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Interesting, regardless of where it’s manufactured the accuracy of this reproduction could be better. The bulb sockets fit too loosely in the original light bar reflectors, requires quite a bit of reworking to get an acceptable fit/connection by my recent experience.
 
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Interesting, regardless of where it’s manufactured the accuracy of this reproduction could be better. The bulb sockets fit too loosely in the original light bar reflectors, requires quite a bit of reworking to get an acceptable fit/connection by my recent experience.
Thanks for letting us know. We hadn't heard any complaints about the fitment. We'll check on this and work with the manufacturer to see if we can get a better fitting product.
 

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The issue is they are using the wrong socket type for the 4-light Rallye light bar. The socket used is designed to fit in a tube, not to snap into a hole in thin gauge metal. The pressure tab is too far away from the lip to properly secure the socket and provide a sufficient ground connection. The 3-light standard cluster light bar uses tubes, these sockets would likely work for that application.

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The issue is they are using the wrong socket type for the 4-light Rallye light bar. The socket used is designed to fit in a tube, not to snap into a hole in thin gauge metal. The pressure tab is too far away from the lip to properly secure the socket and provide a sufficient ground connection. The 3-light standard cluster light bar uses tubes, these sockets would likely work for that application.

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Thank you for the illustration, this makes it very easy to see where the problem is. We will get in contact with the manufacturer to see if we can get the sockets updated to fit properly.
 

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if you get this fixed, will you send out a replacement that fits right? I do not like having to shim them to get a ground for the lights to work.
 
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