I saw these for only $7.99 and figured I’d take a chance. Overall I’m not too disappointed for the price.
Now listed for $8.99
Looks like they where supposed to only be $3. Feel free to reimburse my paypal whenever you see this banggood…
Pros:
Cost
Fairly tight spot with a decent amount of spill
Relatively compact
Good heatsinking
Nice looking TIR
Cons:
Bent fins and scratched anodizing
Not waterproof
Mediocre LEDs (to be expected for the price)
Terrible mounts - no way to adjust angle of elevation which is a big minus on my truck
TIR looks pretty good
Lets see what we have under the hood
No o-rings or insulation gaskets present
I drew over the traces to make them a bit more obvious. 10.11 volts coming out of the driver
Nothing sealing up the back either
Driver is loose inside the housing. Has a few wraps of tape for insulation
MG20U201 and KB6N10
Came packed as you’d expect from china in the usual crumpled cardboard box wrapped in foam in a plastic bag, so I’m assuming they left the warehouse like this since the boxes where mostly in tact
Won’t matter much after the first time I drag them through some salt cedars. It matches the rest of the “character” my truck has developed
I tested them with a 7.2 amp hour SLA battery I had handy. My fluke 87 with stock leads read 12.08 volts at 1140 milliamps which works out to 13.77 watts before driver losses.
After a bit of testing I’ll take the money I saved on the lights and invest in a tube of silicone caulk. There’s no way they’ll survive years of rain and desert dust unsealed
More to come after it gets dark and I have them on the Suburban