A friend of mine has that same lightbar and has never had any problems with it. I have interior lightbars made by the same company and I haven’t had any problems with those either. LED Outfitters is the company that produces the lightbars and if you bought the lightbar new from their ebay store you should have a 5 year warranty.
LED outfitters is just a vendor. they sell Sabre led mini lightbars, which are slightly different than the Streamlined ultra mini led lightbar you can find at Uniforms and Accessories warehouse. There are a lot of clone bars like this with various names.
Prettymuch as far as emergency lighting goes, you have Whelen, Code 3, Tomar, Able2, 911EP, Signal, Sho-me, Sound-off, and Star as the big boys with some clout. These are brands that have the customer service and quality assurance that are needed to have big government contracts.
While some other companies do make good products for less, such as Juelen Axistech or RocketX, spare parts and replacement heads being avaliable 2-3 years in the future is questionable. Also if you do have to act on the 5 year warranty, you might just have to ship it back to the manufacturer overseas if the vendor doesn’t have any left to exchange.
Granted, being primarily showcars, most Ecto’s don’t need the top notch expensive stuff. But it’s just something to keep in mind if the lightbar rides ontop of your car 365 days a year.
One other pointer, with any magnetic lightbar, be sure to take it down and clean off the magnetic feet every so often. The magnets tend to draw brake dust from other cars which can quickly turn into rust.
I got this phone call from my mom the other day. She was commenting on the 1X’s driver’s driving skills. Or lack there of. I just giggled and said I’d pass on the message.
I don’t know when she was driving behind the 1X, but I’ve convoyed to several event behind “the driver” and I’ve never noticed any bad driving. However, other drivers around the 1X tend to lose all driving ability when the 1X passes! lol
I missed this till now, looks GREAT
No I haven’t seen the video yet but I’ll be sure to look it up.
I’m not sure if that’s who I purchased the lightbar from but the name does look very familiar. My experience on eBay, however, was not fun at all. They shipped me a lightbar quickly, but it turned out to be half red/half blue. I emailed them back immediately and told them the auction I won was for an all amber lightbar. The communication over the course of the next few weeks was terrible, with the guy emailing me back and telling me to call his “customer service department”. When I called the number I got someone’s personal voicemail on a cell phone, so I left a message to call me. Never got a call. Instead I got emails, with several days of waiting in between, about how I needed to take the lightbar to UPS and have it shipped to him and tell them to “bill his account”. I tried this but UPS of course said that they can’t just bill someone’s account and he’d have to mail a shipping label. Screamfest was fast approaching and I kept stressing that time was of the essence but still never raised anyone on the “customer service” line. Long story short (too late?) he did get me the label, got his lightbar back, and got me my amber lightbar just in time for Screamfest. I elected not to leave him any feedback on eBay, since I was particularly annoyed that he took almost a month to handle the situation even though he did get it resolved. I can honestly say I would not recommend him to anyone, so it’s good for him that I can’t remember his name 
I don’t recall anything in the auction stating there was a warranty. The auction was short and did not include much information beyond what the lightbar could do.
Where and when did your mother see the ECTO-1X? My wife has the car while in Tampa at her job, but when it’s on the other side of the bay (Pinellas) it’s most likely me that is driving. I take great pride in being an extremely safe driver to the point that my wife says I drive like a “granny”.
Which is a good point. In a typical run down the street I’ll get lots of looks and several people hanging out of the window to take pictures. I’ve nearly been run off the road many times by other drivers trying to get a shot or staring at the car for too long (lots of fun stories to share).
I don’t know the specifics, other than it was 56th and Fletcher. I just giggled that she knew I knew y’all. Not doubting your granny driving abilities at all man.
PS, share your funny stories in the “Driving Around” thread!
That sucks. I purchased directly from their website, not that it should make a difference. Your car is amazing and I can’t wait to see more pics.
Great job guys!!!
i think it woulda looked better if you had the logo on the back be on the window. one of those 2 way deals
The ECTO-1X has been spotted at Tropicana Field, can paranormal shenanigans be far behind?
Ha, thats awsome man.