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To the guys that Morimoto installed - have you had any issue with your lights? If so, please describe what your issues were, how long have you been running the lights, etc. I heard some were having issues with the bulbs losing output, etc...

 

I myself have not had a single issue with my Morimoto 35w kit over the last 4-5 months. But then again I don't do a ton of night time driving.

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FORGIVEN06 Enthusiast

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I've had my 3five kit for about 2 months now and I love it! No issues

 

 

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Hamilton2400 Enthusiast

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I've had it installed for over 2 months now. No problems what so ever and absolutely love them.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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I had a bulb go out after a few months. When I put one of my 9011 bulbs in for a short time, I could see that it was the same brightness as the remaining HID bulb. When the new HID bulb came, I could see it is much brighter than the old one. I'm guessing something like 30%

Jakob Enthusiast

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I had a bad ballast when I first installed mine, the lights wouldn't turn off.. Morimoto sent me one (albeit, via ground so i had to wait 3 days), but it worked perfectly after that. 2 months and they're great. - 35W with 6000k bulbs

FORGIVEN06 Enthusiast

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Ive been having a new problem that has happen twice, not sure whats causing it but the drivers side light will stay on when I turn the lights to the off position in the cab, even tried turning truck off then restarting and this all happened during the day when the lights shouldnt be on in the first place. Also noticed when this was happening that the passager side light doesnt even come on at all. After a few hours I noticed it go off and then everything work as it should, weird.... as a side note does anyone experience a buzzing sound coming from one of the relays of the kit? Ive also noticed this to be quite annoying

smcgillis10 Enthusiast

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Ive been having a new problem that has happen twice, not sure whats causing it but the drivers side light will stay on when I turn the lights to the off position in the cab, even tried turning truck off then restarting and this all happened during the day when the lights shouldnt be on in the first place. Also noticed when this was happening that the passager side light doesnt even come on at all. After a few hours I noticed it go off and then everything work as it should, weird.... as a side note does anyone experience a buzzing sound coming from one of the relays of the kit? Ive also noticed this to be quite annoying

Normally when a relay is bussing you have DRLs and the way they operate is a "pulse" signal. You probably need to install a capacitor in your wiring to smooth out the signal from a pulse to a constant signal.

FORGIVEN06 Enthusiast

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If your relay is buzzing, you need to check the resistor setuo for correct orientation.

Like maybe I have the wires crossed? It only does it sometimes too....

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