Customer Reviews
Installed on an 88 4Runner. Vehicle doesn’t come with a light in the engine bay. Installed this and routed wiring through the hood bracing for clean install. Didn’t use supplied 3m style clips but that is also an option. Wiring has the grounding switch that turns on light when opening and closing the hood as well as a on-off switch to manually turn off the light which is great as a fail safe if something happens to the ground switch. Wiring harness is good quality. LED light does need to be heated up as mentioned in the install directions to help adhere and match and curves in the hood. Light seems high quality and is sealed off from moisture. Light puts out a very good amount of light. Mounted/angled correctly it lights up the whole engine bay very well but is directed to not blind you which is nice when it comes to leds. Another mod on the list that I never thought I needed but am so glad I did!
I use it for our 2021 Jeep Gladiator instead or our 4Runner modify a bracket and used a stock bolt for the mount perfect.
I put this in my 2018 trd sport. it was quick and easy to install. Provides a good amount of light makes the little jobs much easier.
Light is very bright and very simple to install took me 20 minutes
When I saw the inky dinky strip, I didn't think it would be bright enough. This does absolutely nothing during the bright sunny day.
And then it was night time. It's plenty bright at night.
Will it replace a proper flashlight/work light? No.
Is it bright enough to see what you're doing when you're stuck on the side of the road at night? Yes, absolutely.
I am very happy with my purchase.
Ok, on to product feedback and my own experience. For context, I used to professionally build wire harnesses on rocket ships, so I'm very well versed in NASA specs and IPC-620 wire harness manufacturing,
The good:
Very good workmanship. This is much higher quality workmanship than I've seen in consumer electronics basically anywhere. Seriously, it's beautiful work. You should be proud of yourself, Austin.
The not-so-good:
The chafe braid covering is sick as hell, but it's terminated with adhesive-lined shrink tube at the very end of the wire where it meets the LED strip/fuse. This leaves a small area of wire between the shrink tube and the led strip/fuse that can flop around and wants to hard-bend. Be careful not to bend this area too roughly during handling and installation, because this could damage the conductors inside the wire and you won't even see it. What I did to mitigate this was place the included zip tie mounts directly beneath the start of the chafe braid as strain relief. These wires are now captive and cannot move around. This won't be a problem as long as you're careful and plan strain relief into your installation.
TL;DR: 5/5, would purchase again, just be careful while handling and plan strain relief into your installation.