I am kind of surprised I haven't noticed anyone mentioning the NEW J2 series From JW Speaker in here!
They have a countdown to June 1 on their site, and seem to be announcing a new series of lights for us Jeepers!
"The J2 Series of lights will give your Jeep a new, distinctive look. The visibility they provide makes them safer than stock, and the plug & play installation means your Jeep can have a whole new attitude in a manner of minutes."
Any of you guys holding out to see what they are all about before pulling the trigger?
Anybody interested in a seriously gently used set of KC Gravity Pro's, their brand new Top of the line? You can look at my build thread to see how long I have had them.
"new, distinctive look" Sounds like some angry bird shit. No thanks. I dont like the current JW Speaker LEDs because i think they look ugly as sin. If the new distinct look is that they look like stock...sure id check them out.
Overpriced and moderate delivery. Thats my verdict on my taillights.
I'm sure this will see a price drop in their last series and some ridiculous price over $500 for headlights this series.
I'm very happy with my OEM 2017 headlights setup... thank you,
I'm curious to see if the beam pattern will be the same, other than that, carbon fiber? May as well get a fake stick on antenna and some BLUE LED's for turn signals.
I hope they're built better than the tail lights for those ridiculous prices.
My tail light housings were cracking in 4 months, and JW says tough shit, not warrantied.
Buy the Chinese stuff, at least when it takes a shit, you can afford to buy three sets
If you are not fortunate enough to have a 2017 with the LED MOPAR headlights, which is 99% of us in here, I would say that JWs have been the standard to which all LED replacements have been compared.
That being said , they aren't for everyone. I do know for certain that tail lights are not a part of the new J2 series as of yet. I also know that there is going to be a new offering in the reveal on Thursday, meaning , a product not previously offered by J.W.
You can see from the image that there are some slight aesthetic changes to the housing, but there is also a performance improvement in the design as well. These will exceed the performance of the current "Evo J".
Sorry, but you're not gonna "revolutionize" anything or have a "ground breaking" new product by Hydro Dipping a Bezel in fake Carbon Fiber, and keeping the same look or design of your headlight that has been knocked off 100x over.
There's no way those photos from northridge4x4 are the new JWS J2's... All this talk and all they are changing is a red letter option or carbon fiber backing... and ask for $350 more dollars... since the JWS Evo 8700 J1's are going for half the original price
I could be wrong, guess we will see in about 9hrs 40m opcorn: http://www.jwspeaker.com/coming-to-the-off-road/
I like the new turn signals and the plug and play fogs. Announced today, but it will probably take longer than that before they are listed with prices at our favourite retailers.
So much hostility for JWS. I had no idea. Easily the best mod to my rig...got the first gens for a good deal.
These new ones seem to be touting the dual high beam function where the low beam and high beam stay on when on high beam. Before, it was only the high beam. Nice functional improvement.
I like the dual burn brights, wondered why the 8700 Evo J1's didn't do that.
Also the red lettering would match my theme. Turn signals look cool. But Im gonna wait until the price drops because I just got the J1's for $470 shipped.
The new J2 should make for a price adjustment on the J's, though when the J was released the older version of the light didn't drop dramatically (and remaining stock went for more in some cases, catering to the "non-halo" crowd).
I like the idea of dual burn. I wish my J1's had that. I may upgrade when the price comes down. Curious, outside of matching the look of the headlights, if the new fogs would be an upgrade. Front turn signals have my interest. Built in load equalizer. Wonder what the cost will be on the turns.
These new headlights were no surprise to me, when there started being great prices with $100 gift cards I kinda figured there was a revision on the horizon. I hope the regular 8700 Evolution model ( Non J spec series) get an upgrade too. I'm still not a fan of the half halo.
$800? I don't think so. I'm not into the bug face look. These and the knock offs are just as appealing as the angry eyes grills. I have the KC Gravity LEDs and love them. Extremely bright, 23 year warranty and look like headlights. $455 on amazon back in August. Also have a set of the KC Gravity fog LEDS. They are wonderful as well. About a month after installing them, rock hit one and broke the lense. There is a small piece bouncing around inside the light. It has been fully submerged, washed multiple times, full of mud and dirt and still works after a year of that. Not sure how many other manufacturer's lights can take that abuse and still work.
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