for supervisory/control of my home generator. So easy to program. Once you finalize your code would you share ? This is not that complex to do and we may even be able to put a...

The problem with these links as they take you to an overall page. Is it the true 'splitter' product that would plug in to the ODB port and then a tech could plug a reader into one 'pigtail' and you would take power from the other ? So my testing is only related to tapping power off the...

Tesla put a LOT of engineering into controlling those lights. There are multiple modes to those lights. - door open / on full / ambient light button does nothing - door closed / on full / ambient light button works - car in drive or reverse / lights dim based on daylight / ambient light...

100%. You can use the ODB hot to trigger the coil on a relay. BE CAREFUL ! as relays are usually 12 and 24 volts so check the range to make sure the 16 volts we have in the car will not burn out the coil That being said (and I am going to test this today) I purchased a solid state relay that...

What pin(s) will you use on the ODB ?

WHY the Ambient Light control on the screen won't (easily) work ! Hi folks, based on the reports of light dimming and relays buzzing, I had a few minutes to pull the cap off the rear console and hook a scope up to the ambient light there. As I suspected, the lighting is controlled with a PWM...

It's a gratifying project but I would not do someone else's car for any money...... a weekend off is worth WAY more !

No worries. I was looking for other solutions as I was concerned the one you posted would do exactly that. I did end up getting the sock and also a new cabinet filter and am going to take a run at Tesla to replace my HEPA as well. I have read about people spraying a bleach/water mix on them...

By golly I love this thread ! the learning and experimentation shared here has been outstanding. @taekua I love this ! So I see in this case the controllers can be hard wired to power and no longer cutting power to them via that relay. You are controlling them via their native app Lotus...

What is the behaviour of the power source to the charging tray ? Yesterday I did some observation of my ambient lights in the day and they did not dim. I am going to hook up a voltmeter to it and test. It does seem like over engineering especially since it is LED lighting so no need to conserve.

There was your post about soaking the HEPA in Vinegar and water so I was looking to see if anyone had done anything different to 'restore' or refresh the existing HEPA considering new ones are marginally unobtainium.

That is an interesting observation. I would have thought if the ambient lights were going to trigger, it would be with the same logic that changes the screen from dark to bright mode in the AM.

Be nice. Yes I did.

THAT ... LOOKS ... AWESOME ! I see you used two each side under the seats. Did you use one each side up front to keep the spare for the centre console or ? With powering the remotes from the seat power themselves, do they turn on and off with cutting power to the MASTER via the relay ?

ordered !!!!

Has anyone any tips on 'de stinking' the HEPA as part of getting rid of the stinky socks smell ? I have a new cabin filter but changing it does not last long. Maybe a season.

I appreciate the confirmation. Is there a p/n for JUST the filter ? I thought it was the one I attached but seems not to be

RussZTT : so just to confirm (and sorry for the obvious question) your 2021 Plaid actually HAS a HEPA filter under the hood ? I ask because I toddled over to Tesla yesterday and they tried....they really tried to find the part number for the 2021+ Palladium HEPA filter and I was told after the...

That is very interesting and I agree, I would go with the Controller. I love the English translation.....'when the car flameout' = 'when the car powers down'

I applied my new strips right on top of the existing light pipes in the doors but I pulled the OEM LED emitter off the pipe and tie wrapped it to the wire bundle in the door so it is not pushing light into the pipe. In the end, I don't think you would even notice if it was on but that was my...

my kits came with a roll of clear very narrow VHB tape. No glue on my strips as supplied

Definitely check your documentation. Looks like you are good without a BUCK. My controllers say 8-14 volts so I am taking the BUCK route. As for the relay, tomorrow I am going to do some experimentation with mine in my car. I will check the signal to the lamp with my scope as I suspect it is...

This is the link to the guy that designed a simple circuit to control the ambient lights from the screen. If they are not going off when they are 'off' then I believe Tesla is using PWM (pulse width modulation) to vary the lighting intensity and why your relay is buzzing. To a relay, PWM would...

There have been a few that have successfully run the strips between the chrome and the side panel of the console and a few who have been unsuccessful. It looks like the tolerance is so close that the wall panel cannot snap back into place. Any tips from those that have had success would be...

You are correct that the slot for the light pipes is behind the chrome trim. It is interesting that the connector in the front door is only two wire which would not have supported RGB. In the other thread linked to above, I experimented with using an RGB emitter into the door well existing...

I do like it down there as well. Interesting as some have posted photos of it here being along the chrome trim ... any comments back from successes welcome !

Fetch the document I created here in 2022. It will take you through it Screen Tilt Manual HOW TO GUIDE.pdf Before I was toiling around lighting I was toiling with electrifying my screen (which I did but with switches mounted below on the access panel). The guide shows removal and reinstall...

Project update : I have learned a ton, tried a bunch of things and have landed up using the equipment that I included links to in the document I posted. The strip lights in the door bins are a better light intensity match to the upper strips so when you dim, you get a far more equal...

1/4 watts are fine. I am definitely starting to sound schizophrenic in this thread as I just completed the drivers door full install and wiring. Depending on the brightness one likes, if you dim the upper door strip down all the way, there is barely any visible light in the bins. With the...