man im really bum and about to get **** and go homicidal on their asses.

so 2 half hours i drop off my car at a well respected car shop to install my HIDs on my foglights. the instruction on the HID said its plug and play and easy installing about 30minutes.

so i let the tech guy take my car to install it and still almost 3 hours now he isnt even done. their rate : 75 dollars and hour labor. omg this is fkcing so wrong.

can anyone tell me if its possible for a respected auto shop to take more then 3 hours to do a simple HID installation?

price so far has reach about 200 dollars. thats half of what the hid kit cost. and they probly wont be done for few more hours.

i think i will be charge about 350 or more for installation. what should i do?
I got a feeling this gona end up on the 10 o clock news with "misguided youth on killing spree at local auto shop"..

 

Why didnt you do it yourself man? HID's are plug and play for a reason.. they are easy to install.

 

Why didnt you do it yourself man? HID's are plug and play for a reason.. they are easy to install.

 

Sounds like you're getting hosed.

Did you get a price quote from them? Or did they say "It should take 1 hour, but anything over will be additional and we charge $75 hourly"?! If that's what they said...then I guess you really can't fix the mess.

Did you sign anything? I think if you didn't sign anything, then you should get out of it all together & go somewhere else.

 

They may take longer than they should to install them, but only charge you the going rate for the install.....say 2hrs. max.
Tell them that's all you'll pay. It's not your fault that they don't know what they're doing.
C.

 

man i wish i new how to pop open the G's eyes. if i did i wont have gone to those basterds. kinda like trying to open the inside door cover. man i screw drive every single crack and i couldnt get it pop open. i followed all the advice to open the door and nota. and i damaged the handle abit, so for something as big as the G's eyes where it involves disassebling the bumber and other stuff, i just rather not break somthing important. i dont know if the whole ideal about HID, cost and installation was worth the cash, BUT.... the headlights look soooo sooooo niiice.. 4700k wasnt as bright as i thought itll be. ya there was a bumb up a level noticable brightness but nothing that spectacular. My high beam, lol it look like the picture of a weed plant. those joint that u wrap up and get funky with. lol but all in all its bright and the headlights and car, look so freaking nice at night time.

 

Okay - now I am confused. Did you get the dual lights (both hi & fog using a rotating cover)? I am looking at the McCulloch 4700K H4 Bi-Xenon HID conversion Kit on ebay - $385. The distributor (supervtec on ebay) is around 90 minutes away from me. His price for the install is only $50. I am a little concerned about the issue with the hi beams. What do you mean when you say "it look like the picture of a weed plant"? Do you have any pictures you can post? Anyone else have an ideas? I was going to have this done this Friday...

TIA,
sd_diver

 

the 4700k is a great color and really matches with that product, and ya its wierd, the hi beam works, if i hi beam you youll notice it, but the beam pattern isnt complete. it really does look like a weed plant, the pattern is broken up and looks like the plant if shine from 20 feet away into a wall. im not sure if its the product or my installation. i email him and waiting to see what he said.

 

no pictures, wish i could but 1. digital camera not in my possesses at the moment. 2. last time i tryed to upload a small picture, the site wont let me upload it.

 

just host the picture on photobucket.com when you take the picture. its easy

 

NonAme,
Let me know next time you want to upload......and we'll get it done.
C.