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Apr 29, 2009 | 09:26 PM

QuachmanES

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MTEC Bulbs?

I've been considering some replacement headlights/foglights for my 1999 ES300, and I'm not sure what brand to go with.

I've heard good things about PIAA, but they can be pricey. I currently have a set of Osram NightBreakers, and Sylvania SilverStars in my headlights and high beams. Any recommendations?

How is MTEC compared to Osram/Sylvania and PIAA?

EDIT: Meant to post in Lighting forum. Can someone please move this? Thanks.

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May 11, 2009 | 05:11 PM

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Mtec Suck!

Cheap taiwanese made kit and will broke down before a year. I got one from AUTHENTIC MTEC DISTRIBUTOR on eBay and the ballast die after 11 months. This kit has 2 year warranty. Contact the seller said $100 for 1 ballast, mention about warranty no response. The guys from MTEC name Steve. Contact eBay and Paypal no luck, said they can't do anything. You stuck!!

May 11, 2009 | 08:06 PM

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I was looking more for halogens. An HID retrofit is too expensive right now, so I was looking for some decent halogens to replace the foglights.

May 11, 2009 | 08:17 PM

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I'm curious myself about that. However, Authentic anything- ebay is questionable. onexite, have you looked for a local Mtec dealer to do the warranty exchange?

May 11, 2009 | 10:52 PM

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I'm not sure who I had purchased my Mtec bulbs from for my fogs and high beams but they have lasted over four years on my cars without any problems. I have them installed on multiple cars and none have fail yet. So it might be the newer generations that has a high defective rate.

May 11, 2009 | 11:24 PM

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not too be confused, i think MTEC also make HID bulbs and kits as well. OP might refer as halogen bulbs and not the hid kit. I heard that MTEC is like almost like PIAA but at cheaper price. I haven't try cuz most PIAA are the same price as HID and all my cars are HID now and haven't fail yet. All china hid too, so i kinda lucky,.

May 12, 2009 | 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by QuachmanES

I installed MTEC Cosmos Blue 9006 bulbs a couple years ago in my fogs and never had any problems. I thought they looked pretty good and matched the HID color temp pretty well (see attached pic). I have since replaced them however with a set of Luminics Pure Yellow JDM b/c I got bored. Will post pics of those soon

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