My wife and daughters got me a 50" curved light bar and the YodaTeq mounts. Attempted the install on Wednesday. Initial impressions were, cool looking mounts, nice hand written personal thank you note from Frank, but no instructions. I figured, no biggie, I'll go on the website and get them, only to find that the only instructions are for the ECL Kits. Ok, no instructions, fit on the A pillar, pics on website show generally where they should mount, shouldn't be an issue. I mocked up the mounts to the bar and slid it in position. Marked and drilled the holes and pop-riveted them mounts. What I found was that the mounts weren't flat on the A pillar when it was mocked up, and the distance between the mounts was approximately 54" once they were installed. Looking at the pics on the website, the mounts look like they are tight to the A pillar, which mine are about 1" away at the tight bend around the gutter.
After a lot of messing around, I decided to contact Frank at YodaTeq to see if I could get some help. I was pleased to find that his customer support was a cell phone # with instructions to text or call. So I text Frank my dilemma along with the specifics. (ie: 50" curved light bar, '94 LC, etc) I was pretty upset that I just drilled 4 holes in the A pillars and the install was obviously not going to work and expressed this to him, along with my concerns that my mounts looked different than the ones in the website photos. His initial response was to ask if I installed 50" curved light bar. From there the texts were very non-specific. Did you mock up the light bar? and 'we have not changed the design of these mounts'. He then asked for photos and 'Where are they different?' I was getting more frustrated as it seemed that I wasn't getting support. I expressed my disappointment to Frank and he followed up with 'I'm sorry you are disappointed. I have sold many of these mounts with successful installs and satisfied customers'.
I sent some photos of the one mount I still had installed and he asked for a photo of the 'complete install'. I explained (again) that I couldn't do a complete install since the mounts were too far (~54") apart. He text me back that he thought I had them mounted too high. I explained to him that the further DOWN the windshield I went the wider the mounts got. He then text "The mounts fit a 50" curved bar'. (Weird?) His last response explained that once I attached the mounts to the bar, I would see. I sent him a bunch of pictures after that and he has chosen not to respond anymore.
I did a search here and on Google for these mounts before I installed and found no info/reviews/etc. There are no reviews on his website for these either. The above is my review. I did get the mount installed. It took a little 'adjusting' of the mounts and ended up much higher (light is above the roof) than the photos on his website, and the exact opposite of his Customer Service advice. My suggestions would be: 1) include instructions of general location and hints for a good install. 2) Work with your customers instead of just telling them that the product should work.
After a lot of messing around, I decided to contact Frank at YodaTeq to see if I could get some help. I was pleased to find that his customer support was a cell phone # with instructions to text or call. So I text Frank my dilemma along with the specifics. (ie: 50" curved light bar, '94 LC, etc) I was pretty upset that I just drilled 4 holes in the A pillars and the install was obviously not going to work and expressed this to him, along with my concerns that my mounts looked different than the ones in the website photos. His initial response was to ask if I installed 50" curved light bar. From there the texts were very non-specific. Did you mock up the light bar? and 'we have not changed the design of these mounts'. He then asked for photos and 'Where are they different?' I was getting more frustrated as it seemed that I wasn't getting support. I expressed my disappointment to Frank and he followed up with 'I'm sorry you are disappointed. I have sold many of these mounts with successful installs and satisfied customers'.
I sent some photos of the one mount I still had installed and he asked for a photo of the 'complete install'. I explained (again) that I couldn't do a complete install since the mounts were too far (~54") apart. He text me back that he thought I had them mounted too high. I explained to him that the further DOWN the windshield I went the wider the mounts got. He then text "The mounts fit a 50" curved bar'. (Weird?) His last response explained that once I attached the mounts to the bar, I would see. I sent him a bunch of pictures after that and he has chosen not to respond anymore.
I did a search here and on Google for these mounts before I installed and found no info/reviews/etc. There are no reviews on his website for these either. The above is my review. I did get the mount installed. It took a little 'adjusting' of the mounts and ended up much higher (light is above the roof) than the photos on his website, and the exact opposite of his Customer Service advice. My suggestions would be: 1) include instructions of general location and hints for a good install. 2) Work with your customers instead of just telling them that the product should work.
