hectikart
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It has been less than a week since I installed my Hella 500FF's on my bumper and I'm already having problems with them. I did some searching on here and alot of people seem to like them, but so far I'm very unimpressed...
Wired them properly, according to instructions with the relay and switch..except I used all heat shrink crimps, eyelets etc. instead of the cheap parts it came with. Had it all wired up last Wednesday and everything was working great, except the switch didn't illuminate like it is supposed to. I also noticed they weren't sealed very well, so I tried to make somewhat of a seal with petroleum jelly between the lens and housing to keep water out...one of them has already fogged up despite this.
I did some moderate off-road driving Sunday night. They did fine, got back to my friends house, no problems. Jeep sat for a few hours and when I went to go home they wouldn't come on. I checked all my connections and everything seemed fine. Checked the lights by keeping them grounded and touching the positive to the battery...one worked...fogged up light did not come on. Opened the housing, filament in the bulb had completely broken off...not burnt out, broken off completely...plus the entire housing was loose inside, probably why the seal was worse on that side than the other. Even still, wired everything back up and neither work.
Has anyone else had problems with Hellas? I bought them thinking they were fairly good, but I need something that is going to hold up on trails...not just look pretty. They really don't seem like that great of quality. But this is my first set, so maybe I just got a bad set? I'm definitely returning them....and thinking about switching to KC daylighters. Anyone have a good recommendation? I was hoping to keep it under $150 for a pair.
Wired them properly, according to instructions with the relay and switch..except I used all heat shrink crimps, eyelets etc. instead of the cheap parts it came with. Had it all wired up last Wednesday and everything was working great, except the switch didn't illuminate like it is supposed to. I also noticed they weren't sealed very well, so I tried to make somewhat of a seal with petroleum jelly between the lens and housing to keep water out...one of them has already fogged up despite this.
I did some moderate off-road driving Sunday night. They did fine, got back to my friends house, no problems. Jeep sat for a few hours and when I went to go home they wouldn't come on. I checked all my connections and everything seemed fine. Checked the lights by keeping them grounded and touching the positive to the battery...one worked...fogged up light did not come on. Opened the housing, filament in the bulb had completely broken off...not burnt out, broken off completely...plus the entire housing was loose inside, probably why the seal was worse on that side than the other. Even still, wired everything back up and neither work.
Has anyone else had problems with Hellas? I bought them thinking they were fairly good, but I need something that is going to hold up on trails...not just look pretty. They really don't seem like that great of quality. But this is my first set, so maybe I just got a bad set? I'm definitely returning them....and thinking about switching to KC daylighters. Anyone have a good recommendation? I was hoping to keep it under $150 for a pair.