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Old 02-09-2009, 11:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
rgsoundf
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Thumbs down Got my new "Philips" HID

OK, since five years ago, when XenonDepot used to carry Philips kit (both Philips bulbs and Philips slim ballasts) I wanted to get this pricey kit. Now they don't carry it anymore, just Philips bulbs and Xtreme ballasts. Well, I found a kit that claimed it offered a kit consisting of both. I got it today. Well, I wish myself to be wrong but the entire kit looks counterfeit to me. First, on the back of "Philips" manual, the address and everything is in China. Second, the company - ModExpress - carries both 4300K and 6000K "Philips" kit, and I read somewhere that Philips doesn't make any bulbs higher than 4300K. Third, the ballasts got this suspicious "Ballasts Designed for Original Philips Xenon, etc." label you can see on the 2nd pic.

Well, I think I got owned by what XenonDepot calls "Don't be fooled by other companies selling replicated Philips bulbs at a premium price."
To add insult to injury, they sent the wrong, 6000K instead of 4300K, bulb.



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