Has anyone bought pre-facelift Depos from Fishcake on ebay recently? Bi-xenon output

[Ricky Bobby]

Guys, sadly enough my retrofitting future is not too bright, as the Spyder headlights that I completed for mam4.6's Estoril are backordered in both black and chrome versions, and I spoke to Spyder yesterday, they have no ETA for a new shipment.

I'd like to offer another retrofit solution and also complete a set for myself, so I am researching the popular Depo units. I know they have a clear lens and include a replica of the Valeo D2S/H7 projector found on Audi's from about 10 years ago, but their output is not the best (probably a new curved shield needed fabricating) when comparing to the factory pre-facelift Hella E39 low beam projector.

As well, you can buy the standard halogen equipped Depo's on ebay for $350, and the Depo standalone ring kit from fishcake321 for $180, so for $530 you'd have a halogen set which is ready to retrofit a xenon projector into.

I spoke with Sam/Lee (fishcake321 on Ebay) yesterday at length about the headlights he sells, which are the Depo versions, with the LED rings. He tells me that the version he sells now is actually a D2S bi-xenon unit, and showed me a video of it but on the E46 Depo's. There has not been any talk recently of Depo now offering a bi-xenon solution, so I want to know if anyone has bought headlights from him recently, and if they are in fact bi-xenon, can someone get me output shots against a wall at say 25 feet or so?

Would like to see what i'm working with here, if Depo has improved their projector optics/shield over the older version, etc.

Pic for clicks, these are the lights I'm speaking of:



Anyone who bought the Depos more than 8 months ago this shouldn't apply to, since I have not heard of a bixenon version of their lights before hearing it yesterday. I'm assuming this is a newer thing, if true.