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Old May 23, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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Drl's from Vivid

Had mine installed today at dealer. They look terrible. Passenger side leds are all different shades of white to yellow. Called customer service and was told that the first 40 sets were not tested at Vivid, but only tested at their manufacturer because they knew we were in a hurry to get them so they rushed them out. Also told to take a pic of the lights so they could verify they were not right. Bad Quality control!!! Not too happy because i will have to pay the dealer to take off the bumper and reinstall the other set. Hopefully Dan will rectify it. So just a note to the other first 40 of you out there, hope you have better luck with yours!

Update: The lights are working the same on both sides. The yellow went away on the passenger side. Took three days for the lights to work right. So going to keep these in for now and see what happens. 5/29/12
 

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Old May 23, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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Not surprised...I bet Dan steps up as he won't want to hurt his rep on a new product.
 

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Old May 23, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Wow. Thats a pretty bold thing to say. I presume u are speaking from experience??
 
Old May 23, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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Made my own switchback drls by modding my oem housings on my 997tt, bout 1/3 of the price, looks perfect
 
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Damn. I just got my set yesterday. OP, how much did the dealer charge for the install? I see that another guy did it himself but it took 5 hours. I don't really want to pay the dealer but I don't have 5 spare hours these days (3rd baby coming reaaaal soon).
 
Old May 23, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Get eu to do it for u
 
Old May 23, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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Have some faith and give Vivid an opportunity to take care of the issue. I have a similar issue and have found Vivid to be very professional! By the way, how much did the dealer charge you for the install and how long did it take them?
 
Old May 24, 2012 | 06:34 AM
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just have to take off the bumper and plug n play - at least if Vivids setup is like the one we put together. Shouldn't be any re-wiring etc.

The turn signal assemblies are made by Koito in Japan, same manufacture as our headlights.

Pretty easy to remove, just one clip and a screw - but unfortunately has to be accessed from the backside of the bumper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK84B...ature=youtu.be
 
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Hmm, this seems strange. As Vivid took their time to get a perfect product with attention to detail and now they would ship out in a rush?
 
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Originally Posted by TRSMatt
just have to take off the bumper and plug n play - at least if Vivids setup is like the one we put together. Shouldn't be any re-wiring etc.

The turn signal assemblies are made by Koito in Japan, same manufacture as our headlights.

Pretty easy to remove, just one clip and a screw - but unfortunately has to be accessed from the backside of the bumper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK84B...ature=youtu.be
Who put yours together?

John
 
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That is my plan (I presume you mean Autowerks)! Just wanted to get an idea how many hours the dealer charged for the install.

I'm gonna wait till someone can demonstrate how to test these before installing them.
 
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Who put yours together?

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My company did, but since we're not technically a sponsor here Ill just leave it at that
 
Old May 24, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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Ok thanks.

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This would be very very disappointing given how long everyone waited for these after paying up front. Exactly the kind of aftermarket experience non of us want.
Hopefully we hear about some successful installs very soon ...
 
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Had my lights installed by Tillson in Philadelphia. They are perfectionists and installed them as I would do if I had the time. All wiring was soldered and properly strapped as if the factory had installed these! Great job!
 


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