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Old 02-17-2011, 12:05 AM
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Im looking at these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-07...Q5fAccessories

What is the deal with them, anyone have them, seen them in person?
Old 02-17-2011, 02:56 AM
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I've seen and inspected them in person. They are very very low quality :thumbsdown: . The plastic is quite rough and not well made. When you see them in person you'd rather buy the Hella brand even if it's five or ten times the price.

I was going to buy these ones but I've ordered an OEM set.
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GOOD THING NO CHEAP, CHEAP THING NO GOOD!! LOL
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best motto.

You get what you pay for. OEM > cheapo made ones!
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I have a brand new set of these. I bought them to test my retrofit fit cables that I built to make these lights work like the LCI lights.
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IMO - They look cheap; in fact if you start going down this route of riceness, there's a point of no return. BEWARE!
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I wouldn't bother mate - i saw these on a car last week in Balham / London, i noticed them because they only have 3 LED marker lights as opposed to 4.

They look bit cheapy and the light distribution was not right. I recently sold a Genuine set of lights with V6 Bruce Miranda cables. They are THE BEST !!

buy cheap, buy twice
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Please don't. It's like doing this to your car:

http://www.jimmy540i.com/bmwnightmare.htm
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Originally Posted by saleeper
I wouldn't bother mate - i saw these on a car last week in Balham / London, i noticed them because they only have 3 LED marker lights as opposed to 4.

They look bit cheapy and the light distribution was not right. I recently sold a Genuine set of lights with V6 Bruce Miranda cables. They are THE BEST !!

buy cheap, buy twice
You are thinking of a different set of after market tails shown here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-07...item33653ad5d5

These are different and much closer to LCI although the bars light up more pinkish and lighter than LCI. There was a big discussion on these a while ago and many members bought them, some sold them, sold put them on. I believe Pjinca is rocking these and to be honest, they look OEM quality from a few feet away but that's as close as I got to them.
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