Northern Virginia Roll Call

strong Monday?

 

Haha potent/nasty/fuck this sort of day.

 

yep... that's pretty much my day... it's been virtually pointless.

and of course, I forgot, I'm working 9 hour days to make up a little of the time I missed last week

 

Cali Raised sells the harness and button for the ditch lights. They're extra items but not that expensive. The harness ($15) comes with a switch, but it isn't a factory style switch ($11). You could make it work if you didn't want to pay for the factory style switch. If you're going to run the ditch lights in the back, you might be better off making your own harness, since you're going to have to modify the Cali Raised harness anyway.

 

I've done some research.... and Cali Raised is just the same rebranded Chinese stuff you buy on eBay / Amazon

you can snag Chinese stuff on Amazon for cheap and just buy the ditch light brackets from Cali Raised or Rago....and pick up a MicTuning harness w/ Toyota switch....

all in: $89

ditch light brackets $55
https://caliraisedled.com/collectio...ts/05-2015-toyota-tacoma-ditch-light-brackets

MicTuning harness w/ switch $17

$19 MICTUNING LED Light Bar Wiring Harness Fuse 40A Relay On-off Rocker Switch Blue(2 Lead)

https://www.amazon.com/MICTUNING-Wi...ning+ditch+light+wiring+harness+toyota+switch

NiLight / Chinese pods (w/ good reviews on Amazon) $17

$15 Nilight Led Pods 2Pcs 18W 1260LM Spot Led Off Road Lights Super Bright Driving Fog Boat Lights Led Work Light Bar for Trucks Pickup Golf Cart SUV ATV UTV 4x4 Van Camper,2 Years Warranty

https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Driv...=UTF8&qid=1503336919&sr=1-5&keywords=led+pods

 

To add to that, a little bird told me they are big on busting folks who bash them. Cali raised has had a good amount of law suits lately for having either faulty products or delivery of them. I would def err on the side of caution for those interested in their stuff.

 

oh wow I hadnt heard all that.... they seem to have people that have EXCELLENT reviews of them or TERRIBLE.... there isnt a lot of middle of the road reviews haha

 

Exactly, and they will try to threaten with legal action depending on the review. Its def not an ethical approach by any means, but they do what they can to deter any. They also pulled schemy shit by copying a companies design. This company found out and blasted them about it which Cali raised tried to sue for product infringement. After they lost that, the original designing company counter sued. I don't have any products so I cant speak from experience, but I wont ever encourage the sales or distribution of a company like that. Bullying customers should never be any companies moto.

 

I just recently learned this stuff this weekend.

 

yea I heard about that awhile back

 

for the extra $10, I'd just go w/ the Rago mounts.

 

Unfortunately im finding out after purchase and dealing with late product delivery and lack of commo between seller. Oh well should have done better research. I will defintely do a solid review of these and let you guys know.

 

you ordered the Cali Raised brackets? I'd like to check them out next time I see ya!

 

Fun fact - they will prob be rago brackets that come from cali.

 

yea I read a few months back that Cali *allegedly* copied Rago's design...

 

Should be here today. Does anyone have the rago brackets to compare?

 

I've got the Cali brackets and I love them. They fit great and I didn't have to mess with the cowl. Quick shipping too.

 

hahaha @ready6delta not so much

 

haha mine only took a couple of days....