Brownie, a 1978 Ford F-150, parked in front of the KC HiLiTES stone monument in Flagstaff. The KC mark is mounted on the stacked-stone wall above the truck, five KC lights sit on the roll bar and one on the front bumper, with pines and a clouded blue sky behind.

2026 Supporting-tier sponsor of Mother Road Run

KC HiLiTES

Getting to bring Brownie to KC during The Mother Road Run was really special.

KC HiLiTES was both a product partner and an emotional stop on the trip. KC lights helped define the look of Brownie, giving the truck the classic adventure style I grew up loving.

01An hour from Flagstaff

The idea forms on camera in Arizona — KC is based out of Flagstaff, and we are only about an hour away. Then the decision, then the drive, then the arrival.

02Full circle

KC lights, Bigfoot, lifted trucks, and classic Ford style all shaped my childhood love of trucks. He says the same thing in the truck, in his own words, about the things he can vividly remember.

Solomon at the wheel of Brownie in sunglasses and a patterned shirt, one hand on the wooden steering wheel, pines running past the open window. — Full circle

like Bigfoot and KC up there as far as like childhood memories of things that I can vividly remember. You remember seeing KC lights on big trucks.

00:26:38

Episode 10

The receipts

Every line below is a moment from the tape, with the second it happens at. Open any one of them and the video starts there.

00:18:31
Episode 10
“KC HiLiTES is based out of Flagstaff and we're only like an hour from Flagstaff. I wonder if I should ask...”
00:23:43
Episode 10
“right now we're driving to KC HiLiTES. We're going to get a tour over there. Figured if we're going through Flagstaff, we should go say what's up.”
00:24:35
Episode 10
“Yeah, you made it. This is Taylor. We're here at KC HiLiTES.”
00:00:18
The factory film
“I pulled in and I was like you know what, I need to re-park because how do we not park right under this? You gotta be front center. Dude, I'm actually here ... this is Taylor, we're here at KC”
00:13:33
Episode 01
“the eight-inch KC slim light”
00:05:43
The factory film
“Our founder wall, right? So, KC, Peter Kim, his middle name, Peter Kim Brown, and his wife, Carol.”

Lines are quoted as the transcript of the tape carries them. Each one was checked against the video before it was allowed onto this page.

Inside the KC HiLiTES factory, in full
The Flagstaff visit from episode 10, start to finish.

miles of Route 66: 2,500+miles of Route 66
states: 8states
2026: Jun 3-192026
film made on it: 1film made on it

Visiting KC HiLiTES in Flagstaff was one of the coolest full-circle moments of the entire journey.

Solomon

Mother Road Run

2026 Supporting-tier sponsor of Mother Road Run

KC HiLiTES

Getting to bring Brownie to KC during The Mother Road Run was really special.

KC HiLiTES was both a product partner and an emotional stop on the trip. KC lights helped define the look of Brownie, giving the truck the classic adventure style I grew up loving.

01An hour from Flagstaff

The idea forms on camera in Arizona — KC is based out of Flagstaff, and we are only about an hour away. Then the decision, then the drive, then the arrival.

02Full circle

KC lights, Bigfoot, lifted trucks, and classic Ford style all shaped my childhood love of trucks. He says the same thing in the truck, in his own words, about the things he can vividly remember.

like Bigfoot and KC up there as far as like childhood memories of things that I can vividly remember. You remember seeing KC lights on big trucks.

00:26:38

Episode 10

The receipts

Every line below is a moment from the tape, with the second it happens at. Open any one of them and the video starts there.

00:18:31
Episode 10
“KC HiLiTES is based out of Flagstaff and we're only like an hour from Flagstaff. I wonder if I should ask...”
00:23:43
Episode 10
“right now we're driving to KC HiLiTES. We're going to get a tour over there. Figured if we're going through Flagstaff, we should go say what's up.”
00:24:35
Episode 10
“Yeah, you made it. This is Taylor. We're here at KC HiLiTES.”
00:00:18
The factory film
“I pulled in and I was like you know what, I need to re-park because how do we not park right under this? You gotta be front center. Dude, I'm actually here ... this is Taylor, we're here at KC”
00:13:33
Episode 01
“the eight-inch KC slim light”
00:05:43
The factory film
“Our founder wall, right? So, KC, Peter Kim, his middle name, Peter Kim Brown, and his wife, Carol.”

Lines are quoted as the transcript of the tape carries them. Each one was checked against the video before it was allowed onto this page.

miles of Route 66: 2,500+miles of Route 66
states: 8states
2026: Jun 3-192026
film made on it: 1film made on it

Visiting KC HiLiTES in Flagstaff was one of the coolest full-circle moments of the entire journey.

Solomon

Mother Road Run

KC HiLiTES

01An hour from Flagstaff

02Full circle

The moment

The receipts

Watch it in full

Inside the KC HiLiTES factory, in full

What KC HiLiTES was part of

KC HiLiTES

01An hour from Flagstaff

02Full circle

The moment

The receipts

Watch it in full

Inside the KC HiLiTES factory, in full

What KC HiLiTES was part of