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APC black projectors.. how is the light output?
Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:16 AM
well i have the ALL black projectors but the light output isnt that great i was wondering if anyone has these and how good it is.. i also have an HID kit and my other projectors still suck..






Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:34 AM
I am not sure about those. They look like APC, i know APC the light output is prett good. If they are using the same lense as what you hae then it will suck.


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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:09 AM
hard to say...... but how do you know their APC? The clear APC ones worked pretty nice...... but IDK




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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:38 AM
APC had stopped making projectors.


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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 3:00 PM
hey brandon. im not trying to bust your balls or anything, but here are all your posts you have made either about the same subject, could have gotten answered from one of the other threads, or has already been answered. basically if you searched, you would have found all you other posts, and then could have asked on one of them rather than keep making new threads.
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=298304&t=298304#298304

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=293546&t=293546#293546

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=292809&t=292809#292809

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=292672&t=292672#292672

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=292630&t=292630#292630

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=292630&t=292630#292630

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=291441&t=291441#291441

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=291380&t=291380#291380

well this is just in the past 90 days. but here is the page....
http://www.j-body.org/forums/search.php?f=7&search=Brandon+Schmidt&globalsearch=0&match=1&date=90&threadtype=1&fldauthor=1

like i said, im not trying to be a d**k or anything, just seems it would be better than new threads all the time.

now to help with your question, i hear these particular projectors suck. i have taken quite a few of them apart and i can see why they suck. i would recommend you do not purchase them. good luck with everything man.



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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:06 PM
thought you were selling the car??



Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:38 PM
i dont think it matters how much i post i pay a monthly fee so i can post as much as i want none of them are exactly the same so it doesnt matter i asked a simple question




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:30 PM
^^cant we all just get along

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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:53 PM
according to one of your previous thread you have an 8000k kit? mean your going to have a less light output period. should gon will a 4000kish kir would worked alot better.




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:21 PM
you have bad light output because these projectors were not made for HIDS.... if you wanna use HIDS then have IZN TRBL make you some real projectors




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:21 PM
btw i have these lights as you already know...and can see in my sig... but you already know my opinion on them





Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 6:23 AM
i have a set for sale take a look
very good out put on mine clear projector much better, not like the blue projector
http://www.j-body.org/classifieds/exterior/36541/



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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 9:13 AM
ummm ryan, your are the blue projectors...same ones i got same ones hes has...there crap. even says that in your for sale post...




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 9:42 AM
Two people posting on this projectors from their profile do not have HID's if you don't that is why the light out put sucks.


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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 10:30 AM
certsfire wrote:ummm ryan, your are the blue projectors...same ones i got same ones hes has...there crap. even says that in your for sale post...


mine are clear
in the post its says they are clear not blue

the blue projectors have very bad light output
the clear projectors have better light output

also i have aftermarket bulbs witch helps alot also



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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 11:00 AM
hm well i do have hid jkit its a 10k kit.. either way my friend has projectors on his eclipse with yellow oem bulbs ive tried regular. "blue ones" and hid.. his are brighter mine like make a U on the road with light on the sides of the road not in the middle its horriable




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 11:02 AM
seems like ur asking alot for the lights.. do u have any pix of them at nite?




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 12:26 PM
The same lights he's selling go on ebay for like 105 bucks buy it now- around 150 shipped...




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 12:37 PM
....and being premium doesn't make you immune to searching BTW, you can pay to be on this site and still be a dip@!#$ ......





Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 1:38 PM
He asking for it in Canadian plus he is including bulbs and a wire harness.


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SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 1:43 PM
Brandon Schmidt wrote:seems like ur asking alot for the lights.. do u have any pix of them at nite?


i will take pics at night, tonight.
thats how they are worth if not more

and they are brand new.



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Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 4:17 PM
Mylife75 (ajose) wrote:He asking for it in Canadian plus he is including bulbs and a wire harness.


So?

He already has a HID kit- so he wouldnt need the bulbs or the harness'.

I'm not too sharp on my canadian to american money conersion- but Id rather purchase something within the U.S & from a reputable (depends) dealer, than some guy from a car site that just joined less than 6 months ago... No offense to that guy.




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 4:23 PM
i have the same APC style Projectors for sale

im only asking 85 shipped




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 8:31 PM
lol when u buy them on ebay they come with bulbs and harness too




Re: APC black projectors.. how is the light output
Friday, November 18, 2005 9:13 PM
Bottom Line:

Both the Matrix Style, and APC style projectors are low quality aftermarket parts.
(I use the word style to include the original projectors as well as the imitation models).

Sorry if I offend anyone with that statement, but true projector aficionados who know their stuff would agree with me. Ask anyone who's ever gone through the effort of trying to build a custom set of HID-ready projectors .

People like them because the design is kinda cool looking, but they were "dumbed down" in quality because the "general masses" wouldn't be willing to shell out the cash required to make a real quality part.

That being said, they still look pretty nice.

But if you're the type of person who spends thousands of dollars in appearance mods. You've probably developed a taste for perfection and will never truly be happy with the quality of either projector, HIDs or not.

If I were you, I'd be looking to people like Whiteboy for a custom, BMW worthy projector.
But be prepared to pay a lot more than Ebay prices for them.

P.S. I'm currently sporting a set of the clear lensed, Matrix Projectors with Silverstars. The light output is marginally worse than stock and no amount of adjusting could line up the beams exactly the way they should be.

Even still, I'm about 1-2 years away from getting a new car so I don't see the need to replace them with something more expensive.







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