warning! jmdtoy drl
03-23-12, 01:45 PM
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If you take a step back to understand no one here is trying to tell you to eff up your car. But good lord, you're talking about electronics here. If you believe that everything made is going to be non-defective, well you're in for a rude awakening.
You have members telling you that they are using the same product, with no issue. Yet you're willing to write off a company due to one unfortuante incident, that happened to you.
What's to say that if they replace it, your item will not work perfect
03-23-12, 02:35 PM
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what did you plug the decoder into? LED DRL bulb or your existing halogen bulb? Why does it sound like you only bought 1 decoder? Anyways, iJDMtoy have decent products, i have used them in the past without any issues just like a lot of other members on here. Once in a while you will have bad luck and run into a defective product but as long as the seller is open to resolving the issue, i dont think it's fair to create an account on forums just to go bash them.
03-23-12, 04:16 PM
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If it makes you feel better Nalley Lexus salesman burned my clutch, I really wanted out of my car, but I took the time, emailed the right people and guess what, I am getting a new clutch, flywheel, and release bearing at no cost to me (except a 30K service lolz). Don't just give up my friend, you paid for it, you deserve for the product to work and you deserve good customer service! My few cents of the day
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03-24-12, 09:17 AM
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OP, just contact iJDMtoy so they can correct the issue... tell them how bad your feelings were hurt.
03-24-12, 09:51 AM
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I would contact the company and see what they can do for you.
Another thing you could do is disconnect your battery and just touch the pos/neg of the DRL onto the battery and see if the DRL lights up, its isolated from the electrical system of your car so you can troubleshoot the DRL itself without jeopardizing your electrical system.
Another thing you could do is disconnect your battery and just touch the pos/neg of the DRL onto the battery and see if the DRL lights up, its isolated from the electrical system of your car so you can troubleshoot the DRL itself without jeopardizing your electrical system.
03-24-12, 11:30 AM
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It's because you matched the wires wrong. Depending on the car, which wires are positive and negatives. The decoder plug also has a positive and negative. You have to match them, so most likely flip the plug upside on the decoder and plug into the car. It happened to me because i matched the +/- wrong and now it's fine. I'm assuming you plugged it in the way that it'll clip together... and then smoke came out... meaning it's matched wrong. So flip the plug upside down and then plug it. Electrical tape it so it stays plugged and you should be good to go. Well, it depends because maybe now your decoder is fried. Mine smoked a little when i plugged it wrong but it works now. Didn't fry it.
03-24-12, 11:42 AM
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The directions that came with mine told me to install the plug upsidedown. Exactly what bwl said above me. I'm assuming the OP installed it without reading the directions/diagrams.
03-24-12, 02:19 PM
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I can't count the times I've bought lighting from iJDMtoy. Their products are high quality and I've never had an issue. I've had their LED DRL's with the prototype slim decodes for like 5 months now and haven't had any issues. Before you go around talking wax about a company for one faulty piece of equiptment, give it another chance. Lighting mods are tricky. They have great customer service, by the way
03-24-12, 04:49 PM
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Wow! I thought I wasn't the only one! I had the same damn problem, the decoder started to Smoke up once I turned on my lights... I did complain and they just gave me another decoder. Hopefully this time it wont have a problem.
03-24-12, 06:00 PM
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hmmmm i had my DRL and interior led bulbs for almost 3 years and only one DRL bulb burnt out recently.. I understand what you're trying to say, but lets put it this way.. you were lucky and smart enough to try them out before you drove off.. you know why, you said you're been around cars for a long time, so you should basically understand there are many defects out there.. Like everyone's trying to say, give it another chance bro. Everyone makes mistakes and we understand you're just mad cause it almost messed up your ride. just my opinion 