Crap damn it!! this is the third time already stupid DDE's.... I dunno why this keeps happening I just got 2 new Ballasts for the DDEs and and 2 new rings that I put in like 3 months ago and now here we go again one damn ring wont light up all the way it stays pink! Yes I did leave it warm up and everything but still no go like the ones before.... Ima have to replace the SOB again.... bake the headlight and all for the 4th time!! Gah!!! It always seems to happen right after the temperature drops but then it wont come back it just stops working!? These are hardwired by the way, is anyone else having this problem?! Pics below

Properly working DDE's:


PINK EYE:


AGAIN:

 

It does suck....just get new rings, and buy extra this time. that's what i had to do. not really sure why it does that, but every now and again. hopefully i won't have to mess with these anymore and they start working right.

 

Ahh, man that sucks. I was planning on buying a set of these. Do they happen to do this all the time? Have others here had similar problems? I would hate to keep opening these up and having to deal with these problems. Greeneyes, do you run these when the outside temperature is cold? If so, maybe the cold has an effect on them when powered.

 

yea....that does suck....i was gonna get some too....but it looks like im not....good luck man....

question: have you checked your grounds??....make sure they are independent grounds....its worth a try if you already havent...

 

possibly low voltage? Just a guess.

 

yea i just ordered a new ring and ballast for the right side. my rings never stay attached to the headlights so they break. hopefully the glue i ordered from unitzma works this time. 2nd replacement ring in the past 4 months.

 

send an email to unimitza and complain about it... maybe they will cut you a break on the replacement

 

I had my DDEs since october...saaame problem. i called them and they are sending me another ring for just $10 shipping. they covered the ring. but sometimes cold weather will make one of the bigger rings not light up, needs quite some time to come on. put ur highbeams on and let it sit for up to a half hour DRIVING or running and if it still doesnt come on than uy need a new ring. this is overall a great product though.

 

Gah!!! Yeah I did leave my car on for like an hour with the high beams on to warm up the headlight still no go..... This is going to be the 4th time opening up that headlight!! I thought the cold start issues were solved according to Umnitza!? I still love the look of these on my car so yeah i want to fix them but I dunno how much more my headlights are going to last with all the times Ive been baking them. Yes this happened to me before and had to do the same change the ring...... Im just kinda mad I have to do it again.......

 

Email Matt at Umnitza - He's a stand up guy and I'm sure he'll work with you to get this resolved. I've been running mine with no issues for a year or so now. Couldn't be happier. So don't worry, there are plenty of happy customers out there.

 

Got tired of mine not working properly, which is why I got rid of them.

 

Sorry to see man. I have been seeing more and more issues with them. Kinda weird becuase for the longest time I didn't hear anything bad about them.

 

pink eye! Yes, that happened to be before. The cold weather was the culprit.

 

Ditto.


Dont mind the crappy camera quality, waiting for spring to reopen these headlights back up.

 

its not the ring

its the ballast

 

Same thing happened to me, but I know what happened to mine. I was wrapping the wires coming out of the headlight with electrical tape. Apparently, I tugged too hard on one and it completely came out of the ring. Since one wire is still attached, I have a half lit ring, same pink/purpleish color from the half lit side. Anyhow, I had covered my headlights with Lamin-X film before they started giving me problems, so now Im not sure how to open the headlight housing up without ruining the film. And to make matters worse, the inside ring on the other side will not work either, I believe its a bad ballast. Needless to say, I have left it alone for a while. I hate to not fix it considering the money and time Ive already spend on the setup, I just hate that they require so much maintenance. Quick question....have you been applying any additional "adhesive" to the headlight housing to make sure it seats properly since youve opened them up 3 times already? Good luck on your problem.