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Originally Posted by skunkd
And Real Apple iPhone's and the fake iPhones are both made in China.... Are they the same to you as well? Whats your point, It's not about where it's produced, its about the company producing it and running the show (R&D, Quality control, and Customer Service). Knock-offs are knock-offs, go for them if you want no support from the supplier, no warranty, and no clue if it will melt your car to the ground the next time you drive it. Who knows if by the time the FRM realizes the issue if it is too late to save your headlight from possible damage.
 but thats the way I see it. Lux is top dog for a reason, and not just developing the brightest LED angel eye available but supporting it (pre/post sale) as well. If your headlight is damaged buy a lux product I bet they would be more than willing to come to a reasonable solution with you.
Just find your original response in this thread very hypocritical after telling me not to get cheap chinese crap for my car yesterday lol...
Still wanna save 150 bucks on the knock-offs or feel good about giving credit where credit is due and buying from the developer. |
Come on, its not anything as complex as an iPhone, which is only manufactured in China, but the design, engineering and support is done in the US.
Lux was the first to establish a market, but the others are in no way knock offs. Look at the MTEC bulbs which are brighter than Lux with no EMI. Look at the 20W cree LEDs again, which are brighter than Lux.
The only reason Lux prices were that high were because they were the only product at the time. It is no way a reflection of the engineering/maufacturing cost. MTEC is a bigger company than LUX, and now there are other alternatives that sell for $85 per pair on Ebay and come with a warranty as well. I'l take my chances there. An LED is an LED, the resistors and simple circuit to make things error free are not hard to design or exclusive to LUX.
The exact same thing happend with the CCFL or LED rings for the E46. First they were over $200, then when the competition came, they were $99.
Its your money, spend it as you see fit (including buying those LED strips you wanted
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