Ditch Lights

All, has anyone bought anything from Caliraised? I am interested in the dich lights and the mount, but cant seem to talk to anyone out there. I want to make sure I am buying the right parts. Looking to put the low profile ditch light mounts for the '18 4runner, and the 2X2 20W OSRAM LED pod with the wiring harness, but I want to make sure this is a good kit and fits before I buy it and find out I should have stayed away. Thanks for the help

 

I have their low profile brackets with Baja S2 Pro lights and I made my own harness.

 

I've bought some stuff. Overall good experience. They forgot a harness on one order but they shipped it out ASAP when I emailed them. One of their guys is on here.... @jake long15

 

I had good customer service with them and they answered the phone straight away.
I never ran their lights, but I did like their lo pro brackets.

 

Thanks for the help. Let see if these low pro mounts work as well as stated

 

I have the low profile brackets and 2 of their switches. No complaints here.

I run Rigid Dually SS ditch lights and they're absolutely amazing!

 

Hey Bassguy, you have no problem with using other than Caliraised ditch lights with their low pro mounts? I dont mind the lights they are selling - which work with the mount perfectly, but I am looking at other brands and want to make sure they are all the same size and wont pinch the hood when I open her up. I am also thinking of attaching a quick release close to the light itself so I can take it off when I know I wont use it for a while. Anyone else tried this?

 

The mounts seem to be pretty similar from one brand to another. Also, the brackets bolt to the hood, so the lights go up with it when you open it.

The lights bolt to the brackets with one bolt, so a quick-release might not be necessary. I've thought about this as well because I'm planning on removing them during the winter. Even the whole bracket can be removed in a few minutes.

 

My luck with caliraised hasn't been great... I had their ditch light brackets on my taco, and they were quite flimsy. Sure they did the job, but even just going down the road my lights would shake like crazy (Rigid D2's, so not like they were overly heavy lights). Switched to relentless fab's on the taco, then went with Rago on my 4runner, both were significantly beefier. Maybe they've got a new design now or their 4Runner brackets are built better? That was a while ago.

Then there was their wiring harness, which was wired wrong... coil ground and hot from battery were reversed coming off the relay. I'm not the only one to have had that issue either. Helped at least one other person in a FB group troubleshoot theirs, which ended up being the same issue. That was also a few years back.

Finally, I've had a couple of their switches that were bad. One stopped working after a couple of months; would still engage, but remained open. The other was DOA, you could press it in but it wouldn't spring back (just stayed pressed in). The DOA button was from just a few months ago. (highly recommend CH4x4 for switches, BTW)

I know my experience with them probably hasn't been typical, and I know plenty of others with good things to say about them (like in the posts above me); but I certainly won't be a returning customer.

 

I had Rigid 4 inch 360 series lights on the CR lo pro brackets and they had zero shake on or off road.
I'd say yours were an older style and or non lo pro version.

 

I've had the same experience as @jack bauer1

Rigid D-SS on Caliraised brackets and no noticeable movement even bouncing around off-road.

 

The lo-pro brackets were sturdy and fairly easy to install. The real bear was the brackets to the light pods - It was like they were made for a different light. After working all that nonsense out, it was straightforward getting the wiring in. The OEM push-button switch, which cost an extra 13 bucks, seems a bit flimsy and will probably be the first thing that goes, and there was a LOT of extra wire on the harness that needed to be zip-tied, but it was a quick install and I am happy with the results. I should have gone with the side projecting pods.........

 

Hey Bassguy, what front bumper and rock sliders are you running on your 4runner? I want to add a front and rear bumper, and the smaller one with the bull bar and tow points on yours looks like it will fit the bill. And Caliraised has some nice looking rock sliders and I wouldn't mind giving them a try.