Arteb Headlights / Taillights End-of-Life (?)

[1998_K1500_Sub]

Serious flooding in parts of Brazil: Our supplier

Carlos told me today that our Arteb supplier, who resides in Porto Alegre (in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul), has been affected by the recent flooding that's prevalent in that region.

Our supplier's rep said "Product stock warehouse was seriously affected". He didn't provide specific details.

Video of flooding in the area was posted on YouTube (in English).

What a mess. The city center looks like Venice.

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[1998_K1500_Sub]

Serious flooding in parts of Brazil: Carlos' perspective

Carlos emailed me today, as part of an ongoing dialog about the floods in southern Brazil.

He wrote:

I can guarantee you that almost the entire state of Rio Grande do Sul is underwater. It's unbelievable. I believe it is the biggest environmental tragedy in Brazil and one of the biggest in the world.

Yes, but they are without drinking water and without cleaning products such as bleach to decontaminate environments affected, for example, by sewage water and others.

I asked him how the residences are typically constructed, e.g., wood sticks or masonry block. My thought was that masonry construction would survive a severe flood better than sticks.

Yes, almost all Brazilian houses are made of masonry, concrete slabs, concrete and iron columns, something similar to the construction of large multi-story buildings.

Carlos lives in northern Brazil, in the state of Bahia, far from the flooding in the south. Our supplier however is based in the city of Porto Alegre, which is on the ocean and one of the hardest hit areas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

 

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I know my issues pale in comparison to what's going on in Brazil, but the JB welded headlight is holding up. These lenses are the best update you can make to these trucks. You can see so much better at night, even with crappy halogen bulbs.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

I know my issues pale in comparison to what's going on in Brazil, but the JB welded headlight is holding up.

I'm glad to hear it's doing the job.

These lenses are the best update you can make to these trucks. You can see so much better at night, even with crappy halogen bulbs.

I need to get a decent set of bulbs and wire mine for 4-high.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

Nobody's posted anything in a while.

We've sold all the taillights we had on-hand, and we need to backfill for some headlights that were damaged, so we placed an order with our supplier for another five pairs of taillights and four headlights.

Carlos currently has headlight pairs on-hand, he's just rounding-out the stock with this order.

Notably, the supplier has all items in stock, ready to ship... at least that's what he told Carlos.

Transit time from the supplier to Carlos has been on the order of two weeks for our last two orders. It'll be interesting to watch this one make its way.

There have been some recent entries in the thread on Arteb taillight wiring that are worth a look:

https://www.gmt400.com/threads/wiring-changes-to-suit-arteb-taillights.63786/post-1414300

^^^ link above