Interior Lighting for Traveler Rear

[Sparatan117]

I know the Terra gets lighting in the bed of the truck, but I haven't seen anything suggesting that there will be sources of light that would be in the back of the Traveler.

Suggestion: 3 Internal Light Bars. 2 which are on the left and right of the rear area, and 1 on the door which can be rotated inward and outward to provide light to the tailgate or behind the vehicle (Cooking / Campfire / Working Light). All 3 lights would be dimmable and there should be a switch for them just inside the rear hatch on the vertical column.

I recently discovered this company Kingpin Equipped and they were the one product that I never knew I needed until I had them. It's been a game changer for my truck cap and working on the tailgate of my Ranger. Having light that can be angled inward or outward for projects is honestly game changing, and putting the switches for those lights on the pillar just inside the wall mounted vertically (one button for the interior rails, and one for the tailgate) just feels so natural. I don't know I could go back to not having this setup. Kingpin's lights are also dimmable, as well which makes it nice for my wife who is really sensitive to light at night due to a astigmatism which causes all light sources at night to be sun bursts.

If this wouldn't be an included feature for Scout on release, having a place to tap into a wire harness in the rear would be greatly appreciated for accessories like this.

For anyone interested: I've had all 3 on at max power (which is around 800-1000 lumens or so) for 5 hours and the voltage on the battery only dropped around 0.3 volts. They're very energy efficient... so it's definitely something worth investing into.

 

[dreamweaver]

I know the Terra gets lighting in the bed of the truck, but I haven't seen anything suggesting that there will be sources of light that would be in the back of the Traveler.

Suggestion: 3 Internal Light Bars. 2 which are on the left and right of the rear area, and 1 on the door which can be rotated inward and outward to provide light to the tailgate or behind the vehicle (Cooking / Campfire / Working Light). All 3 lights would be dimmable and there should be a switch for them just inside the rear hatch on the vertical column.

I recently discovered this company Kingpin Equipped and they were the one product that I never knew I needed until I had them. It's been a game changer for my truck cap and working on the tailgate of my Ranger. Having light that can be angled inward or outward for projects is honestly game changing, and putting the switches for those lights on the pillar just inside the wall mounted vertically (one button for the interior rails, and one for the tailgate) just feels so natural. I don't know I could go back to not having this setup. Kingpin's lights are also dimmable, as well which makes it nice for my wife who is really sensitive to light at night due to a astigmatism which causes all light sources at night to be sun bursts.

If this wouldn't be an included feature for Scout on release, having a place to tap into a wire harness in the rear would be greatly appreciated for accessories like this.

For anyone interested: I've had all 3 on at max power (which is around 800-1000 lumens or so) for 5 hours and the voltage on the battery only dropped around 0.3 volts. They're very energy efficient... so it's definitely something worth investing into.

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Some very interesting lighting ideas. I just hope at the very least Scout gives us the ability to tap into vehicle 12v power, maybe in conjunction with those programmable utility switches.

 

[J Alynn]

I know the Terra gets lighting in the bed of the truck, but I haven't seen anything suggesting that there will be sources of light that would be in the back of the Traveler.

Suggestion: 3 Internal Light Bars. 2 which are on the left and right of the rear area, and 1 on the door which can be rotated inward and outward to provide light to the tailgate or behind the vehicle (Cooking / Campfire / Working Light). All 3 lights would be dimmable and there should be a switch for them just inside the rear hatch on the vertical column.

I recently discovered this company Kingpin Equipped and they were the one product that I never knew I needed until I had them. It's been a game changer for my truck cap and working on the tailgate of my Ranger. Having light that can be angled inward or outward for projects is honestly game changing, and putting the switches for those lights on the pillar just inside the wall mounted vertically (one button for the interior rails, and one for the tailgate) just feels so natural. I don't know I could go back to not having this setup. Kingpin's lights are also dimmable, as well which makes it nice for my wife who is really sensitive to light at night due to a astigmatism which causes all light sources at night to be sun bursts.

If this wouldn't be an included feature for Scout on release, having a place to tap into a wire harness in the rear would be greatly appreciated for accessories like this.

For anyone interested: I've had all 3 on at max power (which is around 800-1000 lumens or so) for 5 hours and the voltage on the battery only dropped around 0.3 volts. They're very energy efficient... so it's definitely something worth investing into.

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There have been a few posts but nothing substantial and probably part of a different thread heading so good to bring up. I had suggested a brighter switchable LED perimeter on the inside of the upper liftgate so when up it would offer general overhead lighting but as task lighting goes I like your set up a lot. I probably would never need that amount of task lighting but it is super functional

 

[LastDayScout]

I really like good lights on the inside of the lift gate. Some subtle lighting along the cargo area walls would be good. But it needs to not be on while driving so it’s doesn’t reflect on the windows at night. A good, removable flashlight back there would be cool.