HOT! ‘17-22 OEM-esque S2 Pro ditch light mounts are now shipping!

[Oktoberfest]

If someone can bring a truck to me I can test to see if the module shuts down.

I’ll be at the meet up in Dayton. If you can wait that long.

 

[BroncOh]

I’ll be at the meet up in Dayton. If you can wait that long.

Should work! I appreciate it and looking forward to you attending.

 

[BMCLIGHTS]

Super cool design ! Great work, I hope you sell an absolute ton of them !

 

[BroncOh]

All the electrical connectors for the kits arrived today!

 

[Optimus🤖]

All the electrical connectors for the kits arrived today!

That's great. Now send me a kit since I voted for you .

 

[BroncOh]

Much gratitude to @Trilifter7 and @Oktoberfest for test fitting the ditch light on their '24 trucks at the Ohio Tremor meetup today!

What we learned is, the ditch light will shut off after about 2-3 minutes on the new generation of trucks ('23 MY and up). Trying to figure out a solution, but I will not be advertising it as compatible for '23 and up for now. A relay would easily solve it, the issue is getting extra +12V power in the door sail panel area.

At least it looks and fits good and as intended:

 

[Kdub]

Much gratitude to @Trilifter7 and @Oktoberfest for test fitting the ditch light on their '24 trucks.

What we learned is, the ditch light will shut off after about 2-3 minutes on the new generation of trucks ('23 MY and up). Trying to figure out a solution, but I will not be advertising it as compatible for 23 and up for now. A relay would easily solve it, the issue is getting extra +12V power in the door sail panel area.

At least it looks good:

That's good news. Thank you for pushing on this. For now I put myself on the sidelines in hopes a solution emerges for lights at speed without door disassembly.

 

[BroncOh]

That's good news. Thank you for pushing on this. For now I put myself on the sidelines in hopes a solution emerges for lights at speed without door disassembly.

Thank you sir. Right now it is divided into two parts, firstly getting the light to just remain on without the module shutting off, then the light at speed is the easier one to solve.

 

[Chunkee]

Wondering if these will work with the morimoto replacements I am having installed?

 

[BroncOh]

Wondering if these will work with the morimoto replacements I am having installed?

No reason why they wouldn't on '17-22.

 

[Chunkee]

No reason why they wouldn't on '17-22.

Thank you sir.

 

[BroncOh]

This post applies only to '23 and up for people who have shown interest previously.

I've figured out a workaround for '23 and up trucks to not only enable spotlight at any speed, but also to prevent the driver and passenger door modules from shutting off power to the Baja S2 lights due to the extra current.

I'm not 100% happy of how the aesthetics would be with the door open (won't see it driving at all), but it's the lesser of more evils and would be more robust than popping the large, main, door panel off and hacking the harness to the driver and passenger door modules.

I would be designing a module and harness that basically replicates the '17-22 spotlight module, but the disadvantage would be is having a short loop of cable between the sail panel and the LH/RH side of the dash end pieces. In basic terms, we would be bypassing the driver and passenger door modules completely so the truck doesn't know the wiser.

Crude pic of a non '23 and up truck just to show visualization.

Anyways, long post over and just want to get interest/keeping the dream alive for the new gen trucks.

The module/harness would still utilize the OEM switches on the dash in addition to showing the orange indicator when the lights are on, and the ambient blue/teal backlight color will still work.

 

[trmrzla]

This post applies only to '23 and up for people who have shown interest previously.

I've figured out a workaround for '23 and up trucks to not only enable spotlight at any speed, but also to prevent the driver and passenger door modules from shutting off power to the Baja S2 lights due to the extra current.

I'm not 100% happy of how the aesthetics would be with the door open (won't see it driving at all), but it's the lesser of more evils and would be more robust than popping the door panel off and hacking the harness to the driver and passenger door modules.

I would be designing a module and harness that basically replicates the '17-22 spotlight module, but the disadvantage would be is having a short loop of cable between the sail panel and the LH/RH side of the dash end pieces. In basic terms, we would be bypassing the driver and passenger door modules completely so the truck doesn't know the wiser.

Crude pic of a non '23 and up truck just to show visualization.

Anyways, long post over and just want to get interest/keeping the dream alive for the new gen trucks.

The module/harness would still utilize the OEM switches on the dash in addition to showing the orange indicator when the lights are on, and the ambient blue/teal backlight color will still work.

Let's try it out!

 

[BroncOh]

Update: The hardware packets are nearly complete with grommets being the final thing to toss into the packets and that will be another major milestone completed that took alot of time wrangling fastener and 'L' wrench suppliers.

Note: most of the fasteners I'm including aren't even truly necessary, I just want the product to look best with black hardware, which the Baja lights don't come with. A little extra security doesn’t hurt either.

 

[ccradier]

Just got my lights today from Waypoint! Can't wait for these bad boys!

 

[Bill]

Update: The hardware packets are nearly complete with grommets being the final thing to toss into the packets and that will be another major milestone completed that took alot of time wrangling fastener and 'L' wrench suppliers.

Nice, sounds like we are getting close! Looking forward to having them installed before we head out up the east coast for this year.

 

[22Tremor]

Any update on shipping time frame for pre-orders?

 

[BroncOh]

Any update on shipping time frame for pre-orders?

Was just typing an update! Received the packages of the S2 brackets late last night, and now just waiting on the pallet of the mirror mount parts to arrive!

Getting much closer and excited for this. Once the mirror mount parts arrive I will be finishing up the instructions and then doing the pre-assembly and packaging.

Appreciate everyone's patience and support. This has been equally as fun as developing the locking fuel caps. After this launch I'll be able to figure out a wire harness/module solution for the 2023 and up trucks by the end of the year.

 

[Cuervo]

Oh man, I was just telling a guy at the gas station about these! Started off by looking at chastity caps!

 

[BroncOh]

Picked up the pallet of parts today in Chicago with the Tremor to save 4 days off transit time to me so I can get this done sooner. I've got the boxes put together and should have all the packaging materials (bubble pouches) in stock. Instruction photos are almost finished. I expect packages to start heading out before the month is over!