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[Mr Black]

I called Quake today and if you ordered this after Monday some time, you are on wait for the next shipment. Which they told me should arrive in the next two weeks or so. Website says in-stock still. Just an FYI. Either they were super popular or they didn't have many to start.

Correct. I wonder why the site says that they are still in stock I will see why that is. We are on about a two week back order for the next shipment. People at Easter Jeep Safari, as well as the people at Jeep Beach went absolute nuts for them when they saw them on our jeeps in person and we did sell out of all the stock we had.

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[Mr Black]

I ordered mine---no idea when they'll show up as I don't bother tracking that stuff. I'll let everyone know when I get them and what I think about them just from opening the box.

We look forward to hearing your feedback when you receive your set! Post those photos here!

 

[Mr Black]

Read through all the hate /dislike mail lol My question was not answered...... Are they available to order NOW? Or do I have to wait until the slow boat to China comes in lol

If you haven't placed your order yet, you are looking at about two weeks for our second batch to land. If you like them, placing your order now will guarantee that you get them quicker than if you wait.

 

[Snow1er]

I received mine. I would give them a 7/10.
The positive:

*Install was not terrible.
*Build quality seemed fairly good with a minor exceptions.
*I had to use my taser to get them to work even with the plug that should correct for them in the instructions ( I had halogen tails)
*installed they look good not great( see cons)

The Cons:

* for the sequential turns you need to run two wires to the front of the vehicle (no idea this was needed)
*foam had gaps after install since steel was not bent perfectly to form and they would not sit perfectly flush to body
*included washers were too small for holes and i had to use my own.
*cover for blind spot sensor is plastic glued in place. I wish it was metal.
* wire circuitry has 3m tape included but no directions where to put it or why.
*instructions have so many typos, Noone gave them a second pass and are a little embarrassing.


Overall I like them for now even without sequential turns. I'll update with pictures at night soon.

 

[Vtur]

I received mine. I would give them a 7/10.
The positive:

*Install was not terrible.
*Build quality seemed fairly good with a minor exceptions.
*I had to use my taser to get them to work even with the plug that should correct for them in the instructions ( I had halogen tails)
*installed they look good not great( see cons)

The Cons:

* for the sequential turns you need to run two wires to the front of the vehicle (no idea this was needed)
*foam had gaps after install since steel was not bent perfectly to form and they would not sit perfectly flush to body
*included washers were too small for holes and i had to use my own.
*cover for blind spot sensor is plastic glued in place. I wish it was metal.
* wire circuitry has 3m tape included but no directions where to put it or why.
*instructions have so many typos, Noone gave them a second pass and are a little embarrassing.


Overall I like them for now even without sequential turns. I'll update with pictures at night soon.

Not impressed to be honest. I understand that metal stamping is an expensive investment that many smaller manufacturers can't afford or won't invest in them. Many resort to a break press instead. I said, they had made a big mistake in their design by copying the stock lamp contour. Wrong tool for the job. And, that lamp sitting that far back from the lens will cause light bleeding behind the housing.

 

[amoyer_01]

I received mine. I would give them a 7/10.
The positive:

*Install was not terrible.
*Build quality seemed fairly good with a minor exceptions.
*I had to use my taser to get them to work even with the plug that should correct for them in the instructions ( I had halogen tails)
*installed they look good not great( see cons)

The Cons:

* for the sequential turns you need to run two wires to the front of the vehicle (no idea this was needed)
*foam had gaps after install since steel was not bent perfectly to form and they would not sit perfectly flush to body
*included washers were too small for holes and i had to use my own.
*cover for blind spot sensor is plastic glued in place. I wish it was metal.
* wire circuitry has 3m tape included but no directions where to put it or why.
*instructions have so many typos, Noone gave them a second pass and are a little embarrassing.


Overall I like them for now even without sequential turns. I'll update with pictures at night soon.

How wide are each of the lights and how long are they? Also how do they look at night? Just wondering how much light they put out.

 

[Mr Black]

I received mine. I would give them a 7/10.
The positive:

*Install was not terrible.
*Build quality seemed fairly good with a minor exceptions.
*I had to use my taser to get them to work even with the plug that should correct for them in the instructions ( I had halogen tails)
*installed they look good not great( see cons)

The Cons:

* for the sequential turns you need to run two wires to the front of the vehicle (no idea this was needed)
*foam had gaps after install since steel was not bent perfectly to form and they would not sit perfectly flush to body
*included washers were too small for holes and i had to use my own.
*cover for blind spot sensor is plastic glued in place. I wish it was metal.
* wire circuitry has 3m tape included but no directions where to put it or why.
*instructions have so many typos, Noone gave them a second pass and are a little embarrassing.


Overall I like them for now even without sequential turns. I'll update with pictures at night soon.

Thanks for your feedback! I will pass all of this along to the team, but I am glad that you like them overall!

Simple things like the washers are easily addressable, and I will talk to QC about the gaps as our Gladiator set doesn't have any gaps on either side. hmmm.

I do apologize for the surprise wires to activate the sequential turn signal, but we know that not everybody loves sequential lights and wanted ours to have the option for a standard steady blink option.

Last thing is that we would've loved for the blind spot monitoring to be encased in metal, but unfortunately it would not work if that were the case. We used the plastic sheathing that matches the texture of the powder coating for a clean look, while maintaining the functionality of the BSM as no other metal housing lights that exist are compatible with that feature.

I will make sure someone rereads those instructions and I look forward to seeing those night shots!

 

[Mr Black]

Not impressed to be honest. I understand that metal stamping is an expensive investment that many smaller manufacturers can't afford or won't invest in them. Many resort to a break press instead. I said, they had made a big mistake in their design by copying the stock lamp contour. Wrong tool for the job. And, that lamp sitting that far back from the lens will cause light bleeding behind the housing.

The lamp that sits behind the lens is the projector that shoots, the Brake Alert Safety signal on the ground. You don't get any bleeding with the way the optics cause the light to shine, and it is merely and additional brake light. The three vertical bars are the main lighting elements, and are more than sufficient in brightness to meet all DOT/SAE compliance standards.

 

[Mr Black]

How wide are each of the lights and how long are they? Also how do they look at night? Just wondering how much light they put out.

The entire bar assembly is: 18.4mm W x 157mm H
The red portion where the lights shine is: 15mm W x 123mm H

The have a rounded profile so you can see the light not only when you are directly behind them, but also when you stand off to the side.

They are super bright at night, and it sounds like @Snow1er is going to post some photos. If he doesn't, I can take some shots from ours and post as well though!

 

[D_JT]

I had to check the date of when this was posted. I thought it was a April fools post. The technology is interesting, but those look absolutely horrible. As others have said. They look very home made. Or even a ROUGH prototype... Some thin autozone marker lights screwed to bent and painted piece of sheet metal. They look very ghetto/rice burner.

 

[Mr Black]

I had to check the date of when this was posted. I thought it was a April fools post. The technology is interesting, but those look absolutely horrible. As others have said. They look very home made. Or even a ROUGH prototype... Some thin autozone marker lights screwed to bent and painted piece of sheet metal. They look very ghetto/rice burner.

Understood that they aren't for everyone.

I have noticed that these lights look way better in person, and I am not just saying that. We had a customer on the JL forum share a video that was filmed at Jeep Beach that shows off the lights that actually commented how different they look on a vehicle compared to the marketing images.

Welcome to the outdoors: Video of lights skip to 10:57.

 

[KX L]

Installed them last week. Finally getting around to posting pictures. First off, great report by @Snow1er. I'm happy with them so I give it an 8/10.

I was really happy to see there was a no sequential and weirdness option. I was definitely leaning that way but as soon as I saw the requirements to wire them up I was out as I have a knee replacement in a week.

Before Picture.

Very well packed.

Nothing flimsy about them at all. My rear sensor holder is the same metal. Snow1er complained about the plastic cover so I assume he means the outside of the light---yes it is plastic just like the OEM part. The sensor will not work through metal.

Light removal was easy---only because I have a body and interior removal set with plastic hooks of all sizes. See the cushion grommets on the left where the light pins went in? Instructions never tell you to move them to make the new light's bracket fit.

See the electrical clip for the lights? 40! minutes to remove it as it was completely frozen. Red tab easily came all the way back to unlock it so it wasn't user error. I used 1/2 can of electrical cleaning spray and just kept working it back and forth from every side using a tiny flat screwdriver to help. I even had my much stronger neighbor come try to pull it apart and nada.

So on the left side I have the yellow wire pulled apart and taped off and the blindspot monitor is installed so this light is ready to be mounted. Note that on the blind spot sensor cover there is a slightly bent tab. This is what slides into the brackets mentioned above. On the right side nothing has been done so you can see the empty blind spot sensor and the very long wiring that is required to be run up to the engine compartment.

Side, close up and after photos. Both of mine fit tightly against the Jeep with no gaps though I did have to readjust the new bracket on the left side to make it so.

Very bright at night with brakes on. Obviously there is an adjustment issue in regard to getting the light bars to match up. So those of you with OCD would care---I don't.

Reverse lights very bright.


I'll jump on the bandwagon about some of the issues. But the bottomline is whoever was in charge of the product didn't do his job of ensuring that all the assigned separate group tasks like the light itself, instructions, support via videos was on the same page and says the same thing as the other groups.

The small washers, no way would any backyard mechanic not immediately recognize them as too small---so for a supposedly finished product it's ridiculous.

The instruction manual is much better than one based on Chinese instructions but it's still unprofessionally done. misinformation, misspellings and no info at all on certain items.

A huge pet peeve of mine is that the Quaken website is also half assed. They've been in business for years but don't have updated installation videos for each of their products? The Gladiator install video is for a completely different light and was made 5 years ago.

All whining aside I'm happy I bought the lights despite them costing over $500.

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