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LifeTime LED Headlights??

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Chris24, Nov 27, 2013.

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  1. Jul 15, 2014 at 4:48 PM
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  2. Jul 15, 2014 at 8:59 PM
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    Fyi, i got notice that my new lights have shipped. Hopefully they will be the new style.
     
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  3. Jul 16, 2014 at 10:48 AM
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    Update: Overall love the lights but I had to contact Lifetime for the 4th time today for a failure. I have had the LED H4 headlights since February 6th. Today's issue is drivers side low beam out. Luckily I have the time to swap ballast and figure out the issue and they are very good at resolving the issue but its beginning to make me wonder.
     
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  4. Jul 16, 2014 at 2:08 PM
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    Just a few LEDs...
    These are reportedly made from high quality USA made parts :oldglory:........ but are assembled in China. :mad:

    I have not had any trouble with mine...yet. I actually got my headlight bulbs through AutoAnything where they were marketed under PlasmaGlow's name and only carry a 2 year warranty.

    I got the H11-f fog light bulbs from Lifetime. I'm still very confident that they will both last and perform well.
     
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  5. Jul 17, 2014 at 3:50 AM
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    I received the below from Lifetime yesterday afternoon.


    We have recently discoveredan issue with the CREE chips that are used in our H4 headlight replacements. Wewill warranty The H4 replacement but we can not use the current chipset modelthat we have. The New chipsets will arrive in a couple weeks and we willreplace any defective H4 headlights with a new set. We are sorry for anyinconvenience this may cause but we want you to have the best quality product.We will keep you informed on when they should be ready to ship.
     
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  6. Jul 17, 2014 at 1:20 PM
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    Add me to the defect list, driver low beam started flickering one night, next day it was completely dead :( I've had them for two months at most.
     
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  7. Jul 19, 2014 at 8:01 AM
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    So, I just thought I would let everyone know that my replacements just showed up at the house last night... There was no communication what so ever that they were coming so if you have contacted them about the issue be ready for them to show up lol
     
    InTheRough, Jul 19, 2014
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  8. Jul 20, 2014 at 6:13 PM
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    I saw they were testing a 70 watt set. I'm interested in those
     
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  9. Jul 24, 2014 at 10:17 AM
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    I finally got around to swapping them out and took a couple pictures of the different unit.

    The new light unit has a larger ass end and fan. Not sure of the technical specs differences between the two. The driver looks to be the same.

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  10. Jul 24, 2014 at 11:10 AM
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    What is the diameter of the new fan housing?

    That is a radical difference.
     
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  11. Jul 24, 2014 at 11:20 AM
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    Jester243 all I wanted was a god dang picture of a hotdog...

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    some of this, a little of that
    when you got the replacements was the mounting flange bent like the originals?
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  12. Jul 24, 2014 at 11:48 AM
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    I will measure when I get home. I didn't have any issues with mounting them though.

    They mount the same way but mine wasn't as bent as yours. Mine sat pretty flush. They did have better packaging with a foam holder.
     
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  13. Jul 24, 2014 at 1:05 PM
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    some of this, a little of that
    Are they still the cree LED's or have they gone to something else for the replacements?
     
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  14. Jul 24, 2014 at 2:32 PM
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    They are still using CREE LED's. This is what they said to me in an email:

    "We have recently discovered an issue with the CREE chips that are used in our H4 headlight replacements. We will warranty The H4 replacement but we can not use the current chipset model that we have. The New chipsets will arrive in a couple weeks and we will replace any defective H4 headlights with a new set."
     
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  15. Jul 24, 2014 at 3:05 PM
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    Old housing is 1 9/16".
    New housing is 2 1/8".
     
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  16. Jul 24, 2014 at 3:18 PM
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    some of this, a little of that
    that might not be the new "redesign", here is a post from may 19th from here: http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/foru...stall-lifetime-led-headlights-how-wow-20.html

    His replacement was the smaller bodied fan, kinda weird
     
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  17. Jul 24, 2014 at 5:04 PM
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    Not sure why that is but mine was the complete opposite. My originals (small housing) failed and they sent me the new ones (large housing) as a replacement... If what your saying is true then they sent me the old model as a replacement for the new model and the new model is the one that failed. Seems kind of backwards to me.
     
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  18. Jul 24, 2014 at 5:22 PM
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    Jester243 all I wanted was a god dang picture of a hotdog...

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    some of this, a little of that
    Not sure, I was pretty confused on that myself, just wanted to mention it
     
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    i have had so many issues with hids i think im going to try the leds next
     
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