Meso Customs Dual color hatch lights
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TRD PANTHER
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Took mrblah’s lead on these and will be receiving them this week. Can’t wait for some bright light back there.
If nobody beats me to it, I'll try to remember to take some pics on Saturday when I swap them around.
All of the Meso lights are definitely bright, no lack of lumens there.
OK, some quick daylight pics...yeah it's not exactly ideal since it's not nighttime but I did the swap this morning and it's....bright outside 
We'll see if I remember to take some nighttime shots of the Meso lights now that they're installed. I took some video too and I'll toss that up on YouTube in a bit.
The install is cake. Way easier than the ArcLight deal since you don't have to drill holes (in the diffuser) or attach any LED drivers with double sided tape etc. Meso is much cleaner from that standpoint. Of course they don't use the factory diffuser, but that's the case for the dome and map lights too so it gives the unified appearance of all the interior lighting which is good.
We'll see if I remember to take some nighttime shots of the Meso lights now that they're installed. I took some video too and I'll toss that up on YouTube in a bit.
The install is cake. Way easier than the ArcLight deal since you don't have to drill holes (in the diffuser) or attach any LED drivers with double sided tape etc. Meso is much cleaner from that standpoint. Of course they don't use the factory diffuser, but that's the case for the dome and map lights too so it gives the unified appearance of all the interior lighting which is good.
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Added the video on YouTube. I'm not a content creator by trade, so cut me some slack :AK47:
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mrblah
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Thanks. I tried to get her to hold the camera but she wasn’t having any of that
And some night shots...I have video too but that will have to wait until I get a chance to upload that. They're plenty bright enough.
I did have my motion activated lights in the driveway going on and off, so all the white light off to the left side is from that bright ass thing.
I did have my motion activated lights in the driveway going on and off, so all the white light off to the left side is from that bright ass thing.
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TRD PANTHER
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Any of you disconnect the battery as stated by Meso on the side of the box? Don’t think it’s necessary with lights off, etc. Will be installing in the next day or two. Just curious.
mrblah
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i didn't, but I also didn't read the directions lol.
taildragger
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I didn't disconnect the battery either. Didn't cause me any issues with the install, which was super easy. Lights look and function great! Stoked to finally complete the set
The Meso lights are polarity independent and the fixture is out of the truck for the install, so no need to disconnect the battery other than it's good practice to do so.
I didn't.
Meso Dual Color Hatch Lights
Got mine last week to replace the red Diode Dynamics bulbs I swapped in a while back on my '23 TRD Pro, which looked great but provided no light in the rear. Meso's red and white lights are bright as hell and took just a few minutes to install. Worth the $70.
Got mine last week to replace the red Diode Dynamics bulbs I swapped in a while back on my '23 TRD Pro, which looked great but provided no light in the rear. Meso's red and white lights are bright as hell and took just a few minutes to install. Worth the $70.
Finally had time to install mine today. I replaced arclight dual color.
The arclights are brighter but they look to be 6000k color temp. The mesos appear to be more like 5500k color temp. The fit and finish of the meso's is perfect and I like that the button is flat and won't get pressed accidentally as often by cargo in back.
The arclights are brighter but they look to be 6000k color temp. The mesos appear to be more like 5500k color temp. The fit and finish of the meso's is perfect and I like that the button is flat and won't get pressed accidentally as often by cargo in back.
