I think it's pretty sleazy when companies do things like this.
You see it in the gun world where up market brands buy generic magazines and slap their name on them to sell for double or more the price.
Or perhaps they do like Sears eventually did with their cordless tool batteries. That the one you buy has the warranty but the one they replace it with under warranty...does not.
Seems to me it would be in @ORACLE Lighting best interests to simply have the factory in China revamp the design so...
I wasn't disparaging the product. Simply pointing out the reality of getting things made in China.
The Chinese can build quality things as long as the company holds their feet to the fire. I own a Stevens (Savage) shotgun that is made in China and it is just fine.
With your lights failing in roughly 12 months the 2year warranty means the first replacement is on you with possibly a second but after that it will be on the the customer's dime.
Still a pretty crappy situation for $500 lights.
A suggestion for next time, mount lights on roof. At racing speeds you want as long a throw as possible in order to spot potential issues as far ahead as you can.
You will outrun the throw on the bumper mounted lights.
I put a set of those on my F350 last year but we had a dry winter here so maybe will get a chance to test them in snow this year.
They are heavy because they are built on their MT carcass instead of the AT one.