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Postby Xenith Xenons » Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:49 pm

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Xenith Xenons wrote:Also, I forgot to mention that if you are unsatisfied with what our LUX product line offers, please let me know what you'd like to see different, maybe a better cut-off or cheaper pricing?

We're open to suggestions and just want to offer a product that improves upon the HID kits and their usability. Please don't bash us, we are only doing what our customers over the past 3 years have recommended and suggested to us.

Thank you sincerely for your cooperation and understanding.

Not really bashing the quality of the kits, just the intended functionality. I don't really see a point in trying to improve a PnP hid kit in a halogen reflector. The cost of hid projectors have come down quite a bit and pricing your kits at $170 is basically pricing yourself out of the market. the only reason why people put these PnP's in halogen reflectors is because they are on a tight budget so being the "top-of-the-line" PnP hid kit won't really get you anywhere when you are competing with $60 PnP kits.

In all honesty, I want to see all PnP kits go up in flames because of the unavoidable glare that ends up tanning my eyeballs but I know it wont happen.


Thanks for your response. You get what you pay for these days and a $40 kit is not the same as a $110 kit, just like how $500 wheels aren't the same as $4000 BBS. Both the quality of the product and service the company provides are things to be considered when purchasing.

We believe that these kits are perfect for those who want a better HID kit but don't want to pay the $ for a complete retrofit or have time to do a retrofit themselves. What you're saying is to either get a super cheap kit or go full out with a retrofit. The LUX conversion system is the middle between these two light modification extremes and offers a more functional approach to your standard HID conversion kit.

That is the angle we're working with. If price is an issue, we will consider this but as a retrofit advocate, you cannot ignore that reducing glare is a positive step in the HID kit industry.
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Postby xavier » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:04 pm

Xenith Xenons wrote:Thanks for your response. You get what you pay for these days and a $40 kit is not the same as a $110 kit, just like how $500 wheels aren't the same as $4000 BBS. Both the quality of the product and service the company provides are things to be considered when purchasing.

We believe that these kits are perfect for those who want a better HID kit but don't want to pay the $ for a complete retrofit or have time to do a retrofit themselves. What you're saying is to either get a super cheap kit or go full out with a retrofit. The LUX conversion system is the middle between these two light modification extremes and offers a more functional approach to your standard HID conversion kit.

That is the angle we're working with. If price is an issue, we will consider this but as a retrofit advocate, you cannot ignore that reducing glare is a positive step in the HID kit industry.

I totally get what you are saying and I fully welcome innovation. I also think that reducing glare is a positive step and I do understand quality differences. I will say that maybe your price point could use some work though as there are some really good performing projectors for $130 that would take a $60 PnP kit and have really great output without requiring any hacking of the stock reflector whatsoever. With that $190, the customer would have no glare, great output, and a great price. The fact that the ballast or bulb goes out after a year is kind of irrelevant based on the price of replacement parts.

I am kinda biased to retrofits though so take me with a grain of salt.
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Postby Xenith Xenons » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:36 pm

xavier wrote:
Xenith Xenons wrote:Thanks for your response. You get what you pay for these days and a $40 kit is not the same as a $110 kit, just like how $500 wheels aren't the same as $4000 BBS. Both the quality of the product and service the company provides are things to be considered when purchasing.

We believe that these kits are perfect for those who want a better HID kit but don't want to pay the $ for a complete retrofit or have time to do a retrofit themselves. What you're saying is to either get a super cheap kit or go full out with a retrofit. The LUX conversion system is the middle between these two light modification extremes and offers a more functional approach to your standard HID conversion kit.

That is the angle we're working with. If price is an issue, we will consider this but as a retrofit advocate, you cannot ignore that reducing glare is a positive step in the HID kit industry.

I totally get what you are saying and I fully welcome innovation. I also think that reducing glare is a positive step and I do understand quality differences. I will say that maybe your price point could use some work though as there are some really good performing projectors for $130 that would take a $60 PnP kit and have really great output without requiring any hacking of the stock reflector whatsoever. With that $190, the customer would have no glare, great output, and a great price. The fact that the ballast or bulb goes out after a year is kind of irrelevant based on the price of replacement parts.

I am kinda biased to retrofits though so take me with a grain of salt.


We have seen those projectors and have actually considered carrying them but the quality wasn't too great. We opted for this technology because it doesn't require any opening of the headlights and other tasks, something we wanted to keep out of the install price so we could make things as simple as possible.

Right now, we're working on decreasing the price on our end so that we can offer deeper discounts. Hopefully we can negotiate a price drop and offer it for a lower price, maybe in the $140-150 range. Compared to the $190 HID kit/projector combo, it might be a better choice.
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Postby Bippusol » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:22 pm

damn hella rippin on this company hahahahhaha
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Postby Xenith Xenons » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:49 pm

Bippusol wrote:damn hella rippin on this company hahahahhaha


Yeah :-?

Oh well we take all comments and opinions into consideration.
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Postby Mr_Chunkz » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:50 pm

Guys THIS is what a bad HID kit looks like

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Blotchy, inconsistent quality and hotspots galore

The pictures of the LUX product look like a big improvement over the pics I've posted of another unnamed HID brand, but still fall way short of a projector. Still, kudos to try to innovate such a popular product.... and sorry about our forum trying to rip you a new one.
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Postby Bippusol » Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:09 pm

props to him for defending the company^^^ +1 in my book buddy hahahahah
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Postby Projex0 » Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:16 pm

MR chunkz that is not what a bad hid kit looks like, it is what a bad quality headlight looks like.

keep in mind that if the light output from any 35w ballast and the same temperature bulb has essentially the same output, but because of the headlight housing they are put into they are automatically given a title of being crappy. Yes there are those few kits out there that just plain out sux, but im just saying that Mr chunkz that's just a crappy headlight cant blame the HID kit just my .02
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Postby Aotoyota » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:36 pm

if DSP= Digital signal processing,

what kind of signal is being processed? i
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Postby Mr_Chunkz » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:46 am

Projex0 wrote:MR chunkz that is not what a bad hid kit looks like, it is what a bad quality headlight looks like.

keep in mind that if the light output from any 35w ballast and the same temperature bulb has essentially the same output, but because of the headlight housing they are put into they are automatically given a title of being crappy. Yes there are those few kits out there that just plain out sux, but im just saying that Mr chunkz that's just a crappy headlight cant blame the HID kit just my .02


Yes, it was after market reflector, but the HID capsule itself was splotchy and had strange marks all over it. I guess "contamination" would be the best way to put it... so most of that was due to the bulb itself.
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Re: LUX… the world’s first glare-free HID kit, starting at $

Postby mihneacordescu » Fri May 21, 2010 6:02 am

I invested in my car some stuff and now I’ll add a Bi-Xenon. I think my car deserve it and is good for me to feel safe.
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