Reviews for Quadratec J5 LED Light Bar Kit with 6 Bolt Style Windshield Mounting Brackets for 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK
very easy install and very bright
This light bar adds an amazing touch to my 2014 jeep! the amber halo lights look great with the amber paint. when turned on it looks like daytime. the installation was pretty easy, but 2 of the factory bolts were too short, one on each side for the bracket. I have asked around and hear that this is quite common for any a pillar bracket. 5 of the six bolts, per side, fit fine.
Light bar looks great and was fairly easy to install. There needs to be a 40mm long flange screws included to replace the 2 lower front center bolts. The OEM flange screws are to short to engage the threads once the mounting brackets are on in place. if not for that i would give it a 5.
Good product. Impressed with the light output and quality of the product. Had to lengthen the pos/neg wires on the harness if you don’t want to use the cigarette outlet tho
Quadratec service rates a full 5+. We initially received the wrong brackets and after a call, the correct ones were on the way promptly along with the shipper to return the wrong brackets.
The lights are amazing and we receive many compliments on them. I shamelessly ride with the parking lights turned on just so the marker lights are illuminated.
There are two issues, one major and one minor. The buffeting change and noise level with a soft top is very disturbing at highway speeds and it causes very serious flapping of the top (noise) and flexing of the roof bows and stressing the attachment tapes to the point It is so distracting that we are going to reinstall the hard roof until my aerodynamicist associate and I can come up with a fix. Subjectively, on one tank of fuel there appears to be a noticeable decrease in fuel efficiency caused by the drag increase. We can work on that too. Hopefully we can decrease the drag to where it is better with the light than without. We have done that before.
Tilting down the lights to a practical lighting pattern may help a very small but unsatisfying amount. We did that in daytime and the lights are so bright we had no difficulty in seeing the illumination pattern to make our adjustment.
The minor issue is the wire gauge on the pax side for the amber halo lights is thin and winter driving in snow and ice is a potential concern for damage of the exposed wire. Shrink tubing (applied at the factory) or other means perhaps in the range of six inches from the light fixture to where the wire is covered by the bracket would solve that concern.
Good looking light bar and easy to install. You will need to search out various online videos of exactly how to get the wire thru the firewall and how to disassemble the dash. Biggest problem I have right now is the horrible buffeting of the soft top. I'm open to solutions as I was surprised how loud it is, especially given the one review about the quietness.
I love the new light bar, looks great with the amber lights at night .
My only disappointment was with the removal of the front dash ...it's hard not to damage the dash ....be careful and use non marring tools....
Absolutely love the look of this thing. Simple install but I had a minor issue with bolt length and had to get some new ones that were 5mm longer to accommodate the rubber padding.
Looks and works great. The only thing missing are end caps, as I get some whistling only on the ends... duct tape to the rescue (a nice plastic end cap would have finished it off perfectly, though).
I just had the light professionally installed by a very experienced Jeep shop. The light is incredibly bright and looks very cool. However, it RATTLES HORRIBLY at low, medium, and hight speeds. The noise is caused by vibration. Wind noise is not a problem at all. The light secured very well and tapping on the bar lightly (but firmly) with the bottom of a fist causes the rattle as well. I am hoping that it is just a casualty of poor handling during shipping or a rare defective light. A replacement was ordered (under warranty) and I will update this review when the replacement is installed.