Mine have been lost with the mail.... there goes your money

What a SCAM!

I have yet not recieved my xenon, delivery address is my work which is open monday-saturday from 07.00 - 21.00.

They asked me to go to the post office... because it was sent by royal mail. (nothing at the postoffice)
Then they said it was sent by DHL, it took me 5 messages to get a track and trace number:

Identcode: 844009073912226
From: MIDDLESEX, GB


Pickup date:
2009-09-15
Status: Delivered OK
References: 350246227363
844009073912226

Item details

Identcode:
JJD0002267420512417


Pickup date:
2009-09-15
Last track event: Status OK, delivered(Information of Delivery): Napoli / IT, 2009-09-22 12:00

Which is going to Napoli Italy! And has been sent out on 15 September while my order wasnt before 6th of November!

I wonder what they come up with next..does anyone know what my rights are and how to get my $$ back now?

Martjin, where did you order HIDs from?

from where GT_SEBO bought them; GiantGadgets on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110377388403&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Now got another mail back with a new trackandtracke number: Doesnt even excist -_-

strange, very strange. they were very quick to give good feedback, it was dispatched on time and came via city link for me, quick service all around!

Don't have fantastic feedback though

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...s=25&which=negative&interval=180

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...ms=25&which=neutral&interval=180

looks like he just stopped giving a crap this month

I noticed this when I plaved my order, but the hid kit turned up 3 working days later.
Good luck sorting it out!

Yeah he offered to send new ones last friday if they would not arrive before the weekend.
Sent him a msg saturday with saying that they didn't arrive, then i got a tracking number to Italy again from him.

"Dear buyer,
Thanks for your email.
We have contact DHL and they gave us another tracking number
JJD0002267420515663
Would you please check first?
Or contact the DHL department in your area directly.
If you have any further question, please do not hestiate to contact us.
Yours sincerely,"

How do you mean, we have contact DHL? If you ship something, you get a tracking number, it's not like you have to seperately contact DHL for it afterwards..

sigh, ill just ask paypal for my money back.

Oh, and their reason for the package not being here yet:

IF THE ESTIMATED TIMES FOR YOUR LOCATION HAVE ELAPSED, BUT YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR ITEM.
It may be caused by the following two reasons:
A) Bad weather
B) Quality problem

right, after a few weeks.....I have come to the conclusion these are indeed crap

having put another brand of HID's on the bravo the light output before and after both cars is worlds apart

I honestly can not recommend this as a product

Owning these myself, and to balance the discussion. Mine are indeed very good and are a definitely a huge improvement over the standard lights - now these really are crap!. For an outlay of only £29.00, I would recommend a punt.

What is typical, when buying products that are (copies of initial developments) mass produced and sold on at a lower cost is that the quality control can be 'let's say' hit and miss. This in turn will mean some poor batches and disappointed customers. Sorry Sam - lol

However, having owned a Lexus with factory fitted HID's, sure they are not as good as these were. However, once again, I only paid £29.99 for these Fiat fitting jobbies, still happy enough to keep them, even if they last for only 1 year!

Well. wish i even got something for my 45 pounds (international shipping).



(opened dispute on paypal now)

i used a company called hids-direct on ebay and there great i even broke a bulb putting it in and they send me a free replacement next day delivery when you order them they arrive two days later one day for postage then they arive they have got some neg feed back but they was excellant with me and think some people are just fussy
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/H1-50w-Digita...Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item335585ef24

I'm planning to fit HIDs to my coop. I'm looking at 35w 6000K which I understand are slightly blue in colour, which is what I'm after.

However, the dipped lights below are apparently on 35w 6000K HIDs:



Is this just a contrast against the ink black colour or are 6000Ks actually this blue? If they are I'll probably go 4300K...

Proccy/Baz it'd be good to know how yours compare as these are probably what I'd go for in a 6000K.

mikey? is that really you? the blown coupe at the agm????

Hi Proccy - I've posted a full reply in the general discussion section.

You have 6000K 35 w HIDs right? Are they as blue as the ones in that picture I quoted?

mikey,

I also feel that my HIDs (above) are bluish but what I ordered was 6000K as written on the box. However, it was not written on the ballasts

Here are couple of photos of my car at night (I feel they are whiter on below photos though):



At the end, I'm happy with them and they really make difference to the Coupé

i'll look and post a pic when i get home mate, i'm at work for a while yet

see if this works mikey - 35w 6000k

[IMG]http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj458/proccy69/hids%2035w%206000k/th_hids.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks guys.

Hani, I agree yours look whiter in the dark & they're definitely way better than the standard yellow halogens!

Cheers for your pic too proccy!

I'm now sure 35w 6000Ks are the right ones for my dipped beam. I know the full beams use the same H1 bulbs but (forgive my ignorance ) are the standard bulbs brighter on the high beam i.e. higher wattage or are the beams the same brightness just a different angle/focus?

I'm wondering whether you'd want 55w HIDs for the high beams if you had 35w on the dipped ...

I've a feeling Hani's camera was on 'fluorescent' mode, which alters the hue of photos to look natural under strip lights. The effect makes normal bulbs look very white, and HIDs look very blue. Top Gear have got into the habit of doing it for their night time tests, so you think 'Ooh, that cars got good lights', until you notice every other car's lights are just as 'good'!

The bulbs themselves determine the colour temperature, not the ballasts. that also means if you get a colour you're not happy with, you can change the bulbs for a different one!

I can't recommend using them as full beams though, the slow light up time and the fact a number of people have had problems; they don't like being turned on and off in rapid succession before they get warm (5 minutes +), as what tends to happen with full beams, and flashing. It seriously reduces the bulb life.


Anyway, I went for 55w 5200K, and Nightbreakers for the mains, best of both worlds! Might think about 35W for the fogs though...
Pics to follow...