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S-Tech Universal 6 Switch Pod System; Opinions??

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by csuviper, May 1, 2019.

  1. May 1, 2019 at 12:16 PM
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    csuviper

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    Info seems pretty sparse, or I'm just totally missing it; but any idea if this does only "off and on"? Or can you strobe, flash, etc too?
     
  3. May 1, 2019 at 7:38 PM
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    Just on and off. It’s kinda a self contained system with fuses, relays, switches and wiring harness. I am thinking of going this route vs buying everything separate and piecing something together that won’t look as good.
    I will be adding pillar ditch lights, rear bed camping lights and reverse lights, maybe bed lights too.
     
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  4. May 1, 2019 at 7:53 PM
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    Did u guys see the new switchpro that’s for sale in the marketplace?
     
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  5. May 1, 2019 at 8:24 PM
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    Gotcha.
    I will eventually go the same route, since we dont get many switch blanks to fill on the dash.
     
  6. May 1, 2019 at 8:25 PM
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    Yessir, if I was ready for it I'd have jumped on it for sure.
    :fistbump:
     
  7. May 1, 2019 at 8:27 PM
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    fundra_goes_west I’m just a guy with a girl

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    Link?
     
  8. May 1, 2019 at 8:28 PM
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    What are you going to do for the rear lights? I’ve been looking around, but don’t quite know where to start on those.
     
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    Yea I just noticed that when I starting thinking about the rout I was going to go. So many extras in the 2012, only one in the 2019 :(
     
  12. May 1, 2019 at 9:52 PM
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    Camping or reverse?
     
  13. May 2, 2019 at 3:31 AM
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    I have the one like that from eBay. Works great easy to mount.

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  14. May 2, 2019 at 4:16 AM
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    Sorry..Camping.
     
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    I know, it doesnt leave much room for more toys! :annoyed:
     
  16. May 2, 2019 at 5:47 AM
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    I have a set of hella flood lights I am going to use. Need to make a mount at the cab corners in the bed to mount them.

    HELLA Optilux. Each puts out 1100 lumens in a 5700k color.

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  17. May 8, 2019 at 5:46 PM
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    Hey. 20181103_152005_HDR.jpg 20190326_182539.jpg 20181103_151928.jpg 20190326_182628_HDR.jpg

    Sorry I missed replying to this. Like you, I saw that the S-Tech was a non-nonsense, good-value solution for a centralized switch system. I have had it a few months now, and so far so good. It's basic and 'only' has 6 switches, but it does what it supposed to do for a great price. The other systems out there have more advanced features, more switches, and probably feel and look nicer. I am happy with mine though. The installation was fairly straightforward. I am using 3 switches so far: air compressor, front camera, and back camera. I will add a long angle, high distance light and hopefully a diff lock: at that point I will be done with mods (haaaa ;)
     
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  18. May 8, 2019 at 8:06 PM
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    Awesome thanks for the review.
     
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    Not yet but planning to when I’m ready to install
     
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