Life is about always learning right? You make a mistake, you learn from the mistake and move on. It’s the same with off-road lighting. I’m going to show you how to discretely move on after you have melted the cover of your auxiliary lights. Just do it before your friends see it.
I got an email from a customer in a bit of a panic, he thought he ruined his brand new TYRI 1010 lights on his Jeep TJ. He generally leaves the included covers on his lights and removes them when he needs to make daylight. While he was cleaning the interior after an off-road trip, he by mistake switched on the pair of 1010’s on the cowl of his wrangler. He didn’t notice until he saw the smoke coming from the light. He ran to the light, and took the melting cover off and pulled some of the lens material with it. Once he realized what was happening he switched off the lights. The good news is, he emailed us before he removed the lights.
Why did this happen?
A few things come into play here, TYRI lights are SERIOUS work lights. They aren’t there to make your rig look pretty, (badass, sure) but they are there to get shit done. Make it safer for you to wheel at night, see what is in front of you, and get through the trail safely at night. That being said, they put off a lot of energy forward. The TYRI optical engineers don’t just call themselves scientists, they actually have phd’s in optical engineering. I’m not kidding, they are doctors of light. Everything they know is WAY over my head, I just know they have it dialed and a few tidbits: all that light energy going out the front of your light will create massive heat when it’s blocked. The covers and the lenses don’t catch fire, but they get so hot they start turning back into a liquid. Try to avoid touching them until they’ve had time to cool off. Once that happens, the lens and cover are doomed for the recycle bin. But don’t worry, since we build all our lights right here in the USA, we have the parts to replace them, and we sell those parts separately from the lights. Your lights are fine, they will continue to work and probably outlast any vehicle you put them on. Just below is the link to buy:
Listen, it’s happened to a lot of us. Including some industry vets that will remain nameless. What I can tell you, is it rarely happens to the same person twice, like I said, it’s a learning process, and there is no shame.
I do humbly request that you send us pics. We know when you order 2 lens kits, and 2 covers what you did. We aren’t judging, we just love to see the carnage.