How can you tell a good aftermarket projector headlight on line from a piece of crap?

dreddog47 · February 22, 2012

sehaare said:
I've been looking at after market projector headlight assemblies for my 98 explorer XLT.

I'm having a hard time determining which ones are good and which one might be crap from China.

For example here is one that sales for $396.66

http://www.carid.com/1998-ford-explorer-headlights/cg-projector-headlights-313793.html

And here is what appears to be the same assembly with an HID Kit for $128

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6000K-HID-95-01-Ford-Explorer-Dual-CCFL-Halo-Projector-LED-Chrome-Headlights-/390392203933?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AFord|Model%3AExplorer&hash=item5ae5304a9d&vxp=mtr#ht_7044wt_1187

How, besides the price can I tell that the second one is cheap? It appears to have the same part # and manufacture?

Thanks
Steve

Simple, they are both crap.... They are poorly manufactured halogen projectors with plug and play HID kits installed.

If you want good HID projectors, you'll have to build a set of headlights yourself, or pay someone to do it.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=321104

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2839218&postcount=14

Any follow up questions?

celly · February 22, 2012

Yeah, what he ^ said.

My take on retrofit is here.

How can you tell a good aftermarket projector headlight on line from a piece of crap?

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