E31: RC Car Lighting Kit Review, PART 3: "Tamiya Hop Up Option"

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[@cgdoublezerorc]

7 years later I got a knock off Tamiya light kit for my wife's 72 Chevy. This video helped. The Vaterra has a 4 channel receiver, but only a 2 channel radio. I just put the channel 3 wires together. Now the extra headlights flash when you squeeze the throttle about half way. Those flash to pass lights and the red brake lights were connect in the wrong ports. Swapped 'em over and bang! Light kit ready to install. Thanks!! 00

[@AMPROEngineering]

Sure thing! Glad it worked out for you.

[@captbaldo]

I have spoken with my contact at Tamiya USA and this is not a Tamiya product. Some kind of knock off. For your info, Tamiya currently has TLU-01 LED Light Unit (53909) which can be used stand alone or with the control unit which supports 2 TLU-01 units. Control Unit - TLU-02 LED Control Unit (53937). You can connect 16 LEDS (8 Sets) to each TLU-01 unit with the TLU-02 unit allowing you to connect 2 TLU-01 units and use them together for a total of 32 LEDS (16 sets). It's a little on the pricey side though

[@AMPROEngineering]

I figured as much. The quality is awful. I do have those sets but as you mentioned, the cost is quite alarming for the average hobbyist. I have light kits on most of my cars and I cannot justify $200 per car for the Tamiya units. They are quite well made and great to use though. Thank you for the information!

[@IanLanc]

@@AMPROEngineering How much!! I've the Tamiya Audi Quattro Rally car kit, in the kit gives an option for working lights, this is new to me! Last time I built a car was back in 1991.....I have thought about getting the light set but $200 is just crazy, infact no need for such a high price.

[@shanec8812]

I watched all your light reviews and helped me decide on the right one for me. Saved me some $ and headache. Sorry but you had me laughing quite hard a few times at your frustration. Reminded me when my wife asks me to help with the Christmas lights. Thank you!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Haha! Yeah I found a lot of terrible ones.Glad it was helpful!

[@javii5326]

What’s the best ?? 😓

[@Ed-ty1kr]

All right! Finally someone on youtube that has an intelligent review of products. Not just some poser showing off his lame bolt on or double sided tape job. An actual review. Bit opinionated but after all that is what a review is. Lets see what the forth light kit is like. Thumb up on this one.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thanks Ed. yeah I know what I want and it seems a normal lighting set is hard to find!

[@TheRandomMechanic]

Very informative , Btw love the use of the incredible crash dummies pets in the tumbnail Nice touch LOL

[@AMPROEngineering]

LOL! Thanks man. I love them

[@TheRandomMechanic]

@@AMPROEngineering i had a ton of crash dummies when i was a kid , probably the most underrated toy lines ever , i had an absolute blast with them and hope to buy them all again once my son is old enough ,

[@Racer_x00]

I used to Tamiya kit, I switched the brake bulbs and the "neutral lights" red brake for being stopped, white for reverse instead of red

[@AMPROEngineering]

Hmmm, good call.

[@johnjosey5184]

Yeah, i did the same. I just left the blue out all together. It may end up with blue headlights if the white one's ever fail 🙈 I went a bit further and moved the throttle channel neutral using subtrim so that the red brake lights only came on when the trigger was pushed away from neutral. I think the value was in the low 30's. A word of caution for the less experienced in using subtrim in large amounts on the throttle, as your ESC may not recognise neutral/off and you take that to be a faulty ESC.

[@JhonMacX]

You know, the light that does on when in neutral, I think is usefull for Cabin Light.. So, when your car is stop, we can see inside the cabin, but when your car is running, it'll comes off.. and ch3, we can use for head lamp. Could control by remote when we want to turn it on.

[@AMPROEngineering]

This is a brilliant idea! You may have found me a use for this system!

[@johngilbert7796]

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[@aceUPchristian]

the other lights that stay on are like park lights. but sadly they go off when throttle is hit and break as well as reverse. if you add a light switch between the ch3, you can have flashing lights for the set that turns on with the switch. and when the receiver is turned off, hazard lights turns on. i'll post a video of my set up once done with additional lights.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Is that what CH3 is? Send a link when you have it

[@aceUPchristian]

I'll try to have a video by tomorrow

[@aceUPchristian]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmsnXaFZ7Ceick Here's my input on the lighting module. It also has a part2 seen in the descriptions.

[@AMPROEngineering]

cool ill check it out!

[@charlesbashay5956]

Take the kits you threw in the trash and cut the led lights off. Solder and make your own light harness the way you want it and power it by a 9volt battery box with on/off switch. Works well, no headache an no waste. On some of my cars I added a cheap infared remote control to the system that gave me the following features: On/Off, Brightness 100%/75%/50% and nine (9) different modes of flashing and various speeds. 9volt battery box & infared remote control unit was less than $12.00

[@charlesbashay5956]

PWR-07 Powershift RC Technologies PST LED Light Controller is the remote control that I used.

[@AMPROEngineering]

I ended up just using this for the turn signals and wired my own harness. Anymore that’s just what I do Since many of these are useless

[@scottmills2627]

Never seen it in the catalog so very much doubt it's tamiya great vids btw keep up the good work

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you and yeah, I agree.

[@u_t_d_s_h-1_a]

Thank you for your show, it is very educational for rc newbies like me. I watched you show, and tried connecting the lights, the lights came on when I finished the connection, but it seems to interfere with steering, the steering won't work while the lights are on. What should be dine to correct this?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Sounds like a high current draw or a malfunction in the unit. Other than that I cant imagine why this would happen

[@EASYUSA]

I've got this unit but it's annoying that the reverse lights is the same as brake lights... so you can't have two different colors...like red for brake and white for reverse. That neutral light doesn't help.... so not very good for a scale build 😕

[@AMPROEngineering]

No, this is a terrible product.

[@TheCrusader2009]

Could just swap the blue and red so when stationary you have brake lights and in reverse you have blue 😉

[@AMPROEngineering]

I forgot what the heck I did with this. It may be in one of the basic builds.

[@webetrailing7916]

Trying wiring it in properly. Reverse lights are not red in any vehicle so brake lights should be on until you touch throttle and clear lights should come on in Reverse and blue would be pretty common for headlights.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah that is a good point

[@kinderfest2010]

Love the videos, thank you for posting them. Regarding the the set you chose as your least sucky, Did you find a way to make those headlights stay bright on idle?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Well the least worst (lol) did allow you to keep the light on when not on the throttle. It has been a while so I may have forgotten something! Can you give me a little more info?

[@jaredsay3331]

I'm thinking about buying one of these for my trx6 snap-on hauler

[@AMPROEngineering]

Dont waste your money. there are other ones at the same price that are better. I think part 9 is my fave cheap one.

[@RCiler]

Ok.. so I got this kit today. I have plugged everything in, but the ch3. I need that for the light bar. now.. I have 4 orange blinkers that work as turn signals, and I have switched the 2 white with 2 red LEDs so, when my car is stationary or moving forward, front lights, and rear red light work. When I start to go in reverse, the red ones turn off, and the white one start working ( as normal reversing lights do). I still have 2 blue LEDs which only work from 80% plus forward throttle. Not sure what to do with them.. I don't need high speed blue lights on my cherokee crawler.. lol.. I've unplugged them...

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah, my sediments exactly! For my (our) applications, this is not needed.

[@RCiler]

@@AMPROEngineering sediments? Not sentiments? Lol. Sure would like to know does the original tamiya kit have the "turbo" lights...

[@MrBirdshell666]

very good review

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you

[@TroyGoldberg]

Have you tried the Trick my RC kits? IMO best Realistic light Kit out there.... only set back is they aren't the cheapest

[@TroyGoldberg]

correction.... mytrickRC lol

[@AMPROEngineering]

I have not but I will look now!

[@mrhay2u]

If I'm correct that is the first lighting kit from tamiya before the tlu-1 and 2

[@AMPROEngineering]

Some research has shown that this is simply A cheap unit with a unlicensed Tamiya branding.

[@HiRiSC300]

It works just fine in my application honestly. I saved that $$$ for something else lol.

[@AMPROEngineering]

I have found much better for the same price. I mean it does..."work"

[@HiRiSC300]

@@AMPROEngineering Well some stuff happened in the last four days since my post. My ESC fried on me and that's on a month old SCX10 II after I installed the lighting kit. The ESC burned out on the first run :( Bummer and I'm out an ESC...please share lol since I'm going to shoot this kit with my mossberg pump :)

[@HiRiSC300]

@@AMPROEngineering I'm guessing this is the one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6mkoWCjqrGUmMk Going to hunt for this nameless brand now. Wish me luck lol

[@hookabunny5030]

Gonna use my blue ones as fog lights..

[@AMPROEngineering]

Good call!

[@933pilgrim]

How you connect females ports?

[@AMPROEngineering]

you plug the males in on each side, matching the colors.

[@GetACustomOne]

I’m building the TT02 Audi Quattro and have painted it a really interesting ice Pearl summertime green and got the stickers all dialed. Would like to rig the dual 3 light fog lights as well as two main headlights. Which would be a total of 8 white LED’s up front. And I’d still have to do the back lights. What’s the solution - rigging up 2 of these kits that you are working on here on 1 car or the TLU-01 and 02 ? Or some other pre rigged kit? Or doing what Mark Bryant RC did on his video and rig up a full custom light rig? I’m torn because I feel the Tamiya light kit is not at all cheating. Still A Lot of work. Regardless of how it’s rigged up I want to toggle them on and off from the handset. So i don’t know if this is complicated or compounded further when rigging dual multi light systems. Want to dial in the lighting before I go figuring out the Yeah Racing hop up kit to the frame

[@AMPROEngineering]

The My Trick RC UF7 or wire your own. There are some more pricey ones out there but it’s just not worth the insane costs

[@oMartelinho]

Thanks a lot for your video! It worked to me as a manual. I Bought one of this too thinking that was a tamyia product :( But I couldn’t make turn signals work properly

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah, these are terrible units. I do not know how Tamiya has not issues a crease and desist on these sellers.

[@gw-1kenji186]

Hey buddy maybe try removing and putting the signal lights on the other sockets

[@EdG407FL]

Is there a way to have the same module but with customizable sounds effect of my own? If not is there anything out there that I can use? Thank you.

[@AMPROEngineering]

The closest thing is a MyTrickRC unit. I cover a few here. They have a lot of options.

[@reothadh8569]

is there a way to power these seperatley from the chasis? i'd rather have them attached to the body shell alone

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yes, this is what I do often. the "y" cable is long and will allow you to remove the body a bit to access things on the chassis and if you want it all the way removed, you can unplug it from the Y.

[@lanebowser8391]

I bought one and i like so far but there is some draw backs to it for 1 i wish the tail lights would stay on while driveing and 2 it only came with 2 blue leds for under glow and chanel3 is just for a switch

[@AMPROEngineering]

Jeez, always with the blue ones.

[@rodneycoutman7918]

Hi that other kit you showed us all have you a link to buy that at all please

[@AMPROEngineering]

There are no links for it that work. I just look on ebay. The sellers constantly change and it is the most annoying thing.

[@frederikhummel355]

I would just swap out the blou and red ones so my backlight is always on and when I go in rewerse the blou lights go on! That’s how I would do it 🙃

[@AMPROEngineering]

That sure is a better idea than what they show.

[@JarcodeRover]

Use your common sense :P LOL, some sell these for 6 dollar on Ebay. I need brake and reverse light function only, main lights on my Wraith are switched on the car itself. I'm also looking for orange blinkers which i want to control by a 3 way switch on my remote (way more realistic) and to power the LED's two micro brushed ESC's. Very nice info in this lightning series! Def no "Tamiya" for my Wraith project!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah this thing is one of the worst I have seen.

[@egisanika6701]

did you have to try this light in the water?

[@AMPROEngineering]

no this is in no way water proof. It is also terrible and not worth buying.

[@jimmypop4001]

That a cardboard box or plastic housing?

[@AMPROEngineering]

This piece of junk is plastic.

[@j0hnnykn0xv1lle]

They should make Beelmws with turn signals that turn on when you turn since Beelmw drivers don't signal.

[@AMPROEngineering]

I totally agree with that.

[@lootbarny6942]

why you throw it away I will die to get me any lights

[@AMPROEngineering]

Well it is trash, haha! I didn't toss it, I just pretended. I use this for tail lights and turn signals but even for the $5 it cost, I paid too much.

[@PhilipBrown1967]

I am thinking of getting me of these but I really only want the 3rd channel to turn off headlight, rear lights and spot lights, are the plugs in the lighting unit easy pull out

[@AMPROEngineering]

The do have a remote that turns on and off the lights remotely.

[@jaredsayrc4947]

You need to put links to the products you test

[@AMPROEngineering]

These are on ebay. Sellers change constantly. plus you dont want this.

[@jaredsay3331]

Have you tested RC4WD lights mods

[@AMPROEngineering]

You know I havent but I need to since I have about 10 of them installed.

[@narcissisticnihilist9718]

So you didnt know much about this before you reviewed I guess. Third channel is a switch in case you dont want them on all the time, I cut it off when I dont need it and it comes on when the receiver is powered. Its the most scale one I could find and it STILL doesnt give parking lights that fickin blink. Or brake lights. Like 50% until you brake or turn...

[@AMPROEngineering]

No mine did not work that way. The 3rd channel went to an onboard circuit with blank pads around it. The cable was installed but likely a cheaper version or cost reduced variant. I think this is the reason they so seldom come with instructions.

[@GastonMaqueda]

You can unplug the leds from that "Tamiya" unit? or are permantly attached?

[@AMPROEngineering]

The lights can be unplugged.

[@furkanfpv677]

I got one today but mine is very weird, full throttle red light comes on and full reverse the other 2 white lights come on, but it works fine

[@AMPROEngineering]

It is such a weird unit.

[@wakdanbarrakuda]

yeah.. i got problem too about this thing.. make me stressed.. their just use the tamiya name for sell the stupid unit.. arrgghhh in malay said (kimak betul la)...!

[@AMPROEngineering]

I know. It’s just awful

[@jaredsayrc4947]

I use this knockoff tamiya light kit and GT Power Pro with built-in esc and Bluetooth lights engine sound Vibration and I still haven't found a great light kit

[@AMPROEngineering]

The best one I have used is from MyTrickRC.

[@jonband4281]

Good morning is this product waterproof? if i install it on the crawler can i get it in the water?

[@Floridascooterboys]

I dont think they are

[@AMPROEngineering]

Nope...none of these are. You would need it put in a waterproof box.

[@williamsantiago7303]

Great video bud. I bought the OB1 4 Channel professional led lighting system V3.1M for my Tamiya Globeliner Tractor truck. It was advertised to fit my truck but the kit doesn't bring enough lights. It brought 10 lights. It brought 6 bigger lights and 4 smaller lights for the cab lights. I need 3 more small lights and 2 more bigger lights. The truck has 15 lights total and this kit brung 10. It's not a Tamiya kit. Do you think this is a goof up by factory or am I suppose to buy extra lights? I bought this kit from Rcmart and their number to contact them is no good. I don't know what to do here. If there's anything that you can tell me about this kit I would appreciate it, take care bud.

[@AMPROEngineering]

I just bought that to test too. I do not think they goofed, I just think they did not care. These are really cheap products and just try and move units without any testing or validation unfortunately. Ill test mine and see how it goes.

[@williamsantiago7303]

AMPRO Engineering Hey bud thanks for replying. Keep up the good work with your videos. Take care bud.

[@jonasparren652]

nice video dude, I checked it earlier when my set of lights arrived, i used these lights on my tt-02 and it worked fine, now i own a mst mtx 2.0, the lights still work realy wel, i just wanted to ask you how you plugged in ch3. cause i don't seem to get the headlights working with the push of a button, but i'd realy like to. on channel 3 of the receiver is plugged in the gyro, so i don't realy know what to do, i tried a lot of different stuff. can someone maybe explain to me how to get it working?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah sorry man I never had any luck with CH3. If someone knows, let me know too!

[@sadatalipulo979]

Hello. Does this product comes with a light bucket?

[@AMPROEngineering]

No

[@BrianGunningUS]

Ah, clearing up what the mysterious third channel is for! Thanks!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Any time!

[@cassenup6689]

You have video for actual light function and, hence telemetry functions working? #arrmalimitless #allspektrum160amp smart all the way.

[@cassenup6689]

A good video has much detail..please explain connection and please don’t assume everyone knows how and speed up and cut edit so much detail hence 6th wire from light box. Where does that go

[@AMPROEngineering]

This does not have telemetry.

[@nitishverma9799]

How many channel receiver is needed for doing connections

[@AMPROEngineering]

2 channel at min. The 3rd i didnt use.

[@BrownJello]

What receiver box fits this unit well? Has anyone tried to waterproof one? The inside of the box says Kosta.hk who appears to make wiring harnesses.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh sorry I have never tried to seal this thing up.

[@BrownJello]

@@AMPROEngineering Amazon Zulkit sells a waterproof project box that I am going to try

[@SB-sd6hs]

Hi did you hook the lights into the receiver

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yes, channel one and channel 2 control the turn signals and the brake lights.

[@ellism4231]

I got the same product and my turn signals stay flashing? I don’t know what todo

[@AMPROEngineering]

I think your remotes steering trim is set too far to one side. Try adjusting that.

[@ellism4231]

All of the turn signals say flashing

[@ellism4231]

Stay*

[@AMPROEngineering]

Like all 4 do?

[@ellism4231]

Yeah all 4

[@paulodepablo3649]

Can you please recommend me a good LED kit for a 1/10 nitro RC to a electric one. i have the standard reciever mostly so i want to know your opinion.

[@paulodepablo3649]

I want it to be as tiddy as it can be. i dont really want wires sticking out of everywhere!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Pablo, best I can do is watch the reviews and pick one that meets your budget and criteria. They will all have a ton of wires but you will need to tidy them once installed.

[@paulodepablo3649]

@@AMPROEngineering Okay. Mostly my budget is up to 20 dollars or lower. I need something that's basically plug and play that will work with a nitro powered RC from 2008. A tutorial of you tiddying up your LED lighting would be great since i am new to this hobby grade. I haven't seen a detailed tutorial of doing something like that. I am confused as well to how a lot of RC enthusiast about to why their LED units main component (the reciever?) is put on the body shell of the RC. i seriously like the look but i am unsure if i know enough to do such a thing I have a question. Is there any battery drain limiter than can limit the amount of drain on a battery? since the nitro ignites due to the battery, i am afraid that the battery on my unit will run out and it'll crash once more (like last time.)

[@midship909]

where does the female 3rd channel plug go?

[@AMPROEngineering]

I have no idea. When I plug it into the radio 3rd channel and operate the remote switch, nothing at all happens.

[@MarcRCAddict]

I bought one of these and it’s junk, for different reasons though.. mine worked ok for 1 minute then it started stuffing things up, my steering servos stopped working, the led unit did something to my tamiya esc, even once I removed the lighting unit my steering servo would not operate, I tried the servo in a different receiver it worked fine, I tried the other receiver in another car and that was fine, after 30 minutes of having everything unplugged all my electric work ok again as long as I don’t use the lighting kit, 20 years of rc and never come across anything like that before, these are junk

[@AMPROEngineering]

What a pile. Thanks for info.

[@jasonlange8341]

I bought 1 of these and it came wired completely backwards and it fried my brushless esc. Get it replaced with exact same thing and none of the wires are in the correct places so now I need to lnow the correct spots for the diff colored bulbs cuz there's 4 spots that blink but it makes the blinkers stay on solid like parking lights I'm so irritated. Every other 1 of these I just hook everything up and it works fine

[@gw-1kenji186]

I recently got the same thing as well and boi it was a challenge to figure it out but finally i figured it out so maybe i could pm u on facebook?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Best place is IG.

[@paulodepablo3649]

I almost bought this XD, i almost got my ass handed.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah it is junk.

[@paulodepablo3649]

@@AMPROEngineering You're really the most underrated youtuber and the most under appreciated. Damn, I'll get you more subscriber dude. I'll go to an RC forum or group and advertise you. Don't worry dude.

[@audi0syst3m62]

is it possible to wire 2 Kits @ the same time ?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Hmm, I think it is possible but you may draw too much current from the receiver and burn it out.

[@audi0syst3m62]

@@AMPROEngineering so, is it a high risk to burn my reciever? Or would it be worth a try?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Well sounds like it worked for you! That's good.

[@fulgently]

Is this safe to use?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Safe, yes. Good, no. I cover much better ones on this channel.

[@fulgently]

@@AMPROEngineering which other do you recommend?

[@andresgarcia7757]

I think this thing keeps burning my receivers on the throttle channel. Anybody experienced the same?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh I have not seen that but honestly I am not surprised.

[@jasonlange8341]

Not my receiver but it did kill my esc

[@lylielylie8151]

Hello comment sa se branche ? Vous allez trop vite

[@AMPROEngineering]

il se connecte au récepteur.

[@ruileonardo4976]

what is the common sense rc link

[@AMPROEngineering]

I would google it. The addy changed.

[@lohwk998]

This is not TAMIYA product???

[@AMPROEngineering]

No it is not.

[@SB-sd6hs]

Just got a hg p407 trying to figure it out

[@AMPROEngineering]

Are you trying to figure out the truck or the light kit?

[@SB-sd6hs]

@@AMPROEngineering light kit

[@AMPROEngineering]

Is it this same kit? Does this video not cover something?

[@joeji7442]

Definitely fake. look at the Tamiya font. Totally different. Plug diagram does not correspond to plugs for sure. For some reason, mine makes the servo turn backwards. So, when I turn left, the lights flash left but the wheels turn right.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh yeah, 100% crap. One of the worst ones I have reviewed.

[@GastonMaqueda]

This is not a original Tamiya unit

[@AMPROEngineering]

Nope, it is just branded as such. It it bad.

[@JakeHarris2828]

its not a real tamiya product just for your info

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah that was my assumption.

[@SerxRox]

Its chinese, 8 bucks from aliexpress.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah, these are pretty bad.

[@theCrazyFrenchGuys]

At 15 dollars,it cannot be a real Tamiya product,the quality is not there

[@AMPROEngineering]

Agreed. It is bad.

[@defizr]

It's probably got blue lights because lots of emergency services round the world use blue lights

[@AMPROEngineering]

That would make perfect sense if this unit had a flashing operations. Sadly, this unit is totally worthless. It seems all of the ones I have found have blue lights for "drifting" though that still makes no sense to me.

[@defizr]

Thanks for the reviews BTW. I've just bought three sets of your last review from Aliexpress :-)

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh good!! I hope you like them!

[@paulodepablo3649]

Your time stamp/ titles are annoying XD. i dont know where i am now!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Time stamp?

[@paulodepablo3649]

@@AMPROEngineering Oh, i mean the title episode. I really don't know what product you're revieweing after i have clicked on the video and you'll give us a review about it.

[@ominousnefarious5919]

Tamiya does not make this light kit. Absolutely DO NOT make it. And I would like to mention that it ISN'T TAMIYA MADE!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah it is trash.