Led pods

Is buying cheap led pods of Amazon a good idea

 

In my opinion, No... wanted to try some out because it was cheap. Left them out in the rain to test it out (rains a lot in Louisiana) and they had a bit of water in them. I decided to get some Rigid, Rough Country, and CaliRaised brands. I added as I went and whichever one of those three brands had a sale going on at the time. I haven't had issues with them a year later.

 

Thanks I was thinking of going with the Cali raised

 

Ya, I love their amber color pods that I use for my Fog lights (amber lights penetrate fog and sand kicked up so it doesn't appear like white wall in front of you).

 

O I never understood amber pods till now thanks

 

I have had cheap auxbeam pods..
$20 for pair.
Been 2 Maine winters (before having a garage) still doing great.
Paint not so much...but I have seen big name companies do the same.
Even my $30 32" no name bar works great 2+yrs.

 

Auxbeam will do 75% of anything from an expensive brand at 10% the price.

 

Check out this page if you want street legal pods.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-led-sae-j583-fog-pod-fog-light-review.554813/

 

You get what you pay for, buy once cry once

 

Maybe on critical components..
Otherwise it's just a catchy saying.

 

It depends on what you plan on using them for. Are you planning on running them on the street? If so, beam pattern becomes very important. Most of the cheap eBay and Amazon pods don't even list a beam pattern and / or are not SAE compliant and thus, not street legal. A crappy beam pattern (and / or poor aiming) will really tick off oncoming drivers too. Just remember, all LED pod lights are not created equal - for some very good reasons. If you're just looking for something to light up your truck bed, disregard all of this.