Owners of JDM headlights.....

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EMT/SRT

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..... is anyone having a lamp out indicator come on and then you get out to see which one and they ALL work. Has happened about 5 times. Sometimes I can just turn the lights off and back on and it goes away. But my dad has the same lights and his keeps blowing the left turn signal bulb. I don't see where it can be JDM's fault. All we changed was the lenses. But it happened a day after the install and now it blows that bulb about 1-2 days after replacing it. We are on the 4th bulb now. And there is no moisture in the lense. Just curious if anyone has experience with this? TIA
 
Hmmm... :dontknow:

I was just gonna buy some on eBay, now I'm not so sure. You think it might be water/condensation on the bulb itself, not just inside the housing?
 
No idea. I wouldn't be scared to buy a set. I bought ours off of Ebay. Best 100 bucks I've spent on the looks of my truck. I love em!
 
How well does the bulb fit in the housing? Is it tight? Is a little loose it may wiggle a little,just enough to blow out the element? OR what about trying a LED bulb? just some idea's for ya.
 
EMT/SRT said:
No idea. I wouldn't be scared to buy a set. I bought ours off of Ebay. Best 100 bucks I've spent on the looks of my truck. I love em!
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Cool...I was thinking 'bout doing that along with the XenonDepot's summer sale deal.

Sounds like it could be grounding out or something...I dunno...:dontknow:

Good luck gettin' 'er fixed!
 
What are the differences between the JDM lights? I see some have ambers, some are clears, some are halos.....and some seem to be covers with HID's.
I am just trying to make an educated decision.

Thanks


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sounds like one of your tail lamp strips are overheaitng and shorting out. I have those same headlamps and there should be no reason why they would cause lamp out light. remove your tail lamps and strips and inspect the contacts for any sign of overheating.
 
Like Mopar Connection said it is probably in the rear bulbs. The rear overheats with extended brake light use and melts the socket where the bulb plugs in. My JDM headlights are about 3 years old and the plastic lens is starting to show little tiny cracks in the surface.
 
TheMoparConnection said:
sounds like one of your tail lamp strips are overheaitng and shorting out. I have those same headlamps and there should be no reason why they would cause lamp out light. remove your tail lamps and strips and inspect the contacts for any sign of overheating.
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Thanks for bringing this back up. I haven't had the "lamp out" light come on in months. I tinted my tails so it must have been a connection on the tails.
 
I have a set of these headlights on since Aug 08. Bought them from 3rdstrike. Mine keep getting condenstation on the inside. Especially after a car wash. Anybody else have this problem?

Also the socket for the passenger side does not want to seem to hold the buld tightly and the parking light goes out. Also the sockets are rotated 180 degrees from stock so you can not use the stock socket. Try it sometime you will see what I mean. Guess that is how they got around copying the stock headlight.
 
SlvrSnake said:
I have a set of these headlights on since Aug 08. Bought them from 3rdstrike. Mine keep getting condenstation on the inside. Especially after a car wash. Anybody else have this problem?

Also the socket for the passenger side does not want to seem to hold the buld tightly and the parking light goes out. Also the sockets are rotated 180 degrees from stock so you can not use the stock socket. Try it sometime you will see what I mean. Guess that is how they got around copying the stock headlight.
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yep. mine started showin up with the cold weather.

heard tell you can put them in an oven @ about 250 to 300 till completely heated through. pull the lense off & run a bead of sillycon & reassemble with no probs:congrats: :congrats: :rock: :rock:
 
Run a bead of silicon around where the clear lense meets the black housing? I know it sound obvious, just checking.

I am not blowing any bulbs, yet, but there is alot of condensantion getting in there. I took pics and can post them if someone wants to see them.
 
had the condensation problem on a OEM headlight (my 99' ram). pulled it out, and dried it out with a hair-dryer. actually, you would think just having the lights on would dry them out.:dontknow:
 
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