| Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 5th 2011, 10:54 pm | |
| Not a conversion kit, just the bulbs. Did they work ok? How long did they last? | |
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abs0Lut Rank 9
Number of posts : 2214 Vehicle : '95 EJ1 Location : Regina, Saskatchewan Registration date : 2009-04-13
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 2:27 am | |
| DONT DO IT
on a more serious note, ask TFel! | |
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Sleypr Rank 4
Number of posts : 402 Age : 48 Vehicle : 2004 Infiniti G35x, 2000 Jeep XJ Location : Regina Registration date : 2008-08-30
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 9:22 am | |
| I got some kits out of China on e-bay and they flicker a lot. I'm tracing a problem where one of my fogs is knocking out my instrument cluster. Brutal... thinkin about just ordering some different ballasts. Light out put and color are great though, had them in for a few months now. | |
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laynehip Rank 9
Number of posts : 2520 Vehicle : an ibm Location : 2095 Registration date : 2008-02-13
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 12:33 pm | |
| One of my headlights is a china one for like 30 dollars. The bulb I needed (with an impossible to find connector) was almost 300 dollars.
I just bought a 30 dollar china one and cut and soldered on the old connector and it is noticably different than the one that isn't from china. It is fine though and I have had it for almost a year.
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 4:54 pm | |
| The brand is Super Vision. These say "conversion kit" in this pic. But I'm just ordering a few sets of standard issue D2S bulbs. Everything else is OEM Audi, Ballast, housing etc. | |
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Noops Rank 8
Number of posts : 1749 Age : 35 Vehicle : 02 Audi A6 Location : Qc Sask Registration date : 2008-08-28
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 4:56 pm | |
| - Heretic wrote:
- The brand is Super Vision. These say "conversion kit" in this pic. But I'm just ordering a few sets of standard issue D2S bulbs. Everything else is OEM Audi, Ballast, housing etc.
how much? | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 5:05 pm | |
| - laynehip wrote:
- One of my headlights is a china one for like 30 dollars.
The bulb I needed (with an impossible to find connector) was almost 300 dollars.
I just bought a 30 dollar china one and cut and soldered on the old connector and it is noticably different than the one that isn't from china. It is fine though and I have had it for almost a year.
The headlight, or the headlight bulb? You supposed to replace HID's in pairs, the colour of light output changes with use. Not to mention 2 colours matching from 2 different brands wouyld be near impossible. | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
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Noops Rank 8
Number of posts : 1749 Age : 35 Vehicle : 02 Audi A6 Location : Qc Sask Registration date : 2008-08-28
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 5:15 pm | |
| order me a set | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 5:20 pm | |
| I can if you want, just pick a colour. | |
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Noops Rank 8
Number of posts : 1749 Age : 35 Vehicle : 02 Audi A6 Location : Qc Sask Registration date : 2008-08-28
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 6th 2011, 5:24 pm | |
| what are my choices, blue or wwhite prob. | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 2:06 am | |
| - Noops wrote:
- what are my choices, blue or wwhite prob.
These ones start at 3000k and go up to 30,000K. These charts aren't for them, but you get the idea. OEM Audi is around 4300k He has 3000k(yellow) 4300k (OEM) 5000k 6000k 8000k 10,000k 12,000k 15,000k 30,000k (purple) Pink Green | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:18 pm | |
| Well I want to order right now, I'm ordering 6000K for mine. Does that work for you? Or do you want it more blue?
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T-Fel Rank 6
Number of posts : 768 Vehicle : 92 Del Sol SIR/ 90 Silvia S13 K's Location : Regina Registration date : 2010-03-31
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:26 pm | |
| I can order single bulbs or ballasts or w/e you need direct from my supplier in China if you ever need just hit me up... I can probably swing you better price then just buying "Private" PS i can also warranty them | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:42 pm | |
| That's good information for the future. Do you keep anything on hand in way of D2S/D2C bulbs? And what do they cost? | |
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T-Fel Rank 6
Number of posts : 768 Vehicle : 92 Del Sol SIR/ 90 Silvia S13 K's Location : Regina Registration date : 2010-03-31
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:44 pm | |
| unfortunately no i dont keep stock just for the sole reason its hard for me to know what to stock or have laying around and waiting for the one day someone needs something you know? However if i was to order them in one of my bulk orders you probably looking at say $10/bulb roughly | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:49 pm | |
| Yeah that is an awesome deal.
I'll hit you up next time. How long is your shipping time?
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T-Fel Rank 6
Number of posts : 768 Vehicle : 92 Del Sol SIR/ 90 Silvia S13 K's Location : Regina Registration date : 2010-03-31
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 1:53 pm | |
| - Heretic wrote:
- Yeah that is an awesome deal.
I'll hit you up next time. How long is your shipping time?
on avereage anywhere from 1-2 weeks all depends on how busy their production line is... usually just over a week | |
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JYB116 Rank 8
Number of posts : 1788 Age : 33 Vehicle : Nissan skyline gtr Registration date : 2008-05-05
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? March 7th 2011, 6:39 pm | |
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Heretic Rank 8
Number of posts : 1718 Age : 27 Vehicle : MKII Jetta Location : Regina Registration date : 2009-09-12
| Subject: Re: Anybody ever order HID bulbs out of China? April 25th 2011, 1:15 am | |
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