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minja714 · 11-10-2011, 02:29 AM

So i bought HIDs from a recommendation from my friend from VLEDs online... got a discount. Sweet. Installed them and they worked and looked sweet. Long story short, after tucking all the wires and fired up my bike again... nothing.

its like the warner brother's frog, it only works when it wants to.

unless you know a better brand that makes HIDs, i suggest to just switch out the damn bulb with Xenons or something. Im vastly annoyed by the amount of time that i wasted these chinese pieces of crap.

FML...

anyone wanna by some crappy broken chinese HIDs?

**hypo** · 11-10-2011, 08:01 AM

dude...

not cool.

never heard of VLEDs...

FaZerick8 · 11-10-2011, 05:59 PM

minja714, did you buy them from www v-leds com?

minja714 · 11-10-2011, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaZerick8

minja714, did you buy them from www v-leds com?

yeah, they are alleged to be used by the drifting racers in formula D and recommended by my friend. lol fml...

jumb5150 · 02-04-2012, 08:17 PM

Can anyone recommend a good xenon bulb?

Bighitmatt · 02-05-2012, 09:56 PM

Actually I have VLEDs HID kit 8k installed in my FZ-8. They are freekn great! I also have a set in my Toyota Tundra with great recommendation from a lot of guys on the Tundra Forums. Never heard of issues with them before, although HIDs are notorious for having bad ballasts from factory. That being said, I have had very good experiences with DDM Tuning HID kits. I have several buddies that have DDMs kits in their bikes/Rhinos/ATV's.

minja714 · 02-06-2012, 12:18 AM

I sent it back since it had a one year warranty, and the thing got lost in the mail... fml... so I bought another set on e-bay. about 30 ish dollars. so my 60 dollar HIDs is turning into 100. I installed it and it works. ill post pictures up soon. they look gorgeous. maybe i got a bad set but god damn what a bad experience.

11-10-2011, 02:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
minja714 Weekend Rider Bike: Yamaha Fz8 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 68 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	thinking about HIDs? Think again... So i bought HIDs from a recommendation from my friend from VLEDs online... got a discount. Sweet. Installed them and they worked and looked sweet. Long story short, after tucking all the wires and fired up my bike again... nothing. its like the warner brother's frog, it only works when it wants to. unless you know a better brand that makes HIDs, i suggest to just switch out the damn bulb with Xenons or something. Im vastly annoyed by the amount of time that i wasted these chinese pieces of crap. FML... anyone wanna by some crappy broken chinese HIDs?

02-06-2012, 12:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
minja714 Weekend Rider Bike: Yamaha Fz8 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 68 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I sent it back since it had a one year warranty, and the thing got lost in the mail... fml... so I bought another set on e-bay. about 30 ish dollars. so my 60 dollar HIDs is turning into 100. I installed it and it works. ill post pictures up soon. they look gorgeous. maybe i got a bad set but god damn what a bad experience. __________________ Love n Peace If its Chinese, then its not compatible with my bike.

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11-10-2011, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
FaZerick8 Weekend Rider Bike: 2011 FZ8 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: California, USA Posts: 43 Thanks: 10 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	minja714, did you buy them from www v-leds com?

02-04-2012, 08:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
jumb5150 Avid Rider Bike: FZ8 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: California Posts: 126 Thanks: 5 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Can anyone recommend a good xenon bulb?