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We were trying to do some due diligence regarding the products/services being offered (Outside of Advertisers Specials & Fabricators Market), but gave into the very passionate feedback we had received from the members asking us to not to "get in the way" of them getting the aftermarket parts they want.

We now have gotten some additional information and we'd like for members who have actually received goods/service from brandonbeeb to post up their pictures/opinions.

As we review this information, we are placing a hold on any further Group Buys from brandonbeeb (Brandon Alisch)

Note: In the past if there was an issue with a business (NICO sponsor or not) we asked those with first hand knowledge share their experiences. So, ANY non-first hand accounts/opinions will be removed.


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Let the truth be known!!!!

Well let me start off by telling you guys that I don’t want to do this but I have to! I know a quality job when I see one. This is hard to do for me because by nature I am very easy going guy and easy to get along with; that is until I get screwed! Like the title of the OP, that’s what happened.

There are only a few people here that know what truly happened, but for most of you, I know you guys have no clue as a lot of the events that transpired was kept behind the scene, which for all good intent purposes was to try to resolve the problems between the parties and obviously has back fired.

The events that I am talking about is the group buy for the projector headlights offered to a “lucky” 25 people by Brandon Alisch aka brandonbeeb. The following are MY experiences dealing with Brandon. There may be some out there that feel other wise however for the amount of money I paid ($850 +) I expected quality work but all I received was work that was far from being professional quality! I know most of you are not planning to take your car to the next level, ie car shows, but for me I am! I have a few companies at this point that has sponsored me and my car and will be appearing in shows such as HIN, NCAA, Car Domain to name a few. So when the lights go on and the hoods go up, these people EXPECT to see everything perfect and not out of place. I can tell you, that I was very embarrassed to put my hood up at the Nov 9th meet because all the people there would have and will see the imperfections of the headlights. I shouldn’t have felt that way at all...Not for the price I paid! In fact it should have been the opposite! My brother who is a moderator on VW Vortex forums and also has a show quality Jetta, took down his info as well as to make sure that he doesn’t do any business on VW Vortex. He was disgusted when he saw my lights as well as the heavy condensation which he noticed and pointed out to me. I almost lost it!

I am posting this thread as a warning to the NICO community and to show why this Group Buy SHOULD BE STOPPED before more lights are ruined and more NICO members receive their lights with the same disappointments that I had as well as Mike. Brandon was given plenty of opportunities to correct the deficiencies on the headlights. But when is enough’s enough?

Before looking at the pictures, please keep in mind that Brandon had my lights for three weeks (more time than what he said on the forums) and had given him diagrams of how I wanted the angel eyes to appear….twice! (once enclosed with the lights in the box and the second emailed to him) but even with the diagram, it still wasn’t what I wanted. This also holds true for the placement of the LED strips. As you'll see from the pictures below they are far from perfect. For the amount of time he had them, I expected quality. It’s very hard to see the imperfections in the pictures that Brandon sends you but once you receive and open the box and really take a good look at them, that’s where the disappointment will hit you; hence is the reason for the MORE detailed pictures here. Also keep in mind Brandon’s had Surmanm’s lights longer and was the recipient of the fiberglass housing. He’s been out of a car for almost three months! But I will let him tell you his story.

Here are the pictures. You guys be the judge but I am very confident after viewing these pictures, you will be reluctant to send anything to Brandon for retrofitting. Like I said before, I hate doing this but this CAN”T GO ON ! My lights (dealer costs) are over $900 per side. Now I’m out of $1800 in OEM lights plus the money spent for Brandon to butcher my lights and my time and cost of renting a car to go to Canada (Not to mention the damn cavity search at the border) to pick up my and Surmanm’s lights which I feel Brandon should have absorbed, as a company, because he promised us that we would have our lights before the weekend and before the meet. 16 hours total of driving between the two of us!

I look at it this way, If you sat on a chair and the leg of that chair broke and you fell off and got hurt really bad, how reluctant will you be to sit on that same chair and put your whole weight on it, even though is was fixed?

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As a request from Brandon, I will be taking down the pics. I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt! We are after all human and because of that I honestly think that Brandon wants to have satisfied customers so his business can grow.


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Ok guys let me start of by saying this whole thing started for me onaugust 19 when I sent Brandon my first payment and its now November.

I have spent $1000+, sent out my lights twice, drove halfway to Canadaand in the end I have headlights that are not professionally done.

I don't want to do this just as much as Darryl doesn't want to do thisbut sending my lights back to brandon a 3rd time just isnt going to happen.

In my opinion, Brandon cant fix them he does not

have the technical know how to do this. Sorry guys don't want it tosound that harsh but that's what it is.

So I get my lights I open the box...up first thing I see I have a broken angle eye, and not because ofCanadian post or ups (because mine were carried by dangeris across the border.When I look at the angle eye and they way it is mounted next to the bottom of the housing of course its going to break!

How are you ever going to mount a glass tube wedged up next to theplastic?? I just don't understand how someone can send out a productknowing all the problems that occurred prior and not have the productas perfect as possible... and if this is what you think is a good job a"professional retrofitter" then good luck with that.

Those pictures and videos that Brandon posts don't show much..they don't show thequality of the work which NEEDS to be seen upclose, and cant be shown in videos unless you have an HD camcorder and a tripod.Cell phone video makes it look like a dream.. when in reality, its a NIGHTMARE!

I will start with the shrouds there is black epoxy

glue all around the shroud, that how Brandon mounts his angle eyes. itsjust not clean it looks like the epoxy was just smeared on. Theshrouds are mounted with silicon. I can see the silicon all over Ishould not see the silicon.

The projectors have fingerprints on them, smudges, dust little pieces of crap???What's up with that?? I gotpulled over yesterday after the meet because my lights are blinding

people on the road. They are not aimed right not only are they notaimed right/ unbalanced but the shroud itself is mounted crooked.

I shouldnt be able to see how Brandon mounts and levels his

shrouds/projectors using little nuts stacked up together , they areright behind the shroud and the housing in plain sight.

Guys you know why my lights and dangeris are fogging upwhen it rains or when you get a car wash?

Because there are holes that before had a light bulb in them now have wires coming out(for led) andallow water and moister to get in the light because of a HORRIBLE SEAL.So yeah I can fix that... Ican go and buy a rubber seal and do it myself...should I have to do that?

Dangeris' led bar the way Brandon mounted it some silicon which is all over

the place and just looks fugley inside the lights.

From 5 feet back if you don't know all this and if don't pay attention to detail thelights look amazing it's a great idea!But when you look close up and see all those smudges of glue everywhere the outside seal which Ididn't even mention, dirt projector lens, uneven mounting of the shroud, its just not professional.

For $1000 I expect to have perfect lights and im sure you will agree.

So I warn everyone... its nice to HOPE for the best.. but I just dont think anyone will be pleased with any retrofits he does for the Altima Coupe.


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its always nice to get an email from guys saying they liked the lights then go around and post a thread saying they didnt. how about the fact that i warned Dangeris before i sent his lights out that the seal was mucked up because i had to open them at the last second and get the angel eye replaced as i was packaging them up. with surnmans lights i only had an hour to open his up, swap the housings and ship them back out so he could get them by the weekend. everyone talks about being proffesional and the mod cant even be professional

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brandonbeeb wrote:with surnmans lights i only had an hour to open his up, swap the housings and ship them back out so he could get them by the weekend.
Hello brandon an hour to swap the HOUSING...... ok..and the housing. you swapped you told me yourself it took you 2 weeks to get the lights aliened the shrouds and angle eyes mounted so in those two weeks thats how you mounted AND GLUED EVERYTHING??? is that how you would make your lights drive around with epoxy and silicon seen everywhere .. do you not see how crooked and unaligned my light pattern is how one is aimed down and one is aimed up i thought those tsx projectors were suppose to give me a nice straight crisp line

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you know what its fine that you guys had to do this and post it up after lbc gave me crap for making a post letting everyone know what was really going on and then this happens because of 2 lights i had to rush out the door because they needed them for a car show by the end of the week, let alone only getting the outside shell back an hour before i needed to ship them and then wonders why things didnt turn out great. im always being put on the spot for by certain people but some people seem to love what ive been doing for them, and if theres a problem i will fix it, i even talked to dangeris about touching up the seal on his lights once he could spare some downtime and getting everything cleaned up but that doesnt come up in here and me doing the right thing never does seem to come up, just the fact that everyone thinks im f**king them over which is what really bothers me. after all of this stuff went on ive talked to about 10 people left in the groupbuy and there still going to go ahead with them and i told them that if there not happy with them il get them shipped back and make sure they are perfect. the worst part about this and its always been the same person who just wont be happy and ive it was a pretty immature way to handle this especially after the moderators told me to keep it off the board but other people are allowed to go on here saying things. ive already promised the members that i spoke with what the situation is and it will be perfect so if you guys want to sit here and rant especially after i recieved an email from dangeris when he first got the lights saying he loved them but now its a different story, thats why theres problems because one person says one thing to me and says another thing behind my back when all i wanted was the truth so i could go about fixing these

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brandonbeeb wrote:its always nice to get an email from guys saying they liked the lights then go around and post a thread saying they didnt. how about the fact that i warned Dangeris before i sent his lights out that the seal was mucked up because i had to open them at the last second and get the angel eye replaced as i was packaging them up. with surnmans lights i only had an hour to open his up, swap the housings and ship them back out so he could get them by the weekend. everyone talks about being proffesional and the mod cant even be professional
Let me say this Brandon that after driving 8 hours to Canada which I shouldn't have to do, I didn't have time to inspect the lights closely as I had other family things I had to do. Your "company" should have absorbed the costs of shipping them overnight to me and Mike. My going up to Canada was only helping me out since it was obvious that you were not willing to pay the extra shipping charges to get the lights to us overnight! It wasn't my fault that you waited to the last minute after I've repeatedly told you that I needed them by Friday at the latest the week before. Yes you warned me but I wasn't expecting what I saw! This is a show car Brandon, NOT a POS ford fiesta! I paid for quality and i didn't get it. What would you have done if you got your $1800 lights back and it looked like a 1st grade project? I think you have reacted the same way.

I give credit to Mike who at least gave you a second chance to fix your problems but after seeing your fix, I decided NOT to send you my lights back.

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so Brandon im wrong? am i not right to complain about unaligned lights, broken angle eye and glue and silicon all over after spending $1000 these are the lights that im suppose to get after spending all that money, by the way i now have 2 broken tabs on on the top of my lights but that's the shipping company's fault right. i mean their is nothing more you can really tell me this is your work thats what it is.. i now how to fix this myself you know how they say you want something done right do it yourself..

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your drivers side cutoff is perfectly flat and your passenger side is flat it just the inside of the shield that has the typical flair in it, you can colour mod projectors to get rid of the glare, you havnt been happy about things since day one and the people that have liked there lights youve tried to bring them down, you didnt handle things the right way and went and sent emails behind my back saying about driving up to see me and pay me a realy visit, sounds professional doesnt it. how do you expect me to leak test anything when all i have is an hour to get it sealed up and shipped out to make the cutoff? i think you and dangeris could have handled this alot better, i spoke to him when he got the lights and he told me you loved your lights and that he loved how his turned out and there was a few minor things but we could get them fixed once the show was over and what not, and then after brian gets involved its a totally different thing from both of you. i offered to have your lights sent back to me, pay for shipping, make any changes needed, but instead of doing that you post all this stuff on the board and sit there and go at me and try and get everyone to team up on me like your email you started before. Darryls lights ive already said the one said i had to rip apart quickly and i told him that i was doing it to replace an angel eye inside because when i was packaging it up i pulled to hard fishing the cord out and it came off. so i warned him and he said it was ok if there was something with the light that needed to be cleaned up. you also say that 2 weeks i had with your lights? i dont spend 2 weeks on your lights i have other cars here just like i have a subaru here today, im not going to sit there and actually spend 2 weeks on it, i had to wait for lenses to come back in. with the strip across the bottom i didnt even want to do it, how is it really supposed to be held on without looking out of place? it goes with the line of the lights and hence why i wouldnt do another strip again. you guys both know about the angel eyes and that it was a bad batch, the new batch comes in on friday ive already addressed this but when you expect something back in time i use what i have, i showed videos of everything before i sent it out to show that they worked. its just unfair how you guys couldnt solve this in an email to be honest and figure it out like men instead of resorting to something like this that was once again started by lbc

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brandon i told a long time ago i needed my lights before the meet you promised me you were going to get me my lights before Friday completed, its not my fault you didn't have a lens to swap out you should have used the lights form your car. so you sent me the fiberglass set they were messed up then you told me you will make me a new set with shrouds you made it but couldn't ship it out because you didn't have lenses covers for it ,why did i have to ship you my lights again so you could take those lenses. why couldn't you take your lenses of, or from a spare. i was stuck again without a car

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you know that ive offered to fix them now that you can have a little more time but you wont even let me do that, i offered to pay for shipping here and back and offer you spare lights so why wouldnt you take advantage of that and get them back out to me and make sure your happy with them?

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marlin29311 wrote:
I'm just an outsider, but it's that your job? Isn't that what everyone paid a crap ton of money for? You're only as strong as your weakest link, and in business, the customer holds the power....
no its different, the tsx can have waterjet shields cut for them since they have a flare on some of the shields that cant be fixed, sometimes you get them perfect sometimes you dont, its just like the s2000 sometimes you get good ones and sometimes you have to mix and match sets to get a good pair. if you really want to be fair dangeris youll ship me back your lights to get fixed and ill make sure your happy with them, then post a review and im sure you will be very happy with them

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Brandon, im not making any determinations on your work.

Nico provides a venue for people to discuss their experiences... The good, The bad, and the indifferent.

Attacking NICO staff doesnt address the customers issues with your builds, but rather makes it seem like NICO is somewhat responsible for your work, which is just not the truth.

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Brandon - I suggest you have the people who received products and are happy post their pictures/opinions.

There's 2 issue at play here.

The first was an unauthorized "seller" using NICO for commercial business. As normal the seller is contact and asked to cease or become a paying Sponsor or "Fabricator". NICO owes it to those that pay the bills to "protect their customer audience".

The second is your customers opinions. Once NICO was made aware and "what to do", we started this thread for real customers with first hand knowledge to be shared by both the customers and "vendor". We will remove any non-customer posts (good or bad) as they're not based on first hand information.

Our intention is to let the facts play out.

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$1000+ i spent on those lights how can you tell me your going to fix this its the quality of work that you do you cant help it, come on i went to school for industrial design i work as an engineer this is not properly done that's just how you glue/mount and adjust. brandon the shroud you mounted with those 8 or so nuts to align it shift it will not work like this one little pot hole, i may have never done a retro fit on lights but i know a thing or two and your concept of design and mounting is not right. i will show you how it is suppose to be done im going to do this myself and the right way. so i don't believe you can fix my lights as far as other people i can care less what anybody thinks their my lights i NOT happy with them im just letting everybody now what i think and from what knowledge i do have on lights and design.

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i even just sent you an email before reading this that i was willing to send you out a spare set of lights, get your lights back to me and make sure that you are 100% happy with them before i shipped them back to you. so you wont even let me do that and your complaining about the price when ive offered to fix them and cover all the costs for free to make sure its done right. what harm is there if you send your lights back to me ill make sure there done right ill have more time with them and you wont have downtime with them. if your still not happy with them then you can rip them apart anyways. trust me on this give me a shot to make sure its done right and give me a couple days and ill make sure your happy with them.

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If you arent part of the GB you cannot post your comments here.

This thread (see the OP) is reserved for people who have ALREADY received their headlights back from Brandon.

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OK Like I said in my post, Neither me or Mike like doing this but we (Mike myself and Brandon) worked out a plan. Both of us will be sending our lights back to Brandon to get fixed. In return Brandon will be sending us spare lights to use while he fixes them and Brandon will cover all costs of shipping of the lights (both spare and our own).

Like Mike said before, we are all human and error is bound to happen. I myself would like to see this Group Buy to work out for everyone.

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Rex wrote:Brandon - I suggest you have the people who received products and are happy post their pictures/opinions.

There's 2 issue at play here.

The first was an unauthorized "seller" using NICO for commercial business. As normal the seller is contact and asked to cease or become a paying Sponsor or "Fabricator". NICO owes it to those that pay the bills to "protect their customer audience".

The second is your customers opinions. Once NICO was made aware and "what to do", we started this thread for real customers with first hand knowledge to be shared by both the customers and "vendor". We will remove any non-customer posts (good or bad) as they're not based on first hand information.

Our intention is to let the facts play out.
Erase this if you want, but this is why the group buy was allowed
adidas2go wrote:Fellow Staff, I approve this thread. Brandon's company has been cleared as an approved vendor, and this group buy is legitimate. Thanks
I love Blake like a brother. but you guys need to tell and illustrate ALL THE FACTS, not just the ones that support your case.... you moderators are a trip..

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The problem is simple and obvious, and everyone is to blame. First problem everyone wants their lights retrofitted no one wants to wait for their lights. Brandon is has a part in this as well, but realistically you ask Brandon to do show room quality turn around, but ask him to do it in a 2 day turn around.

You all want retrofits but don't want to wait. You rush and this is what happens. My two cents. The only issues have had is minor imperfections, usually caused by rushing trying to get my coupe to the y-pipe guys. Patience is a virtue.

I believe the doc will agree, you want something done right don't rush it.

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I have enjoyed my lights, and any issues I have had brandon has fixed. I also get a ton of compliments.

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:
Erase this if you want, but this is why the group buy was allowed

I love Blake like a brother. but you guys need to tell and illustrate ALL THE FACTS, not just the ones that support your case.... you moderators are a trip..
That's been addressed, as (unfortunately) not all Mods were aware of what is required to do things like GB's ... Ultimately, NICO doesn't want GB's, it would rather a supporting Sponsor run a "special promotional offer" in the Advertisers Special sub-forum.

Please keep in mind, not all Mods have Moderated before and even for those that have NICO does things a little differently. Once it was 'realized", steps were made to correct. You're seeing a lot of the results of those steps here.

And we're trying not to present "facts" about brandon, what were are doing is explaining how we got here (as stated in the original post) and offering up a venue for his customers to provide feedback/testimonials for others.

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funny that it took the mods 3-4 months to "realize" that this GB was an issue, when the GB thread was the most heavily viewed and posted thread on the 4th Gen altima forums.

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bina12834 wrote:funny that it took the mods 3-4 months to "realize" that this GB was an issue, when the GB thread was the most heavily viewed and posted thread on the 4th Gen altima forums.
A result of allowing Mods autonomy to operate sub-forums uniquely. Compounded by the fact that so many Altima owners aren't/weren't previous NICO members, thus both the Mods and Members weren't aware. Hopefully, as both have gained a clear understanding of NICO's position on GB's, we can see fewer issues in the future.

It's obvious (new) Altima owners are modification-hungry, NICO just wants to balance that "consumer desire" with some 3rd party oversight. We don't claim to research the fiscal viability or long term business plans of individuals or business wanting to sell parts, but we do ask that they partner with NICO to make sure we're aware of "what's going on" and how they're interacting with everyone.

I don't think anyone will tell you this was handled as it should have been, but we all (both members and "staff") will learn from this and keep working to make Altima Forums a better place.

Thanks.

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dangeris wrote: My brother who is a moderator on VW Vortex forums and also has a show quality Jetta, took down his info as well as to make sure that he doesn’t do any business on VW Vortex. He was disgusted when he saw my lights as well as the heavy condensation which he noticed and pointed out to me. I almost lost it!
I'm a member of VWVORTEX and have a 98 VR6 with a stage 3 Turbo done by C2MotorSports and the exterior is show Quality. I have WON 1st place in many shows such as DubWarz, HIN, and DubFest just to name a few and I am going to get my Jetta lights done by Brandon. I'll just throw my Hella ones in for the job. And when people at shows ask me where I got my lights from I will GLADLY give them my and Brandons information because that's how GREAT of a job he does in my view. I received my lights from Brandon over a month almost 2 months ago. I got the lights with no problems. I installed them and they lite up GREAT. I live in California so rain and humidity is a big problem here. I have not seen the inside of either headlight fog up on the inside like many have said has happend to them. In every product for many companies there are problems. Take for example GM or other car manufactures. They have been around for ages and still till this day have problems with the cars that they have been making for decades... They are called "RECALLS". I have spoke to Brandon and has informed me of the problems some of you have had with your lights. Either they got damaged during shipment or else. Brandon takes pictures of the lights before he ships them. I have had problems in the past with UPS and FedEx because stuff has been broken. They deal with millions of boxes per day so they don't have the time to handle each box as being "FRAGILE". Brandon has also informed me that hey was and is willing to fix those problems at NO CHARGE. Why make things bigger then they are. If the headlights have problems send them back and don't complain/BIATCH about it. They will be fixed by Brandon at the end. At my end and my closing statement is that the lights I ordered and received were what I ordered. They were better then I expected and I will continue to do business with Brandon for my other needs. He will be making some headlights for my 05 Frontier next followed by my Jetta and I will see what I can get done by him after that. That is how much TRUST I have in Brandon and in his QUALITY of work.

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I'm am going to say that I am satisfied with my lights. There where two hiccups, neither can be attributed to poor craftsmanship (1. a cracked HID and 2. a bum angel eye inverter). Brandon corrected both at his expense and in a timely manner. My lights work 100% and look great!

does the seal look factory? No it does not, but that does not bother me.

My name is Toomas Aasa and I approve of Brandon's work.

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Mr. Coupe and Rolling Estonian. Thanks for showing your support for Brandon. I knew there were supporters out there, but was nervous that none of them wanted to show it. Since the people who were unsatisfied with their work posted pics, maybe the people who were satisfied could post pics of their headlights to show off.

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bina12834 wrote:Mr. Coupe and Rolling Estonian. Thanks for showing your support for Brandon. I knew there were supporters out there, but was nervous that none of them wanted to show it. Since the people who were unsatisfied with their work posted pics, maybe the people who were satisfied could post pics of their headlights to show off.
Thanks dude. I support Brandon 100% and sill will. His work is great and of GREAT quality. I know the seal doesn't look factory, but hey they are custom so what can you expect. It doesn't bother me at ALL. The only way to see the seal is if you have the hood open. I doubt that any of the guys complaining about the seal drive with their hoods open. If you park at a show or show someone the lights they will understand that the lights had to be opened to do the job that is why the seal would look like that. It's not light you can work on the lights without taking them apart. I will post up pics as soon as I wash, wax, polish and buff the car. I still have to install my Fog HID's so the car is complete ...for now. My Stillen spoilers are coming in soon. I'll have them painted then take pictures. Once again I support Brandon, his WORK, his QUALITY of it and his products 100%.

Ricky C.

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Well I'm glad to see that there some of you are happy with Brandon's work. Like I said I am willing to give Brandon another shot. Hopefully it will be what I want.
spockrock wrote:The problem is simple and obvious, and everyone is to blame. First problem everyone wants their lights retrofitted no one wants to wait for their lights. Brandon is has a part in this as well, but realistically you ask Brandon to do show room quality turn around, but ask him to do it in a 2 day turn around.

You all want retrofits but don't want to wait. You rush and this is what happens. My two cents. The only issues have had is minor imperfections, usually caused by rushing trying to get my coupe to the y-pipe guys. Patience is a virtue.

I believe the doc will agree, you want something done right don't rush it.
Spock, I never for one second thought or expected Brandon to do my lights in two days. I realize that you are just arbitrarily throwing out a number here but I think the time he had my lights were more than enough for him to do a quality job. But that is neither here or there. That is behind us now and Mike and I are moving forward with Brandon!
Rolling Estonian wrote:....does the seal look factory? No it does not, but that does not bother me.
And that sir makes the difference between a show quality car and just a regular car.
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I'm a member of VWVORTEX and have a 98 VR6 with a stage 3 Turbo done by C2MotorSports and the exterior is show Quality. I have WON 1st place in many shows such as DubWarz, HIN, and DubFest just to name a few and I am going to get my Jetta lights done by Brandon. I'll just throw my Hella ones in for the job. And when people at shows ask me where I got my lights from I will GLADLY give them my and Brandons information because that's how GREAT of a job he does in my view. I received my lights from Brandon over a month almost 2 months ago. I got the lights with no problems. I installed them and they lite up GREAT. I live in California so rain and humidity is a big problem here. I have not seen the inside of either headlight fog up on the inside like many have said has happend to them. In every product for many companies there are problems. Take for example GM or other car manufactures. They have been around for ages and still till this day have problems with the cars that they have been making for decades... They are called "RECALLS". I have spoke to Brandon and has informed me of the problems some of you have had with your lights. Either they got damaged during shipment or else. Brandon takes pictures of the lights before he ships them. I have had problems in the past with UPS and FedEx because stuff has been broken. They deal with millions of boxes per day so they don't have the time to handle each box as being "FRAGILE". Brandon has also informed me that hey was and is willing to fix those problems at NO CHARGE. Why make things bigger then they are. If the headlights have problems send them back and don't complain/BIATCH about it. They will be fixed by Brandon at the end. At my end and my closing statement is that the lights I ordered and received were what I ordered. They were better then I expected and I will continue to do business with Brandon for my other needs. He will be making some headlights for my 05 Frontier next followed by my Jetta and I will see what I can get done by him after that. That is how much TRUST I have in Brandon and in his QUALITY of work.

Ricky C.
So basically you're happy with the results of your lights for the AC? And because of that, you're willing to send the lights of your show car to him to retrofit? If this is the case by all means, please post up pics of the AC lights. Detailed pics like the ones that were posted. I'm not trying to prove that Brandon can't do quality work, I just want to see the "other side" of the coin. Obviously, Mike's and I has only seen the one side so if you have pics, please post them so both Mike and I can be a little more at ease with this whole situation.
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i want to see some up close pics of Mcheddadi's lights


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