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Originally Posted by bandit
Ok better yet then... No website for them lol. and less info on the internet...
Bandit, you have no real concrete information on these lights, and nothing positive to say, so please remove yourself from posting any further in this topic.
In the future, you need to find a more constructive way of expressing yourself. Your opinions are based solely on what you've read from a bunch of other haters, and not based on the opinions of the owners of this kit or by your own experience with HID'*.
I have high hopes that these will perform well and last a long time. Considering there are other owners amongst our GB brothers, I think this is a fairly safe bet at least.
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Originally Posted by Explr1
Again, there are a lot of guy over on clubgp that love the lights, so don't be haters!!!
Philips, Hella, Denso ballasts will still be working strong. McCulloch, ChungKung Fooey, Bling Lights, or whoever fake-phillips ballasts they are, will most likely have died 1-3 years prior.
I have McCulloch ballats, I've had them for a year, they still work perfect. But, I think I'm the exception, not the rule.
I do run real Philips D2S burners, in real Bosch E46 projectors, tho.
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I'm sorry guys, but I have to side with badnit and Rob on this one. They are absolutely right, the Chinese kits do not have components that are anywhere near the quality of the Philips/Hella products. Go on to hidplanet.com (very well known HID forum) and do a search for Chinese.
Also, PLEASE PLEASE aim your headlights properly if you are going to install an HID Kit, regardless of what type. The bulbs are EXTREMELY bright and you may end up having to adjust your lenses down to keep the glare down.
Good luck with your installation, be sure to keep the ballast away from any and all water.
Also, PLEASE PLEASE aim your headlights properly if you are going to install an HID Kit, regardless of what type. The bulbs are EXTREMELY bright and you may end up having to adjust your lenses down to keep the glare down.
Good luck with your installation, be sure to keep the ballast away from any and all water.
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Originally Posted by Doppleganger
I do run real Philips D2S burners, in real Bosch E46 projectors, tho.
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It'* funny, I see chinese this, chinese that, but NOBODY has any concrete information on this particular brand whatsoever.
KNOCK OFF THE NEGATIVE. Chinese this and chinese that has been stated 143 times in this topic already. HID Planet sounds like a bunch of Mac users to me. They automatically hate anything made in China.
NEWSFLASH:
China actually produces some pretty quality stuff these days. This isn't the 70'* any more.
Nobody has any positive or negative information on this brand/kit at all. So CHILL on the negative china-product-bashing. Keep it up, and someone is going to miss a good buy of a quality product because you said it was like 'all the other chinese garbage'.
KNOCK OFF THE NEGATIVE. Chinese this and chinese that has been stated 143 times in this topic already. HID Planet sounds like a bunch of Mac users to me. They automatically hate anything made in China.
NEWSFLASH:
China actually produces some pretty quality stuff these days. This isn't the 70'* any more.
Nobody has any positive or negative information on this brand/kit at all. So CHILL on the negative china-product-bashing. Keep it up, and someone is going to miss a good buy of a quality product because you said it was like 'all the other chinese garbage'.
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Originally Posted by willwren
Bandit, you have no real concrete information on these lights, and nothing positive to say, so please remove yourself from posting any further in this topic.
Originally Posted by willwren
In the future, you need to find a more constructive way of expressing yourself. Your opinions are based solely on what you've read from a bunch of other haters, and not based on the opinions of the owners of this kit or by your own experience with HID'*.
Originally Posted by willwren
I have high hopes that these will perform well and last a long time. Considering there are other owners amongst our GB brothers, I think this is a fairly safe bet at least.
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Originally Posted by CFoote
Originally Posted by Doppleganger
I do run real Philips D2S burners, in real Bosch E46 projectors, tho.
I'm planning on another retrofit with different housings that just hit ebay. This time, I want to use bi-xenon projectors, so I'll effectively 4 high beams!
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Wren, do we get to mark this down as one of the few times you publicly support something illegal?
And that'* a pretty harsh comment about HID Planet, especially I doubt you have ever been there or read any of the information there. Isn't that doing the same thing you are trying to stop in this thread? Knocking w/o evidance, even though there seem to be a lot of facts presented. Do they have to be published in an article to be true?
And that'* a pretty harsh comment about HID Planet, especially I doubt you have ever been there or read any of the information there. Isn't that doing the same thing you are trying to stop in this thread? Knocking w/o evidance, even though there seem to be a lot of facts presented. Do they have to be published in an article to be true?
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Originally Posted by willwren
China actually produces some pretty quality stuff these days. This isn't the 70'* any more.
So, i'd believe a chinese made kit could be good, but it'd be selling for at least $200, and maybe more. Kaixen, made in Taiwan, is fairly good quality. There, specific brand for ya, you'll find that they're well above that $200 mark.
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The problem is that you guys don't have any proof that this kit is a quality kit. The majority of Chinese kits are junk, it'* that simple. The proof is on forums all over the Internet. Therefore we are trying to warn people of the pontential pitfalls of buying an overseas kit with poor engineering.
For example, do you know what can happen if a ballast isn't sealed properly and water gets in there? That ballast outputs 35kV, or ~35,000 volts to ignite the bulb.
Uhhh Bill nothing personal but before you start putting down a forum you have never been to, I'd at least go and visit. The wealth of knowledge about HID is phenomenal. I am surprised you'd post a comment like this...
The point is that we are talking about headlights. They are a safety item. Why go cheap on such a critical component in your car? I wouldn't take the risk, and I didn't, I purchased a $400 Philips kit of which the majority of the components are also used in my BMW which has factory D2S xenons.
For example, do you know what can happen if a ballast isn't sealed properly and water gets in there? That ballast outputs 35kV, or ~35,000 volts to ignite the bulb.
Originally Posted by willwren
KNOCK OFF THE NEGATIVE. Chinese this and chinese that has been stated 143 times in this topic already. HID Planet sounds like a bunch of Mac users to me. They automatically hate anything made in China.
The point is that we are talking about headlights. They are a safety item. Why go cheap on such a critical component in your car? I wouldn't take the risk, and I didn't, I purchased a $400 Philips kit of which the majority of the components are also used in my BMW which has factory D2S xenons.