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Title: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Aweful_Truth on April 10, 2012, 11:29:06 am
cant seem to find any at a decent price on ebay and i swear they weren't £500 before?? thats more the price for actual xenons from VW so wondering if anyone knew where i can find them at a better price? thanks!
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Stg123 on April 10, 2012, 11:44:27 am
The best price ones I found are item no 200579708297 on eBay. They are from a company called tuning fanatics in Germany. I bought a pair and fitted them myself. They are direct replacement and made by hella. They were delivered quickly and very well packaged. Only thing I did was put some Phillips extreme bulbs in them before I fitted them. Hope this helps
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Matto on April 10, 2012, 11:51:15 am
I have ordered from them too and currently waiting on delivery  :happy2:
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Jonny on April 10, 2012, 05:18:58 pm
Just ordered a set from this guy,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HELLA-UPGRADE-XENON-LOOK-SCHEINWERFERSET-GOLF-V-MK5-GTI-/400019949317?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item5d230c0705#ht_2008wt_1392


They are Hella, had to pm him for RHD lights, 344 Euro that's including P&P so in total about £284 which is a hell of a lot cheaper than the tuning fanatics £355.

He speaks great english, give him a pm over on ebay see what he can do for you mate ;)
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: apples12 on April 10, 2012, 09:36:08 pm
i may be wrong...however im *quite* sure the genuine hella LHD and RHD units are actually identical, and all thats used to flip them between LHD/RHD is a little lever inside the projector to swap where the 'kickup' of the beam is... similar to how the setup is on OEM xenons...
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Shabba168 on April 10, 2012, 09:38:43 pm
Check out TRUPART they do depo and they have a headlight that is like oem and black xenon
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Aweful_Truth on April 10, 2012, 11:32:09 pm
thanks guys really helpful  :happy2:
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Matto on May 03, 2012, 04:24:30 pm
Just for info incase anyone comes across this thread while searching, I ordered a set of these from Tuning Fanatics on the 2nd April. I never received them and have only just got my money back after opening a case with ebay and escalating it further. I would advise that you DO NOT buy from Tuning Fanatics as they never respond to emails and i think had no intentions of refunding me themselves.

I am currently speaking with the guy who Jonny recommended to see what he can do for me.
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Jonny on May 03, 2012, 06:12:55 pm
Just for info incase anyone comes across this thread while searching, I ordered a set of these from Tuning Fanatics on the 2nd April. I never received them and have only just got my money back after opening a case with ebay and escalating it further. I would advise that you DO NOT buy from Tuning Fanatics as they never respond to emails and i think had no intentions of refunding me themselves.

I am currently speaking with the guy who Jonny recommended to see what he can do for me.

Glad you got your money back ;) Hope Markus can sort you out :)
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: Mev on June 23, 2012, 08:39:43 pm
Mine finally arrived, apparently Markus had problems sourcing them from Hella. They are fitted now with HID, they work perfectly.
Title: Re: sourcing hella projector headlights (not xenon)
Post by: apples12 on June 23, 2012, 09:46:23 pm
Just for info incase anyone comes across this thread while searching, I ordered a set of these from Tuning Fanatics on the 2nd April. I never received them and have only just got my money back after opening a case with ebay and escalating it further. I would advise that you DO NOT buy from Tuning Fanatics as they never respond to emails and i think had no intentions of refunding me themselves.

I am currently speaking with the guy who Jonny recommended to see what he can do for me.

i'd just like to say i've bought from tuning fanatics loads of times...never had a single problem with them - however i will add that when communicating with them I do email them in german and get very prompt replies back (google translate is your friend here...) the one/two times i mailed in english i didnt get a reply back either...