Another RED/WHITE Interior Lights Option

[VancouverRunner]

Oh I'm not bothered. Meme's and calling us names and his childlike behavior are all signs of serious mental issues. Who does that? This thread derailed a long time ago and now the terrible fitment issues are starting to rear it's ugly head that OP believes is self inflicted???

Three guys on this forum, two on facebook including Sevag who's CarTrimHome's #1 sales person, and likely every single person who bought the map light won't be able to get theirs to properly fit unless you perform OP super easy fix. Personally I'd save myself the effort and wait till the next revision comes out if you're really stuck on buying these.

Also, if your interested to see the other developments join the "toyota 4runner 5th gen owners" Facebook group. It's was started by the Aiden James Customs we we all know so well along with Sevag Merdinian who is CarTrimHome's #1 sales person via commissioned sales.

I also found Li's post in that group too for his response to all this madness. Looks like OPs claims about overseas manufacturing and money laundering are completely made up to push his Chinese agenda. Buying from CarTrimHome is closer to money laundering than what Li-young does.

 

[aaronRR]

I understand that these may be lesser quality and I don't think anyone disputes that.

My question is, with Arclight's designs.. are they even unique enough to patent or consider IP? I don't think it's that complicated to put together some LED's on a board.

I'm all against China copying IP and making counterfeit clones of stuff, especially if they misrepresent/pretend to be the original manufacture, but spouting off 'but China is bad' seems pretty disingenuous. Most of what we use comes from there, and if they make a cheaper alternative to a product that really isn't that complicated, good for them.

Now if the dude pushing the product here is really associated with that product, that's shitty.

 

[ronak1997]

These are not quality pieces but no one is disputing that. I was able to take a look at Arcs boards in person and the fit and finish is quite impressive. My opinion is of course subjective but comparing the two it felt like a Baja Designs light bar vs something you'd get on amazon just by look and feel.

The issue I have is the CarTrimHome leaves you hanging once you purchased them. They sell them as easy to install but there's no install guide so you're left to your own abilities to figure it out. The hatch lights are pretty straight forward, the domes were a bit tricky but still doable. The maps in my opinion was a disaster.

There's some significant disassembly required and without ArcLights install guide it wouldn't have been possible for me. Then there's the fitment issues. CarTrim doesn't fit at all. The oversized bulb plug causes the center lenses to pop out. Also the push button lenses on the overhead console stick with the board installed too. Arc solves this with his own plugs, bracket, and board design which is slightly smaller with different placements with his switches and led blocks.

I'll report back later with some more details. I actually decided to buy the whole kit from arc light on Monday and will do a in-depth review comparing the two.

 

[halflife78]

Just ordered all 3 lights from ARC Light.

 

[teotwaki]

I understand that these may be lesser quality and I don't think anyone disputes that.

My question is, with Arclight's designs.. are they even unique enough to patent or consider IP? I don't think it's that complicated to put together some LED's on a board.

I'm all against China copying IP and making counterfeit clones of stuff, especially if they misrepresent/pretend to be the original manufacture, but spouting off 'but China is bad' seems pretty disingenuous. Most of what we use comes from there, and if they make a cheaper alternative to a product that really isn't that complicated, good for them.

Now if the dude pushing the product here is really associated with that product, that's shitty.

Thanks for the post aaronRR. I am not affiliated with the Chinese company in any way and my blog has no advertisements whatsoever. I started out just posting the boards were available and looked good for $279 less than ArcLight. For only $66 bucks it seemed easy to take a chance and try them out.

Soon after that the mock troll outrage started before I had even received my order.

The two canuck trolls just want to spread lies about me because I don't roll over for their warped brand of social justice and lies about the product. Multiple times they have claimed the boards absolutely will catch fire and they fervently wish I would die in the fire. Pretty sick people.

In post after post I've proven them wrong and shown them to be liars, even quoting Grug's original crap posts and provided direct links after he denied posting them. Notice he never explained that away, LOL

I have also posted the information with links that even if the ArcLight parts are bought through American distributors the parts can absolutely be traced to Chinese manufacturers who are sources for other shell companies.

ArcLight boards are assembled in the USA but ultimately are 80-90 percent Communist Chinese manufactured parts.

The Chinese boards have no instructions but any decently skilled person can assemble them well. Anyone who whines about the fit and finish is just embracing the tired "I'm a victim" mantra. The only mod is to modify the goofy 194 lamp plugs but geez, it is so easy and it works.

MESSAGE TO ALL NEWBIES TO THE THREAD

If you don't have time to waste with the trolls who trashed the thread I have placed all of the build info and photos in the first message. The info is also on my blog where the trolls can't readily comment.

If anyone has any questions about my install just shoot me a PM!