MJ50

i think they are the only two u want to stick with...
not 100% sure, but there may be DEPO replicas on ebay...

Midnight Koop

DEPO replicas? so... replicas of replicas? sounds like its moving too far down the food chain.

Midnight Koop

crap! so is there pretty much no hope for retrofitting bi-xenon's (of decent quality) on a coupe?

rlee02135

there is hope. OEM bi-xenons

RonKMiller

I innocently posted a link to my non auto related business in a post and was reprimanded, (not allowed per forum rules) and then when I made a public comment and mildly disparaging remark about being reprimanded by a moderator for doing this, (also not allowed) I got two weeks suspension. I'm a bad person.

But, I'm BAAACCCCccccckkkkkk. Just in a "kinder and gentler" form.

sirenebekim

I got my new clear projectors in the mail today, and to my behalf the projector in the right unit was busted, as in hanging limp like johnny 5's eyeball after getting into a fight. The box was beat up, with a hole in the top and the corners almost gone due to crinkles. Finally, I got my headlights, but to my dismay they were busted out pieces of junk.


Anyone else use fedex and experience problems? I called the place where I ordered them from, and all I had to say was I want to return my headlights, they're damaged.... The rep replied, is the projector unit loose? LMAO Sounds like they've had this problem before. I ordered it from extreme racing on ebay. THey are sending me a fedex return slip and will ship out the new headlights as soon as i post tracking numbers. They are really helpful, however, I think fedex is the culperate.

baodovvn

hey how are you gonna install the headlights? i was thinking of buying it from ebay too.

Saprissa

i don't buy anything for my Benz on eBay... but that's just me.....

14cue

i had 1 bix headlamp bust on the way to california from vancouver last summer. the key is to file a complaint right away. in my case i didnt b/c i was waiting on the supplier. after 60 days there is nothing fedex can do. they wont pay you back the listed price on it. i hate fedex's service. they're terrible.

advans

i perfer not to use fedex. with me, well rather my aunt.

she had her package stolen from fedex, she ordered a bunch of clothes from polo and it never arrived. what happen was.

fedex told her that her shipment was "delivered", but she was home awaiting the package the whole day. the "driver" said he had delieved the package to my aunt, and already had "signed" for it, which she never did.

and there was no problem with the address.

sirenebekim

yeah fedex sucks I like UPS but the shipper insisted on fedex

Rick

(off topic)
FedEx woes? HA! You ain't seen nothing....
I had a pallet shipment of 14 iMac 20 inch Core Duo systems stolen right off the FedEx loading dock, supposedly at Newark Liberty Airport (NJ). I was following the tracking info for this shipment, and the website said "arrived EWR", "in transit" then later "delivered" on Dec. 19.

When I called to find out where they "delivered" them, the agent said the driver attempted to deliver but the address was "closed for the holidays". I called back and got another agent that finally admitted that the waybill was "missing" and they could not find the shipment.

I filed a claim and Apple re-shipped the computers. They arrived last Friday via DHL. Insist on a different courier....even if it's US Postal Priority Mail.

advans

off topic again, but sometimes USPS Priority Mail sucks also, all they do is "ring your bell" and drop off the package in front of your house. I have mine stolen right outside my house, the theif left the box, but opened.

sirenebekim

wow so i guess you like ups?

advans

seriously ive never had a problem with UPS or DHL. I (myself) never had a probelm with FedEx, but my aunt had. so I dont use it. USPS im really not much a fan of...

besides...they are quite expensive.

RumbleUK

I've personally bought hundreds of items off ebay and never once had a problem with delivery other than over holiday periods.

Coincidentally, just got some projector headlights in the post today via USPS Priority Mail and no problem although it was a private seller who packaged it, a bit too well at that (took me ages to unwrap the bubbles). Think maybe 'business' sellers skimp on the protective packaging in favour of a better profit margin!!!

alex007mayn

if you paid for insurance you'll be getting paid, fed ex messed up a couple of my packages some time back but becuase i had insured them for $500 bucks i got paid 500 bucks even though my item was only worth 300. it took about a month but i still got my money

sirenebekim

i took it back to fedex today, they have a quicker drop off service than the UPS store. It needed to be taped back up, and they still took it.

xkillabucincx

guyss..guyss...pleasee...dont make the mistake of ordering depo projector lights from ebay....trust me i made that expensive mistake a couple weeks ago...they do look good once u put them in and change the look of ur car completely...but getting them to work once installed (which you have to pay for cause doing it yourself is a pain in the ***, a big one) ..then you have the possibility of the wiring not working right or your sam acting up...flashing that and fixing the wiring is also costly....worst of all ull hate them once the sun goes down...the light from the projector barely hits the road...no matter how much of a bright light u got..cause the lense is not good quality at all...i got 10000k hids kits on mine...even after that i can barely see the road cause of the light being beamed in all different directions accept for in front of me on the road...when i point my car to a wall...i see light patches in all random areas....if your trying to get a even distribution of light on the road and actually be able to see more than like 20 feet in front of you...save up and go oem bixenon

my suggestion....dont buy anything for benz on ebay

Onizuka

You can't expect to get oem quality when you are paying less than half of what the oem is
However...my friend's DEPO lights were working fine...and he didn't really have any problem getting it installed with his HID in his old C240... You sure you did everything correctly?

xkillabucincx

yea man...got them installed from the benz body shop..the lights wont hit the road like they should ...its in patches...it doesnt cover the road with light..how do i fix that

WhatTheHulk

I just recently installed them on my car. The install was not too hard. It took about 30 minutes to remove the bumper thanks to a helpful website I got off this forum.

The quality of the headlamps is horrible. The driver side headlight did not adjust up or down, and now it will not adjust left or right. To fix this, I decided to put the headlights in the oven and took them apart. I decided also to attempt to do the color mod to them since I have the headlamp all taken apart already. Unfortunately the cover/shield over the projector seemed to be glued to the lens/projector assembly. After an hour of trying to remove this shield, I decided to throw in the towel and put the headlamp back together.

I should also give these headlights more credit. I read some of the forum talk after I bought them. Just from reading the forums I thought that the light output and distribution was going to be so horrible that I need* to do a retrofit of some kind. To be honest, the output/distribution is good. The light extends far wider than the stock lights. I did notice though that there are a little hot-spots on the road. Directly in front of the car it looks like I am using two flashlights as headlights. But on a really dark road, if you look to the side you seed a clean line and it is very well lit.

As far as the clean line that we all want and envy goes, it is pretty sharp. I do not have xenon’s, but with my blue halogen bulbs the projection looks very clean. There is a little bit of color diffraction from these headlights. Where the kink is you can expect to see the entire color spectrum (red-orange-yellow-green-blue-violet), with an emphasis on purple and violet. But on the sides of the kink, there is very little blue and purple, and just yellow-red.

In conclusion, the DEPO (bi-xenon) headlamps provide what I think is better light output than stock and also provides you with the satisfaction of having that clean cut off line as well as a little blue/purple diffraction. Other members of the forum expect the light output comparable to that of the bi-xenon TL's or even stock. You must understand that lots of research and $$$$ goes into developing the OEM bi-xenon projectors (hence why you pay so much for them). If you want lights like the TL's, don't be cheap and buy headlamps that are a fraction of the cost and then ***** and complain about how they are not as good as the TL's. Just get the TL's or OEM xenons in the first place. I believe the DEPO's are the best bang for the buck.

drexappeal

Okay, let's get this straight just for the record:

DEPO's are projector lights not Bi-Xenon.

Bi-Xenon = Projector lens headlights which have a sheild that changes the angle of the light (from low to high beam), allowing for more effective lighting when switich from low to high beam. The high beam in OEM MB Bi-xenon works in conjunction with a Halogen high beam, thus being an ideal setup for areas that are not well lit.

Xenon = HID lighting

HID = High Intensity Discharge (Uses combination of Xenon gas w/ spark for light illumination

The DEPO lights may be alright and may work for people w/o problems, but they will never have the effectiveness of OEM bi-xenon lights. These may look similar to the bi-xenon lights, but I highly doubt that they have the bi-xenon functionality.

MHPHOCKEY

So you still defend them even though you had to cook them next to your birthday cake?

Saprissa