Feedback needed: cheap led headlight conversion?
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I contacted one of these sellers only to find out their lights don't support ILS or night vision. Might be the same vendor, might not.
I'm not too keen on putting big-*** ballast resistors under the bonnet.
Not very elegant, and certainly potential for burn/melt issues.
I just received an SDconnect system from China, playing with it to see if I can maybe do the re-coding for facelight lights.
I'm having some issues with the system, some due to newbie, some due to Chinese QC, or lack thereof.
I'm not too keen on putting big-*** ballast resistors under the bonnet.
Not very elegant, and certainly potential for burn/melt issues.
I just received an SDconnect system from China, playing with it to see if I can maybe do the re-coding for facelight lights.
I'm having some issues with the system, some due to newbie, some due to Chinese QC, or lack thereof.
So did you buy it from china , or did you use a different source ...
I noticd with these Chinese one you only need one TCU and the others are not needed ..any info on that .
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Can anyone tell me what's the name of there website ..I can't make it up.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=2...4.21554143.0.0
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=2...4.21554143.0.0
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-S-Class-W221-PLUG-AND-PLAY-HeadLights-Bi-Xenon-LED-DRL-/281255414768?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item417c210bf0&vxp=mtr
This will work for you guys that do not have nightvision
This will work for you guys that do not have nightvision
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To Carters 550:
I own a company in China with direct import / export rights. I had it shipped to my China office, and then we shipped it to the US. It was packed horribly from the Chinese factory.
The unit came with multiple cables, a laptop with the software pre-installed, a dongle, and the diagnostic interface.
The physical quality looks good, but the wireless card inside is a used D-Link, and it eats batteries like crazy. (the laptop is used as well Dell D630)
I am rigging up an external power supply for testing.
Forgive my ignorance, what are TCU's?
I got the unit working with a hard-wire on a 2012 SLK350 and got the full data stream through Xentry, but am still trying to get the wireless to work. I can see the SSID in the wireless access points, but that's as far as I got. I have only limited time to play.
I also tried it in my 2007 S600 but apparently the older vehicles use DAS instead of Xentry (correct me if I'm wrong), and upon launching DAS I get a data communication error.
My gut feel is that the unit is fine, it is just my unfamiliarity and experience with the app that is causing problems. I would really like to meet someone more knowledgeable locally to assist me.
I own a company in China with direct import / export rights. I had it shipped to my China office, and then we shipped it to the US. It was packed horribly from the Chinese factory.
The unit came with multiple cables, a laptop with the software pre-installed, a dongle, and the diagnostic interface.
The physical quality looks good, but the wireless card inside is a used D-Link, and it eats batteries like crazy. (the laptop is used as well Dell D630)
I am rigging up an external power supply for testing.
Forgive my ignorance, what are TCU's?
I got the unit working with a hard-wire on a 2012 SLK350 and got the full data stream through Xentry, but am still trying to get the wireless to work. I can see the SSID in the wireless access points, but that's as far as I got. I have only limited time to play.
I also tried it in my 2007 S600 but apparently the older vehicles use DAS instead of Xentry (correct me if I'm wrong), and upon launching DAS I get a data communication error.
My gut feel is that the unit is fine, it is just my unfamiliarity and experience with the app that is causing problems. I would really like to meet someone more knowledgeable locally to assist me.
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So did you get any info from your guys in china .
To Carters 550:
I own a company in China with direct import / export rights. I had it shipped to my China office, and then we shipped it to the US. It was packed horribly from the Chinese factory.
The unit came with multiple cables, a laptop with the software pre-installed, a dongle, and the diagnostic interface.
The physical quality looks good, but the wireless card inside is a used D-Link, and it eats batteries like crazy. (the laptop is used as well Dell D630)
I am rigging up an external power supply for testing.
Forgive my ignorance, what are TCU's?
I got the unit working with a hard-wire on a 2012 SLK350 and got the full data stream through Xentry, but am still trying to get the wireless to work. I can see the SSID in the wireless access points, but that's as far as I got. I have only limited time to play.
I also tried it in my 2007 S600 but apparently the older vehicles use DAS instead of Xentry (correct me if I'm wrong), and upon launching DAS I get a data communication error.
My gut feel is that the unit is fine, it is just my unfamiliarity and experience with the app that is causing problems. I would really like to meet someone more knowledgeable locally to assist me.
I own a company in China with direct import / export rights. I had it shipped to my China office, and then we shipped it to the US. It was packed horribly from the Chinese factory.
The unit came with multiple cables, a laptop with the software pre-installed, a dongle, and the diagnostic interface.
The physical quality looks good, but the wireless card inside is a used D-Link, and it eats batteries like crazy. (the laptop is used as well Dell D630)
I am rigging up an external power supply for testing.
Forgive my ignorance, what are TCU's?
I got the unit working with a hard-wire on a 2012 SLK350 and got the full data stream through Xentry, but am still trying to get the wireless to work. I can see the SSID in the wireless access points, but that's as far as I got. I have only limited time to play.
I also tried it in my 2007 S600 but apparently the older vehicles use DAS instead of Xentry (correct me if I'm wrong), and upon launching DAS I get a data communication error.
My gut feel is that the unit is fine, it is just my unfamiliarity and experience with the app that is causing problems. I would really like to meet someone more knowledgeable locally to assist me.
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Can anyone tell me what's the name of there website ..I can't make it up.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=2...4.21554143.0.0
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=2...4.21554143.0.0
Also the price of 2000 RMB seems to only include the modification, not the headlights themselves.
