retroed ebay lights ....jacked!!!
06-02-2006, 09:04 AM
#1
retroed ebay lights ....jacked!!!
this is a new twist on the "they stole my headlights threads".
I woke up last night to my alarm going off, looked out the window and saw two guys running from my car. got dressed went down stairs to find one headlight missing and the other one broken sitting in front of the car. the ballasts are tucked away deep in the engine compartment, so they fukced the bumper and fender and ruined a good set of RX330 retroed headlights, for a $40 set of bulbs and 2 ignitors that have maybee a $50 resale value.
I am so ticked ..... going back to stock halogen, i cant deal w/ this crap
I woke up last night to my alarm going off, looked out the window and saw two guys running from my car. got dressed went down stairs to find one headlight missing and the other one broken sitting in front of the car. the ballasts are tucked away deep in the engine compartment, so they fukced the bumper and fender and ruined a good set of RX330 retroed headlights, for a $40 set of bulbs and 2 ignitors that have maybee a $50 resale value.
I am so ticked ..... going back to stock halogen, i cant deal w/ this crap
06-02-2006, 09:22 AM
#3
man, im sorry, i know you put enourmous amounts of time and effort into that. theres no way to protect something like this either, its too easy and too fast for them to get it done.
06-02-2006, 10:44 AM
#6
i have other sets of of unfinished retros that i can complete and pop in for the time being, but i dont want to deal w/ the worry of weather or not they will get ripped off. as soon as i can i am just going back to stock 00-01 headlights,
06-02-2006, 10:46 AM
#7
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Doc - Sorry to hear about the bad news. On the brighter side, no one was hurt and your alarm did what it was supposed to and you caught the ****** f-ers running. Some people just wake up and their gone.
Again sorry to hear about that.
Again sorry to hear about that.
06-02-2006, 11:03 AM
#8
Originally Posted by Dr. Roy
i have other sets of of unfinished retros that i can complete and pop in for the time being, but i dont want to deal w/ the worry of weather or not they will get ripped off. as soon as i can i am just going back to stock 00-01 headlights,
That sucks man... the projectors do look like HID lights to people who dont know maximas except for the lights. How about the stock 2k with a projector? Those look pretty close to stock right? But I guess better to play it safe than sorry and go back to halogens all together.
06-02-2006, 12:28 PM
#10
Damn. This is some Bull$ish we go through. As everyone here is, I too am sorry to hear about this. I also know what a pain it is dealing with the sucky output of our stock halogens. But its the price we pay to sleep comfortably. Damn...
06-02-2006, 01:36 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 90
Sorry to hear that story......you did a nice job on those lights. Like you said, it's not even the $$ value, it's the time and effort you spent getting it just the way you like it. I hope those guys get burned one of these days.
That's why I'm sticking with the 5th gen headlights. I even have a pair of 5.5 genners I was starting to work on, they are going up for sale in a week or two.
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