New Baja Designs LP6 DOT headlights initial review and issues

[Snow1er]

Hey all,

First off I really like they way they look and they installed easily. But.... the issues came at night. I followed the aiming directions and started with the three screws flush with the bracket.

Took my family to dinner in daylight hoping to admire the lights on the drive home. When we got out it was dark. I turned on the lights and the lowbeams were so high noone flashed me because they were above their heads and up in the trees. So I drove to a dark wall behind the building and did the 25ft measurements and taped a line on the wall. My lights were feet above the line. So I removed the top of the grill and tried adjusting the lights. Pulled the bottom screws all the way in and the top one is almost falling out. Still above people's heads and now in their faces.

Get home much to the distress of all the oncoming cars...

So if the adjustment is maxxed I decide to shim the bracket to the frame. Shimmed the top two holes to the frame by about 3/8 of an inch and that helped alot but could use more.

As I am buttoning things up I hear two very loud pops in order. The nuts welded to the bracket give up and tear off one

Maybe tomorrow I'll drill out the brackets , rattlecan the mess and bolt it up with new stronger hardware.

I am very happy with the looks, and the light output (for what was on the road) but a little sad it didn't just work for the price.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Oh yah,

Artec skids, front Artec nighthawk bumper w/ HF winch, rear Artec wrap bumper with hitch.
Lietner rack nothing on it. One 37in MT baja boss spare in bed. Metal cloak 3.5 GC lift. That's the heavy stuff that might change beam angle.

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[Stan H]

Hey all,

First off I really like they way they look and they installed easily. But.... the issues came at night. I followed the aiming directions and started with the three screws flush with the bracket.

Took my family to dinner in daylight hoping to admire the lights on the drive home. When we got out it was dark. I turned on the lights and the lowbeams were so high noone flashed me because they were above their heads and up in the trees. So I drove to a dark wall behind the building and did the 25ft measurements and taped a line on the wall. My lights were feet above the line. So I removed the top of the grill and tried adjusting the lights. Pulled the bottom screws all the way in and the top one is almost falling out. Still above people's heads and now in their faces.

Get home much to the distress of all the oncoming cars...

So if the adjustment is maxxed I decide to shim the bracket to the frame. Shimmed the top two holes to the frame by about 3/8 of an inch and that helped alot but could use more.

As I am buttoning things up I hear two very loud pops in order. The nuts welded to the bracket give up and tear off one

Maybe tomorrow I'll drill out the brackets , rattlecan the mess and bolt it up with new stronger hardware.

I am very happy with the looks, and the light output (for what was on the road) but a little sad it didn't just work for the price.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Oh yah,

Artec skids, front Artec nighthawk bumper w/ HF winch, rear Artec wrap bumper with hitch.
Lietner rack nothing on it. One 37in MT baja boss spare in bed. Metal cloak 3.5 GC lift. That's the heavy stuff that might change beam angle.

What brand of headlights.

 

[Snow1er]

What brand of headlights.

The new Baja Designs LP6 DOT lights.

 

[Snow1er]

So, I bought some new hardware and bolted it all back together. The weld nuts on one bracket had 2/3 already popped off and the third one came off super easy. On the other side it took some effort to pop two of them off and one was barely on there. I'll find out tonight if the bolts are long enough to provide the adjustment needed to make these lights work.

Also, I was not wrenching hard or using power tools to break these brackets. I used my baby 1/4in ratchet the whole time.

I'll update tomorrow if I am able to adjust them enough to use in the street.

 

[ericw.]

I understand the frustration and desire to wanting these to work without downtime but why not just call Baja Designs and have them warranty these?

I would be worried about voiding the warranty if they're modified.

 

[AmosMoses]

All these aftermarket manufacturers and none of them hold a candle to the quality of factory headlight and tailights. Bravo mopar.

 

[ericw.]

All these aftermarket manufacturers and none of them hold a candle to the quality of factory headlight and tailights. Bravo mopar.

I'm sure there's plenty of examples of OEM parts failures at Mopar. Baja Designs is awesome, they're a high end company and I'm confident that they'll take care of this better than a Jeep dealer would.

 

[AmosMoses]

Definitely but the led lights from mopar are top notch. Oracle headlights are good but oem better and more robust design. Oracle flush rail lights look great but quality is hit or miss. Diode dynamics headlights are cool and well made but adjustment is cumbersome. Obviously baja designs needs to rethink something on these as well.

 

[D_JT]

I 100% would be contacting Baja Designs. But, keep in mind. When customers report problems, that also allows to keep track of reoccurring problems and allows them to make changes to fix those problems.

 

[Snow1er]

I 100% would be contacting Baja Designs. But, keep in mind. When customers report problems, that also allows to keep track of reoccurring problems and allows them to make changes to fix those problems.

Agreed, I'll be reaching out to them. If those nuts had been installed on the other side of the plate they would have been in compression against the plate rather than tension. Also if the fusion had been more thorough they would have not popped.

 

[Snow1er]

I understand the frustration and desire to wanting these to work without downtime but why not just call Baja Designs and have them warranty these?

I would be worried about a voiding the warranty if they're modified.

I doubt taking one of the weld nuts off the plate voids a warranty if the other two popped off sitting in my parking spot. I'm just thankful it didn't happen driving home. I am also curious why i couldn't get them to aim down enough, even with thr adjustments maxed out.

 

[ericw.]

I doubt taking one of the weld nuts off the plate voids a warranty if the other two popped off sitting in my parking spot. I'm just thankful it didn't happen driving home. I am also curious why i couldn't get them to aim down enough, even with thr adjustments maxed out.

Is it possible that the brackets are specific to L/R side and you got the mixed up? Or they're assembled wrong from factory?

Might be some adjustment tricks. I think contacting Baja Designs is the best route, either way. They answer their phone and have great customer service in my experience.

 

[Snow1er]

I reached out to Baja Designs and they are looking into it.

 

[ericw.]

I reached out to Baja Designs and they are looking into it.

Update us when there's a resolution (or not). I'm curious because I just picked up 6 more lights from them for the build. (Squadron, S2, and S1)

 

[Snow1er]

Is it possible that the brackets are specific to L/R side and you got the mixed up? Or they're assembled wrong from factory?

Might be some adjustment tricks. I think contacting Baja Designs is the best route, either way. They answer their phone and have great customer service in my experience.

The brackets 100% have a left and right (driver and passenger) side. Each bracket comes in a bag with a part number and there is a paper that says which is which. I think the locator pins and how the brackets are shaped would make it almost impossible to cross up

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