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« on: February 12, 2008, 09:21:44 AM »
Has anyone had any experience with the DEPO ellipsoids? If so, how is the quality, do they have the same light pattern as the euro ellips?

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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 03:04:05 PM »
They look the same, but quality is terrible, beam pattern is terrible, there is a lot of light waste, and the materials used are very cheap. Just get used ones that are real.

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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 04:56:18 PM »
I had used ones and I loved them, I replaced all of the adjusters and everything worked smoothly and they had a great pattern, but they got destroyed, so now I have to replace them because I rewired the car to use the euro ellipsoids. I was just curious about the Depo's quality.

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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2008, 06:36:07 PM »
on average they're of mid to low quality, though there are plenty who have good experiences there are also many with poor ones.  Personally I opted to buy used euro elips, the quality is much higher.
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