Have you ever felt bored when driving alone for a long journey especially at night?
Do you want to upgrade your odyssey interior to the top version with 64 colors?
Have you come up with adding some decorations in your Odyssey but no luxurious type fitted?
Read the useful tips below before you decide to do the upgrade.
Is it worth to get an ambient lighting kit installed for Honda Odyssey?
It will be the best choice to add ambient lighting to improve your driving experience. It's not only just a decoration but also a game changer.
You'd got mood enhancement decor when sitting in car at night. You can switch colors and set the perfect vibe to meet driver and passengers requirements accordingly. It enables you to set tones for every driving time, thinking of the perfect moments: blue for your boys on Monday, and pink for your girl on Tuesday, purple for romantic moment for your beloved one on Wednesday, Thursday red for yourself to get charged on the way back home, orange for friends on Friday night party, and music mode for road trips at weekend.
It illuminates interior clearly at night under brightness level you set. Not too dazzle nor too dim. Just be bright enough to view your children's smile from the mirror, and important guests facial expressions, and even how much water is left in the bottle standing in the car cup holder. The most importantly, it boosts driving safety as the lighting get rid of driver's fatigue and makes the driver focus on driving.
Luxurious tone is set where lighting is added. A little transform in Odyssey interior has increased the car's original values. It turns the interior from "fan" to "premium business-class" instantly.
An Overview on Honda Odyssey Ambient Lighting System
Factory vs. Modified Options
·High-end version factory models:
Shine Edition 2024 is equipped with 64-color interior ambient leds, including leds for dashboard, door panels, footwells, door handles, door storage box.
·Mid/basic-end version factory models:
Only simple single color lighting or no ambient lighting as default. There's a huge room for upgrade.
·Modification setup:
The full upgrade package has the same 64 colors in dynamic style in lower cost with richer functions instead. Embedded along gaps to outline contours on the dashboard. Dynamic rainbow type door trim leds with lighting effect on the surface and no any leds are found on the surface. Each footwell glows soft lighting for safe entry/exit at night without glare. Door handles leds enables clearer view at night to open or close the door. Storage box leds helps to find something staying at the storage room. In addition, you can switch the colors by the button for safer ambient colors changing when driving.
Is it easy to install full ambient package of Honda Odyssey?
I would say this is a lot of time work if you are gonna to do by yourself, it's pretty easy though. It's a non-destructive installation process with plug and play connectors.
Preparation
A full ambient lighting package:
https://voyeego.com/products/odyssey-elysion-2015-2024-ambient-lighting-kit-dynamic-rainbow
Installation tools:
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| Welding Machine | Automotive Tool Box | Electric Drill | Multimeter |
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| Insulation Tape | Pryer Tool | Round Blade Pliers |
You can get some simple tools instead. Here's only showcase for professional tools for auto modification garages.
Installation Steps
Disassembly
Take off the parts of the car interior such as dashboard cover, door card. To get the ambient lighting enough room to get fitted on.
Get power connection
Reach ambient kit main controller box, and do connections to car fuse box ACC 12 volts. You will need to use a multimeter to detect voltage and get to know where's ACC and where's suitable for GND.
Lighting connection
Feeding through the wire to each place and connected well. The strips leds for dashboard should be inserted into the gaps and you can secure to fix with glue. The trim panel leds for four doors are replacement of factory panel. And you can leave the leds that you don't to put on.
Checking before close up
Check if each lighting is working, and works at its right places. Especially pay attention to which door controllers accordingly.
Assembly
Put on the parts you took off just now excluding door trim panel that's replaced already. And make sure everything is back on the car.
DIY Installation Notes:
Be careful on the strips leds installation. There's led chips inside. So don't bend the strips too much otherwise the chips inside will be damaged.
Be gentle with door panel to avoid breakage.
Install right sub controllers, each door has its dedicated controllers.
Contact professional guidance support team. Anything you meet during installation, contact the sellers to get instant prompt reply to guide.
Compatibility for different versions Odyssey
There are two generations of Honda Odyssey with aftermarket special ambient lighting kit. They are from year 2015 to 2022, and from 2023 to 2026.
For the car version with factory ambient and ambient menu, it keeps ambient screen control through factory system, and it can control more functions via the button and mobile APP. For car without factory ambient menu, it can only control via remote button or mobile APP.
Buying Guide: Which ambient lighting set is a good choice for my Odyssey?
Specific Kit for Odyssey-Trim Type
The trim type light kit for Odyssey match original interior seamlessly on four doors. And dashboard stirps leds perfectly fitted in the gap. It's original size customized design to eliminated the need for cutting or unstable mounting.
Universal Kit for all cars-Strips Type
The kit will fit all cars including Odyssey. It has a standard length so you need to measure and cut when doing installation. The dashboard strips are 20cm and 90cm, door strips are 75cm long. Check your car dashboard length and the doors, considering where to put on the strips there.
What's the differences between this two kits?
Specific kit often costs higher than the universal one. And the connectors are directly plugged with factory connectors for the specific type, while universal one needs to find ACC and GLD wires on door and get power from them. And universal kit can only get controlled by the mobile APP. Then the rest of all functions are the same, such as 64 colors options, welcome mode, music melody, app controls and so on.
How to control the ambient lighting kit?
Controlled by the mobile application "ambientlight+"
Controlled by the button in the package(only for specific kit)
Controlled by OEM ambient menu(if the car has)
3 Steps to make a decision on the upgrade
① Define your budget and needs
Basic upgrade: Improve night visibility(budget: USD)
Full upgrade: Pursue luxury and tech experience (budget: USD)
② Purchase Channels
Professional auto shops: Local installation guaranteed and at-spot after-sales service(slightly higher cost)
Online shops: Got from www.voyeego.com with instant guidance support online and factory directly sipping(lower cost)
③ Installation Method
Beginners: Opt for one-stop professional service with labor fee
DIY Enthusiasts: Get VOYEEGO's support team help after order from the official website
Conclusion
Honda Odyssey ambient lighting modification is a high-value investment upgrade. Spending affordable money and your car's interior quality has leveled up by 300%.
Take action now! Add soulful lighting to Odyssey and turn every journey into a memorized delight.