Starlight Headliner Installation

A starlight headliner is the most involved interior job we sell, and unlike the lighting on the outside of the truck it is worth being honest up front: the install itself is straightforward, but getting to the headliner is not. Most people either drop the headliner or work with it in place through the existing gaps.

What is in the kit

Every kit is the starlight engine plus the fibers in the count you chose. The engine is the light source and the control; the fibers are what you route into the headliner.

Ours runs 32 watts, against the 15-20 watts typical of the category, which matters more than star count for how vivid the effect reads at night.

800, 1000 or 1200 stars?

Star count is density, not brightness. More fibers means a fuller sky and more routing work; fewer means a sparser, more deliberate pattern and a faster install.

A useful way to decide: 800 reads as a clear night sky, 1200 reads as the Milky Way. Neither is more correct, but if this is your first one, the lower count is markedly less fiddly.

The controls

Color, twinkle and music sync all run from the included Bluetooth remote, so mount the engine somewhere you can reach it for wiring but never need to see again. Behind a trim panel is normal.

Before you commit

Plan the pattern before a single fiber goes in. Photograph the headliner, mark where you want density, and work outward from there. This is the step people skip and the one that decides whether it looks intentional.

The RGBW Starlight Headliner kit is currently sold out. The product page has a back-in-stock notification if you want to be told when it returns.

Planning a build and want to talk it through? Email sales@southernlumen.com, buying or not.