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Old 06-20-2014, 03:41 PM
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Headlights from FK Automotive?

Does anyone have any experience, or have you heard anything, about these guys?

FK Automotive Tuning Shop | Headlight

Find E53 headlights using the selector on the left of the page, and let me know what you think.

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Old 06-20-2014, 03:47 PM
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FK should be selling Depo from my past experience with VW/Audi.

Edit: Just checked and they do, same headlights you can get on ebay for $350 without the LED angel eyes.
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So you're saying the headlights they're selling are Depo's? Did you see those prices? Sure they're in euros, but 275 or so for a pair sounds dirt cheap to me...
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Old 06-20-2014, 04:18 PM
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275 euro = 373 USD.

Still cheaper to get them at $350 on ebay.

Yes Depo is sold by FK in Germany they are the major distributor, those are Depo headlights that are sold (and one sonar set I see as well).
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Actually most FK products are made in Taiwan
Back in Europe, about 6 years ago, we were running a tuning shop and about 80% of the products we were buying were from FK and Dectane.
Nice guys to deal with and good prices too.
Never had any problems with fitment as far as headlights, taillights , bumpers, coilovers wheels or anything else tuning related.
And we were buying 10.000 Euro worth of parts every month.
You shouldn't have any problems with these guys.
And I recall they sell depo's , Hella's and some other brand for BMW 's
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Does anyone have any experience, or have you heard anything, about these guys?

FK Automotive Tuning Shop | Headlight

Find E53 headlights using the selector on the left of the page, and let me know what you think.

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I worked with FK for a number of years and they are a reputable company.
Unfortunately,they area no longer competitive and their client support leaves a lot to be desired.
I now work more with AD Tuning,from whom I bought a few sets of DEPO headlights.Their prices are €219.90 for Halogen and €259,90 for Xenon .
Their after sales service is excelent.I had a problem with a broken headlight in transport and they just asked me to take some photos and 1 week later ,they sent me a replacement,so excelent.Even better because I fixed the broken headlight and I am now working on it and experimenting on what I should change to then do the same on my existing 5 year old DEpos which I never had any problems with or my clients.
https://www.ad-tuning.de/advanced_se...=bmw+x5&page=2
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Dectane are even less competitive than FK!A whopping €120.00 more for the same set of Depo xenon headlights
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Old 06-21-2014, 09:14 AM
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Thanks for the link Fernando I'm going to reach out and see how much AD Tuning sells the Depo's for, shipped to USA.

Hopefully I can avoid some VAT and save some, as the only source I have for Depo here is 350 shipped
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