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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Apc headlights

Just wanted to let you guys know that if you plan on doing a headlight change over, don't use the APC headlights. They are a waist of money. I bought mine off e-bay about 2 yrs ago from a Company here in Los Angeles, and had never installed them untill about 2 weeks ago. I 've sent the company out of Corona CA, e-mails and tried to contact them by phone as well with no answers. The number they give on the box is not even a working number. The low beam is so outta whack that it points off to the righthand side. They're immpossible to align because it is one whole assembly. So the high and low beam move together as you try to align them. I tried everything to set them but again, it just can't be done. When doing a search on the net I found a guy that has the exact same problem as I do with the Headlight. They are made in Taiwan and are a POS. Don't get ripped off by buying hedlights form APC. Don't want to see this happen to any of you.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Sorry to hear that you got a bum deal but thanks for the heads up
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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Thanks, Live and Learn.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Hey man, get ahold of Ed, www.partsguyed.com, he will fix you up. I think he has the 05 or 06 for about $200.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by WA.Ranger
Hey man, get ahold of Ed, www.partsguyed.com, he will fix you up. I think he has the 05 or 06 for about $200.
Thanks Jeff, but Im gonna convert to a HID Xenon system. I still need to get headlamps, because I had the original 99 headlights that are yellow and sandblasted. I then converted to the APC's,which turned out be worse than the OEM's. So now, I'm trying to figure out what lenses to get in order to switch over to the HD Xenon system. Do you have an idea of how to go about it Jeff. Basically I have 2 sets of headlamps that are crap, and I need 2 new ones so that I can install HID lamps. Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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APC went belly up IIRC
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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APC went belly up IIRC
I guess you can see how disappointed I am. I gotta say, I, don't think I've ever seen such a piece a crap product. Well, I'm sure they lost alot of money in returns and such. Thanks for the Info. I still see alot of them on e-bay and other vendord sites though. It'd be kinda nice to let everyone know not to buy that Garbage. Thanks agian.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by WA.Ranger
Hey man, get ahold of Ed, www.partsguyed.com, he will fix you up. I think he has the 05 or 06 for about $200.
How much brighter are they compaired to the 2001 frosted yellow ones.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by crazymut
How much brighter are they compared to the 2001 frosted yellow ones.
There much brighter, there not diffused. I actually don't have a set on my truck....YET, but Mark does (Milleroutdoors) and they are a marked improvement.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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I may have to chech this out. I have the 9007 Ultra whites and they are pretty good but it would be nice to see a little better.
 
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