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good news...FINALLY... got the crystal vision fogs on.

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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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good news...FINALLY... got the crystal vision fogs on.
bad news...

they are different outputs...



*sigh*



got em off ebay... CV 4300k Philips...




any ideas why or what i can do about this?
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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Is it me or is one of the fogs more blue-ish?
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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nooooooooooo

complain and get a new set for free!
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Who was your seller and ask them for an exchange or replacement. Thats unaccpetable
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wow that sucks, I just got a set of Crystal Visions ULTRA and they don't match the xeons at ALL!.. just whiter versions of the oem fogs. I realize our xeons are more blue compared to others (VW). So I will search for a set of Hoens or something..
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Originally Posted by patrickkc
wow that sucks, I just got a set of Crystal Visions ULTRA and they don't match the xeons at ALL!.. just whiter versions of the oem fogs. I realize our xeons are more blue compared to others (VW). So I will search for a set of Hoens or something..
get the crystal
vision (non ultras) 4300k from ipmart.com

perfect
match with oem p2 bi xenons

perfect match i repeat
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im about to complain right now...

wow tho... this sucks.

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Oh gosh, after seeing the problems you had I'm debating whether I should change mine to CVs 4300k . Currently using DV 5000k though...
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Originally Posted by patrickkc
wow that sucks, I just got a set of Crystal Visions ULTRA and they don't match the xeons at ALL!.. just whiter versions of the oem fogs. I realize our xeons are more blue compared to others (VW). So I will search for a set of Hoens or something..

Go for HOEN... thats what i got when i was unsatisfied with my luminics titaniums!

I'd still rather get HID's but im gonna end up swapping my fogs for LEDs...so i wont waste any more money on fogs
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i mean the CV 4300k match well...

the one on the passenger side is almost EXACTLY the same out put as the oem headlights...

its just the drivers side that's a bit off.

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Damn, get an exchange lol. And I dunno if it was asked already, but what did you get for your eyelids?
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waiting for tha response one the exchange :\

eyelids = ctgilles led's 5000k i believe.
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