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

[1998_K1500_Sub]

Wow, two pairs to Michigan, so it is possible I could see a set on the road!

I looked back through my notes, here are all shipments to MI to date:

- Battle Creek, MI
- Goodrich, MI
- West Olive, MI

I posted a map on GMT400 some time ago showing the location of all the Arteb owners at that time, I should update it and repost it.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

One of my lights is broken. I think it can be repaired with some JB weld.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

One of my lights is broken. I think it can be repaired with some JB weld.

Pictures? Description?

Carlos received two headlights recently from the supplier that had cracks at the mounting post / housing interface. He knows that’s a trouble spot and checks there for cracks as best he can, although hairline cracks can be elusive.

Here's one of those headlights, if you look closely there's a hairline crack where the boss meets the housing.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Pictures? Description?

Carlos received two headlights recently from the supplier that had cracks at the mounting post / housing interface. He knows that’s a trouble spot and checks there for cracks as best he can, although hairline cracks can be elusive.

Yeah, two of the posts broke off. I'll get pics.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

Any pictures of what just City Lights turned on looks like? Thx

One of the Arteb owners, @Brando_o, posted this on TikTok, it shows the Arteb's City Light feature nicely. He's equipped them with a yellow bulb which compliments the OE parking lights.

Find his video here:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMMSaWUs/

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

Yeah, two of the posts broke off. I'll get pics.

Any update on this?

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Any update on this?

They're still broken off. I got some JB weld yesterday, it's on my TODO list.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

They're still broken off. I got some JB weld yesterday, it's on my TODO list.

Were they broken out of the box, e.g., in transit?

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Were they broken out of the box, e.g., in transit?

I believe so, but I didn't discover it. When I looked the first time, I just looked at the lenses and didn't fully remove them. It looks fixable if the JBW holds.

 

[1998_K1500_Sub]

I believe so, but I didn't discover it. When I looked the first time, I just looked at the lenses and didn't fully remove them. It looks fixable if the JBW holds.

I'm disappointed you had a problem... to my knowledge we've never had a breakage problem shipping to the US. I try to follow-up with every buyer but not every one responds, so there's that.

I've broken the posts on my own headlights through mis-handling, and fixed them using this JB Weld product, a urethane...

JB Weld "Plastic Bonder" is a quick-setting, two-part, urethane adhesive