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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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Long story short.
got screwed by EVOVECTOR on EBAY
wouldnt warranty product.
drivers side light LED wouldnt light up, then started fogging after the monsoons came here in Jax, ended up taking it apart.....wasnt sealed properly and LED wires were broken...cant solder as the boards are broken the wire attaches to....as if they were ripped off from there.

BTW these are also a HUGE PITA to aim and never are correct. My bright lights bring down planes at different angles.....ridiculous....waste of $130.


Anyway does anyone have a drivers side from a wrecked vehicle or whatnot they want to sell/donate to a poor soul.

I have the JDM black with blue projector. See here.
http://www.k2motor.com/lhpxb04jmyd.html

HELP!!!!!
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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No but if you wanna pickup my pair I'll sell em for $120. There brand new.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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no thanks.
If anything else goes wrong Ill just put my cleared/painted stockers back in and call it a day....better output anyway.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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are those the same ones they sell on bbist?

they look similar but I figure there are knockoffs and stuff.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Nope, exact same brand as bbist ones.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Watchout though, K2motor sells the good ones, ebay doesn't. There are knock offs around...
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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mine are the same as everywhere, they say Sonar on em. They are good quality, and were packed fantastically, i just think someone messed up on the assembly line and went ahead and let it slide and now I get screwed for it.....whee..........
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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Id like to know how the lighting pattern is with these so called 'projectors' and our halogen lights. I know the beam pattern on my stockies are alright, but with 'projectors' how well do these things actually work? I've only dealt with OE projectors in the past with OE Xenons so im a bit curious.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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I have Xenon/projctors in my Jag and even if the Spnar ones got retro'd with HID bulbs it still wouldnt be as good of light. They are more for show then go..period.

I shouldnt be complaining I guess considering I paid $130 for the headlights but I have $50 of bulbs on top of that in it hoping it helped and it didnt.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ryancarmody

I shouldnt be complaining I guess considering I paid $130 for the headlights but I have $50 of bulbs on top of that in it hoping it helped and it didnt.
So you blew $180 total and got nothing more than show points then pretty much?
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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That about sums it up. Would I do it again....hell no. I wish I couls have seen them on someones car round here first. Ill do that in the future b4 I do anything. It hasnt rained since I resealed them and disconnected the other side's LED's. If they leak now I may just take em out and put em on the shelf.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Thats the ebay game.

Ive had rough experiences with them too.

Ive learned the only thing I can count on from ebay for a car is anything oem or bulbs
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bossman
Id like to know how the lighting pattern is with these so called 'projectors' and our halogen lights. I know the beam pattern on my stockies are alright, but with 'projectors' how well do these things actually work? I've only dealt with OE projectors in the past with OE Xenons so im a bit curious.
See my post here:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...418831#1418831
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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Oh I have been buying and selling on ebay since 99under diff screennames and I thought I did my research on these, I knoew not to get the 3 leds blinker ones because of certain issues and now I have the same issues on the "good" fitment ones. Oh well live and learn.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Yeah.

I once ordered a carbon fiber hood from "carbon_innovations" on ebay. The people were out of california and so rude, total ripoff too. When it didnt come in in three weeks I called and they said the shipping company lost it. I got a refund though.

I also had black taillights on my old civic from evovector and the left one would fog up after rain or a car wash. Sucked.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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ive been communicating with evovector and all they reply is sorry, thats our policy. My feedback on ebay is 100 percent and I told the guy I was gonna smear him on here and if he cared about his business he would make one customer's problem right.....nothing but sorry emails from him/them.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 11:35 PM
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Its crappy when a company treats their customers that way. Its like they know it might be broken or something. Then to be that stingy is just bad business. The customer should always be right anyway.
Old Jul 28, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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kinda disappointing, i was wanting some nice aftermarket head lights..

Old Jul 28, 2006 | 01:47 AM
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Well as I was afraid of ou get what you pay for. People used to razz me that I paid $500 for a front bumper for my M3 I had until it never chipped/etc at the track and theirs did. You have got to pay to play.
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