Hid's not working (morimoto)

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Hey guys I've had the morimoto hids for about a year now absolutely love them. I've had no problems up untill now. I got into my truck and neither side works. I have a 2015 and bought everything from Jeremy at retroshop. Canbus adapters, projector adapters and everything needed to convert from no projector to projector headlights. I haven't had anytime to dive into it yet but was in contact with Jeremy and he Said to pinpoint the problem and he'll take care of it. Has anyone else had this problem that could lead me in the right direction where to start? I have no bulb out messages but I did notice that the ballast don't hum when I first turn the truck on. I'm hoping to have some time tomorrow to look at it but any help would be appreciated.
 

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Hey guys I've had the morimoto hids for about a year now absolutely love them. I've had no problems up untill now. I got into my truck and neither side works. I have a 2015 and bought everything from Jeremy at retroshop. Canbus adapters, projector adapters and everything needed to convert from no projector to projector headlights. I haven't had anytime to dive into it yet but was in contact with Jeremy and he Said to pinpoint the problem and he'll take care of it. Has anyone else had this problem that could lead me in the right direction where to start? I have no bulb out messages but I did notice that the ballast don't hum when I first turn the truck on. I'm hoping to have some time tomorrow to look at it but any help would be appreciated.
If you are using their relay harness, I would start by removing it and wire the HID back into the stock wiring. That is what was causing all my problems.
 

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Yes I used their adapter.
The quad to projector adapter or the relay harness? If your using the relay harness I’d remove it and change the headlights to HID with Alfa. I fought with them for months until the fine folks here had me remove it. No problems since.

The quad to projector adapter is fine
 
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The quad to projector adapter or the relay harness? If your using the relay harness I’d remove it and change the headlights to HID with Alfa. I fought with them for months until the fine folks here had me remove it. No problems since.

The quad to projector adapter is fine
The quad to projector harness. Also used their Mopar harness. I bought everything needed to convert from non projector to projectors and also everything needed to put in the hid's. All from retroshop. Great company!
 

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The quad to projector harness. Also used their Mopar harness. I bought everything needed to convert from non projector to projectors and also everything needed to put in the hid's. All from retroshop. Great company!
They did stand behind their products and kept sending me replacement parts but the relay harness just causes issues.
 

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I had issues with my morimoto kit a few months ago. Worked flawlessly for about a year then started having issues. One side dropped off replaced the ignitor, nothing, then the ballast, worked for a few weeks then came out one day and both sides were dead. Had 3 ballasts take scrap on me. Swapped my 35w ballasts in and been issue free for months now.

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On my “old truck” I had an issue with the harness... it would turn the light on randomly in the middle of the night and if go out on the rain and disconnect the battery.
Replaced the harness and all was good.
 
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I also have the 35w ballast. For some reason today they both worked just fine so not sure what's up. I only drive it a day or two a week if that sometimes. I've yet to actually dive in and check things out. Hopefully this weekend I can do that.
 
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