Group Buy: Aftermarket Bixenon Headlights (WinPower Lamps)

[Kesh]

Transforms the look of the car in my opinion. Looks amazing!

[fastmk7]

Ive just picked up my 2014 GTI and am interested in a set of the BI-xenon headlamps, where are we up to with the group buy ?

[Tomatoes]

We're all done mate, but the general consensus is that maybe 8/12 were happy with their lights in the end, with a few people getting defectives. I don't even think Mark (the guy who supplied us) would be willing to sell to us again through PayPal at least. If you could get more people interested in the headlights, I'm sure you could find better suppliers.

[veew]

As Tomatoes said the GB is all done. I wouldn't recommend the process as Mark/WinPower Lamps are not trustworthy to deal with. For a product that was claimed to be plug and play, there were at least 50% of the headlights with issues. Some of these issues included scratches on the headlights, broken connectors/tabs, problems with the electronics resulting in abnormal HID and LED behaviour that have not be remedied with replacement ballasts. All these issues are well documented on this thread.

Paypal Buyer Protection is very specific but essentially you will get your money back if you return the defective item, at your own expense. Unfortunately the cost of returning the item is likely to take a decent chunk out of your refund. In my case I requested a partial refund of $US200 but was refused as I had modified (even in a non-permanent way) the headlights which is against Paypal policy.

Ultimately I can't understand why the quality of the headlights sent to us differed so significantly to those sent to the Brazilian group buyers. They've had 3 group buys and of the 60+ headlights were sent, I have only seen one or 2 minor issues reported. In the end I would not recommend dealing with WPlamps for RHD headlights.

Mark has said that his boss was unhappy with how the group buy went, that many Paypal disputes were opened up. He stated they will not allow future transactions to occur with Paypal, only Western Union. If anyone was foolish enough to go down this path, they would lose Paypal's buyer protection allowing you to receive a refund after returning the defective headlights.

[Euro Car Upgrades]

hi guys,
For a pair of genuine VW ones you can speak to us as we do have a few sets in stock for RHD market.
We also just started selling modules which make them plug & play with no errors.
You simply remove the old headlight, plug the new one is the job is done, Bob's your uncle.
We have listed them with 10% discount now, that's $200+off the SRP:
genuine VW Golf 7 Bi-Xenon LED headlights OEM 5G1941033 5G1941034 5G1941753 5G1941754 5G2941751 5G2941752 Euro Car Upgrades
Genuine VW with 12 months warranty.
Install at $399 when a module is purchased for plug & play operation

[mui_michael]

My headlights have completely fail tonight... For a few months my driver side headlights have been suffering from condensation, and recently it was getting worse and worse until a few days ago my driver side low beam stopped working. I opened up and it looks like this (pic 1). So, I got a new set of canbus ballast and new bulbs to replace them (not fitted yet). And tonight my passenger side low beam started flashing then all of a sudden the car shuts off by itself... I tried starting the car back up again but the car just shutters and turns off again. I will be replacing my old headlights tomorrow and chuck this crap in the bin, never will I buy ANYTHING from WINPOWER AGAIN!!! Lesson learned, just because a group buy from another country were successful doesn't mean we will get the same quality in products...

[KWS]

I have 1 complete left-hand side Winpower Headlight (working) complete with lamps and ballast, GTI style with red stripe. Also ballast and lamps (working) from right-hand side. Had someone run into my right hand side, broke the external casing/lens. I’ve replaced with the original VW units. Willing to sell separately.

[mui_michael]

I have 1 complete left-hand side Winpower Headlight (working) complete with lamps and ballast, GTI style with red stripe. Also ballast and lamps (working) from right-hand side. Had someone run into my right hand side, broke the external casing/lens. I’ve replaced with the original VW units. Willing to sell separately.

Thanks for the offer KWS, but I have lost faith with this company and ANY product with their logo on it......

KWS - Please don't take offense to it and I'm sure the ones you have works, I'm just sick and tired stuffing with WinPower's product.

[KWS]

Thanks for the offer KWS, but I have lost faith with this company and ANY product with their logo on it......

KWS - Please don't take offense to it and I'm sure the ones you have works, I'm just sick and tired stuffing with WinPower's product.

No worries mui, just putting it out there for all.

[ryanjames20]

@mui_michael
Sorry to hear about the news ! Thats just unacceptable quality, very disappointing.
I hope my Vacar replicas don't suffer the same fate any time soon at least