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Review: Zeus 20" 2nd Gen LED light bar from Olympus Off Road

18K views 77 replies 15 participants last post by  Owns24  
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
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Product
Zues 20" LED bar





Product Description
20" duel row cree LED light bar
126W CREE LED offroad light Size: 19.9"(L) x 4.21’’(H ) x 2.87’’(D) LEDs: 42 LED Watts: 42X3W CREE CHIP Total Watts: 126 Watts LED lifetime: 50000 hours Volts: Operates on 9-32 Volts DC; including 12 and 24 Volts Amps: 7.88amps on 12 volts, 3.94 amp on 24 volts Lumens: 8820LM LED Light Color: 6500K Electronics: Integrated Mount: Single Bolt M10 Shock: 60 G Vibration: 15.3G rms 24 -2000Hz Lens: PC Body: aluminum profile IP rating: IP67, IP6K9K, SAE J1455 Operating temperature: - 40˚C to + 85˚C Overheat protection (activates at +50°C)

Limited Lifetime warranty - Everything is covered with the exception of color fading on the housing.

MSRP
$245.00 USD

Void warranty?
No, well maybe mmmm NO

Reviewer's Vehicle
Make: GMC
Model: Canyon
Year: 2004
Engine: 3.5L
Miles: 215,025
NickName: SilverBitch

Product Analysis
Zeus Off Road lights are a product sold by Olympus Off Road.

Installation Analysis
Installation was pretty straight forward and can be mounted in several different ways.

Overall Opinion
I am VERY pleased with the quality and construction of this light bar. I was skeptical about it at first because it was priced so much below the competition but, was very surprised.

Link to website Olympus Off Road. http://www.olympusoffroad.com/

The lights housing lends itself to a wide range of mounting setups with it's track mount bottom.



I mounted the light to my new to me BullMaxx by SMAXX



You guys know night shots with an iPhone only leave you wondering what it's really like...




Low Beams..


Low/High Beams..


Low/High Beams and Light Bar..


Light Bar alone..


In the Driveway, Low Beam


Low/High


Low/High/Light Bar


better pics with a real camera..

Barn at 214 yds away....tree line at 243 yds...










Thanks to the crew at Olympus Off Road
 
#73 ·
Good let me know if/when you get it , glad to help I feel some what responsible as I told mark to check out Olympus in the first place
 
#69 ·
Matt , the led lights I have in my front bumper are wired into my factory fog wires , LEDs have less mp draw anyway so I'm good there , and my rear bumper lights are taped into my reverse light wiring and no issues there also
 
#71 ·
I know LEDs have such a less draw but I wasn't sure about these high powered light bars.

I already have projector LED bulbs for reverse and fogs, but my fogs could use much improvement. Reverse is nice and bright, but who says you can't go brighter!!! :D
 
#56 ·
Ok I just messaged Travis on Facebook , I see he has seen it but no response yet , I told him I'm trying to prevent Olympus getting put on blast but we will see . He used to live right near me and have been wheeling together , but he went out there for them to start there new big shop his wife and kids are still here
 
#55 ·
Yessir...all in the same box. The website says includes harness and thats what i got when i originally recieved it. When i returned it for exchange, cuz my wife ordered it and didnt kno about the light patterns, they sent one with no harness.

They recieved my return dec 18 and i finally got one back jan 20 after calling and emailing to find out where it was. So once i got it with no harness i emailed again and daniel said he would send one out. Still havent gotten it.

Kenny i think both of them were emailing me. And like i said i've called 3 different #'s and they always go to voicemail and i never have gotten a call back from anybody. Just called daniel again bout a half hour ago and left another message :shrug:
 
#54 ·
Question for you guys with these light bars?

I was looking at maybe getting some of the smaller ones for fog lights and reverse lights for my trailblazer. Would I have any issue hooking them up to the stock wires or do I need some added fuses/protection?
 
#67 ·
They come with a harness now, well, at least mine did.

Question for you guys with these light bars?

I was looking at maybe getting some of the smaller ones for fog lights and reverse lights for my trailblazer. Would I have any issue hooking them up to the stock wires or do I need some added fuses/protection?
I wired my two 6" right up to the stock colorado fog harness without issue. So you should be golden. :thumbup:

Mowen. It was in my wifes name, Gina. Order #AB-1381 on dec. 1

Thanks kenny.

...and Mark i think all their lightbars now come with harnesses.
Mark Cowan and Corey Mowen, coincidence? I think not! :lol:

Srslydoe, I'm sure they come with harnesses now, mine did (as stated above.)

:bump:

Thanks for skipping over me guys. No worries. Sum bitches!!!!
Gotchya Brosef! :givemebeer:
 
#51 ·
:mad: Still waiting...

Called 3 different phone #'s, go figure noone answers, left messages. No calls returned. Emailed thru their website again, no response. WTF?!?!? :hulk:

What a great way to run a business huh?! Needless to say I will never do business with them again. I'd rather pay 2x as much from someone else. I'd fly to fucking China and pick it up myself before I buy from them. Hell I could probably take a row boat and get it faster than even getting a response back from them.

Its been 3 months since the original order was placed. Over 2 months since I sent it back for exchange.
 
#50 ·
Weird, that's a bummer you're having that kind of experience. They were easy to work with for me. Anyways...

I would think that you would return everything for an exchange? At least it makes sense to me too. So you're not along on that one.

I guess in the future I'll have to make sure I clarify all of that if I ever encounter that type of situation. Granted, I didn't even use my harness at all. I just wired into the stock fog light harness.
 
#49 ·
Let me ask you guys this....

When you order a part that says it includes something and you return it for exchange, you return everything that was 'included' in the box am I correct? Please tell me if I'm wrong.

Well after 2 weeks of unreturned emails or calls and a month after olympus recieving my return for exchange, I send another not so pleasant email saying I havent gotten response from them or recieved my order.

Oh how quickly they respond this time! And tell me it was sent out and 'thats odd' that I didnt get it, but have no answer to why or how this happened. But said they will get another sent out immediately and how they could have charged me a restocking fee and shipping again but didnt. But originally told me when I first called, there was no fee on exchanges, only on returns.

Sooooo, DHL delivers my light yesterday and guess what? NO WIRING HARNESS! Now I'm pissed. Back to email I go. He says 'you didnt keep the harness?' No I returned everything that was 'included' as described on your website. Then tries telling me I was returning the light only and "you didnt ask for one...ugh...I guess we'll send one out on our dime" like I'm ripping them off.

Now I'm waiting on a harness so I can finally get it installed.