Aftermarket HID's

[jimmygez]

All it is the wire harness and vag com sorry but I don't have pic yet I don't have them in my car as soon as I get them done I hope this weekend I will post pic and post everything on how to get them to work

[atcssg]

Don't mean to jack this thread but I heard something disturbing from a local custom auto shop today. He won't install my HID's due to the HID possibly melting the factory head light housing. Have any of you guys who have already installed them inspected your head lights for any damaged or anything? I really want to install mine but this has made me very nervous.

[mreuro]

Don't mean to jack this thread but I heard something disturbing from a local custom auto shop today. He won't install my HID's due to the HID possibly melting the factory head light housing. Have any of you guys who have already installed them inspected your head lights for any damaged or anything? I really want to install mine but this has made me very nervous.

ummmmm.... I had mine for over 5 months now and have no issues at all....

[writeb]

Don't mean to jack this thread but I heard something disturbing from a local custom auto shop today. He won't install my HID's due to the HID possibly melting the factory head light housing. Have any of you guys who have already installed them inspected your head lights for any damaged or anything? I really want to install mine but this has made me very nervous.

Yeah it is kind of a hijack, this thread is about Aftermarket HID projector housings, not hid bulb retrofits, of which a bunch of appropriately relevant threads already exist. To your point, installed incorrectly, even Halogen bulbs will burn up stuff. But it is a long held belief that you shouldn't install HID bulbs into halogen housings. Your installer isn't ghetto enough, basically. That may be a good thing.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled programming.

What's the updates, people? Coolcrush owes us some night pics (more pics in general appreciated), and even jimmygez was supposed to follow up in the mix with his successful OEM Chinese headlight install...

[jimmygez]

I will have it done by this weekend the guy I am doing it with is work so I have to wait untill the weekend sorry.

[jimmygez]

Sorry people I am not going to have anything this weekend I had to order pins for the wire harness and they are going to be there on tues so I have to Wait

[biturbocurious]

Sorry people I am not going to have anything this weekend I had to order pins for the wire harness and they are going to be there on tues so I have to Wait

Sounds like a familiar story ...


Diagram? I have plenty of pins if you want to drive to the west coast.

[RalphsVW]

Okay so here's the latest, I spoke to a few people trying to get an answer on what was taking so long and finally asking for a refund. Yes you guest it no reply when it comes to responding to the refund request. I've try a few emails to michael@wplamps.com and also to ring cal. But neither of them have replied. This company is taking advantage of car enthusiast and leaving them with a sour taste promoting product that don't exist a best asking for payment up front knowing they don't have a product to deliver.

I say we stand up for our rights as consumers and boycott purchasing items from China especially companies who promote products knowing they don't work. We should show these people that we will not talorate scammers such as http://wplamps.en.alibaba.com mainly Guangzhou Hualuying Electronics Ltd.*The manufacturer of the product.

Stand with I'm starting a Facebook launch to register these companies for everyone to protected from these online criminals.

[phat7deuce]

I'm curious...I've never really modded my VW's much prior, but man do I want the look of the Chinese headlights. The Audi/BMW looking aftermarket ones look pretty good, but not quite what I'd want.

For those of you with experience in this area, how long does it take before aftermarket companies generally start making OEM replicas? (Real plug and play replicas...)

My wife has a SportWagen...there are some great options there, and I'm admittedly pretty jealous...

[Coolcrush]

Really will depend on demand in the aftermarket, and who is buying the cars.

[jimmygez]

I have everything working on the Chinese headlight but I have one problem the marker lights give me a bulb out !!!

[joeo40]

I wonder what kind of quality these units would be? Esp being made in china?

[Coolcrush]

The quality is top notch in my opinion,many of guys in my car club were amazed at how well made they are.

[joeo40]

Thanks for the quick reply. Love the aftermarket HID for this car. Gives it a different look and makes it stand out from all the rest.

I think I will wait till they actually get it to where it is a plug and play.

Or

Hopefully someone will have a step by step on what to do and what parts they purchased to make it work.

[Coolcrush]

I will get night shots up this week, sorry for the delay as I have been traveling for work.

[biturbocurious]

I'm curious...I've never really modded my VW's much prior, but man do I want the look of the Chinese headlights. The Audi/BMW looking aftermarket ones look pretty good, but not quite what I'd want.

For those of you with experience in this area, how long does it take before aftermarket companies generally start making OEM replicas? (Real plug and play replicas...)

My wife has a SportWagen...there are some great options there, and I'm admittedly pretty jealous...

No need for OEM replicas when you can buy OEM (as with your Sportwagen). usually the OEM Reps are cheaper Chinese-made versions anyway. Some of the big vendors here already have networks established in China. Just depends if the demand is worth their investment.

[RalphsVW]

I've been monitoring the forums regarding these Plug n Play headlights from China. First of all when did it become okay to purchase a high price ticket items without it working. I understand the love of the automobile and making it personal is what makes your ride unique which is what a really like about being motorhead, but does anyone see a problem with this. This company is asking people to pay full price plus the shipping. Only to find out the product doesn't actually work, now try getting your money back ummm. Listen guys no one should be placing orders to this company without a confirmation that the product work with your application. The company should be sending certain individuals free headlights just to figure out how to make them work. Once the company has confirmation (Research and Developemt) they work, this would be a good time to start taking orders. But if we continue to accept these terms from the manufactures someone is going to be ripped off.

[writeb]

I've been monitoring the forums regarding these Plug n Play headlights from China. First of all when did it become okay to purchase a high price ticket items without it working. I understand the love of the automobile and making it personal is what makes your ride unique which is what a really like about being motorhead, but does anyone see a problem with this. This company is asking people to pay full price plus the shipping. Only to find out the product doesn't actually work, now try getting your money back ummm. Listen guys no one should be placing orders to this company without a confirmation that the product work with your application. The company should be sending certain individuals free headlights just to figure out how to make them work. Once the company has confirmation (Research and Developemt) they work, this would be a good time to start taking orders. But if we continue to accept these terms from the manufactures someone is going to be ripped off.

Preaching to the choir on my end, chief. For the trouble you might as well go the OEM route. Definitely holding off until they get their act together. Highly advise others to do the same as to not encourage this type of shenanigans from companies.

[Coolcrush]

Going the oem route actually is more work as you have to make the harness urself or pay someone to do it...there's an ol saying in fixin up cars. U got to pay to play. But seriously once the coding is done on my end what work would others have to do as the harness has been figured out already? Anywho some folks just want to plug in a switch and go I get it but with cars 9 times out of 10 this is never the case especially when modding.

[biturbocurious]

Going the oem route actually is more work as you have to make the harness urself or pay someone to do it...there's an ol saying in fixin up cars. U got to pay to play. But seriously once the coding is done on my end what work would others have to do as the harness has been figured out already? Anywho some folks just want to plug in a switch and go I get it but with cars 9 times out of 10 this is never the case especially when modding.

Not sure if the OEM route is more work. I would think if these lights are made to work with the VW Magotan (aka Passat), then the harness adapters may be interchangeable between these and the OEM Chinese lights. Even if a vendor here starts distributing these lights, or the OEM version, CODING WILL BE NECESSARY. Just the nature of the beast with cars these days ...


Mine:





I built these (with the help of others wiring research):

[Dysprosius]

But for those of us without immediate access to Vagcom it makes the coding end more tedious and problematic. It does look great and so far, it seems they make a good product that still has a few tweaks to be worked out. The least they could do is give you free shipping for not having a complete finished package since you're already paying the ~$620 for the lights, but then $150 shipping charge and a reference of "One guy in America" with it working kinda sucks. For all the publicity you and the other success stories they should be more willing to work on their PR... At least, good ole Murikan business is done that way.

[RalphsVW]

So what's the bottom line did the final harness you received from the light manufacturer work or are you still getting a marker light out on the dashboard?

[joeo40]

This is what the contact from the China Manufacturer responded after I asked him about the harnesses being messed up, him outsourcing it to the Canadians, which they were wrong as well.

Hi Mr. Joe,



Thank you for your email and information.



We have already fix this problem yet, we have made a contacter speclized for US model passat, it is working now and we have sent this contacter to our customers in USA, and they fixed this problem, you can see the complains on web was weeks or months ago.



We accept paypal, and if you start with 1 set first, what do you think? thanks.




Best Regards

Ring Cai

Win Power International Technology Ltd

cell phone:86-13760607452

MSN: cai.junying@163.com

Website: http://www.wplamps.com/

[Coolcrush]

So far the harness issue is fixed but I believe there may be a problem with LED's/Halo light. As the computer may not recognize the lower wattage halo/drl as the parking light thus causing the bulb out. I am testing with adjusting the voltage to the lights to see if it resolves the error message. Outside of that everything else works perfectly.

[VernK]

Quick note about the "melting the housing" claim. The facts are that HID bulbs burn considerable cooler than halogens, so there is no risk there. The melting the housing risk is a reality if you are putting high wattage halogen bulbs, like 100 watt bulbs, into plastic housings or the common hack of running both low & high beam filaments at the same time.

Personally, I'm waiting for the Chinese OEM solution with leveling to get worked out, though adding aftermarket projectors does give a very cool look tot he car.

Yours
Vern

[Coolcrush]

Okay folks so I did some adjusting of the wattage in vcds and switched the LED drl's as parking lights and up the wattage on those also and the error light has officially gone away. I have been in the car all day today and nothing has come on. So as of now the lights are working with no issues. Just to recap after getting the harness issue resolved I had a bulb out error for missing parking lights but as I mentioned above that has been resolved. Reminder I have the aftermarket lights not the Chinese oem ones.

[JJS119]

I would just like to straighten this out before I go forward and install HID's. I read this thread and have it basically down but I always like to quadruple check. I already bought the MK6 bulb adaptors for $3.00 off of eBay so I don't have to screw around with a dremel like I did with my Saab. Before my Passat I had a Saab 9-3 (which I sold to my best friend that I have known since birth) and I purchased a DDM Tuning 50W (Saab required 50W in order for the error code to not come up) slim ballast 4,300K HID kit but I did not get the factory look I was looking for. They came out looking too blue. I want it to look like the car came with HID's from the factory.

Basically to sum it up my questions are:

• Do I need to order a 35W or 50W HID kit? Does it matter which I order?

• What 4,300 HID kit (reasonably priced) do you recommend I install to have the factory HID look I am looking for?

• Should I expect an error code

And while I am here, do they make LED license plate light bulbs that do not throw error codes or do I have to purchase the OEM VW MK6 LED license plate light assembly. I heard that works but I am not sure. I would like to think I am mechanically inclined since I manage my fathers service station and do minor mechanical work on both customers cars and mine, but if I am not as inclined as I think I am I have people who are.

My old Saab: (The HID's look fine here, during the day, but at night they were too blue)


My Passat:

Thanks in advance!

[fiddypassat]

Okay folks so I did some adjusting of the wattage in vcds and switched the LED drl's as parking lights and up the wattage on those also and the error light has officially gone away. I have been in the car all day today and nothing has come on. So as of now the lights are working with no issues. Just to recap after getting the harness issue resolved I had a bulb out error for missing parking lights but as I mentioned above that has been resolved. Reminder I have the aftermarket lights not the Chinese oem ones.

So to bring this back from the dead, is everything still working as expected? I'm probably going to make this a reality next month, but just not really looking for a painful situation, as this is my daily driver.

[Coolcrush]

So to bring this back from the dead, is everything still working as expected? I'm probably going to make this a reality next month, but just not really looking for a painful situation, as this is my daily driver.

No issues all is well.

[RalphsVW]

Just wanted to ask if anyone is thinking of purchasing these lights make sure all issues are explained before you decided to buy plus I would heck with your dealer to see if making changes to vag my cause you to void your warranty

Best of luck keep us updated of the purchase

[RalphsVW]

Just wanted to ask if anyone is thinking of purchasing these lights make sure all issues are explained before you decided to buy plus I would check with your dealer to see if making changes to vag my cause you to void your warranty

Best of luck keep us updated of the purchase

[Tset]

Did anything come out of this? I'm a recent buyer of a 2013 SE and interested in this conversion, but it looks like this was a hot topic on most forums April-June then died.