You all know that I installed the Bi-Xenons that I bought from AutoClass, but what you don't know was that saga of the broken assemblies that were damaged in shipment.
The first pair arrived the week before Thanksgiving. I was very excited to get them. When I opened up the first box the assembly appeared to been good. The story changed when I got to the second box; as I pulled the assembly from the box something seem to be amiss. It was then that I noticed that the both top mounting brackets and the mounting bracket towards the grille were totally and utterly destroyed.
Gaston at AutoClass went out of his way to get a replacement. He sent the replacement overnight and I received it the next day, however, it too was damaged. At this point Gaston said to go ahead and install it so I could get the dealer to turn on the bi-xenon setting in the AAM.
Gaston then proceeded to send another one, which he had to order and sent again overnight. Unfortunately it too was damaged. During this time I had been enjoying the Bi-Xenons but waiting to finish the install with the undamaged assembly.
It was during this wait that I noticed that the passenger side assembly had a crack in the top bracket. Gaston sent a pair of assemblies to me, again overnight. The passenger side came in perfectly and believe it or not the driver's side was again damaged.
It was begining to get laughable at this point. Gaston once again ordered another driverside assembly and packed it very carfully and sent it again overnight. That one finally made it in new and undamaged condition.
The saga continues...
Last night I removed both assemblies reconnected the grounds in the new assemblies and reinstalled both new assemblies.
You are not going to believe this but when I went to aim the headlights I could not get the new headlight assembly on the passenger side to come up high enough to aim properly. (I don't know why)
Sooo, I removed the new assembly got the original assembly with the crack in the top mounting bracket. I used some water-thin CA glue (Superglue)and dripped some into the crack and then used some activater to set the glue. Then I reinstalled that assembly. (I really didn't want to wait for another assembly, I just wanted this to be over.)
I now have two damaged assemblies boxed up and ready to go back to AutoClass. (two assemblies have previously been returned) Gaston sends a pickup tag and UPS comes and picks them up.
I have been silent on this because I didn't know the outcome but, I now want to go on record as saying that AutoClass has been absolutely classy to deal with. Gaston could have told me to file the claim and wait for the outcome before replacing the assemblies but he didn't. For a while I think I had more assemblies here than he did in his shop.
I have no reservations for buying from AutoClass and will order more stuff from this company. In my opinion AutoClass is a world class company.
Thanks Gaston.
Andy
The first pair arrived the week before Thanksgiving. I was very excited to get them. When I opened up the first box the assembly appeared to been good. The story changed when I got to the second box; as I pulled the assembly from the box something seem to be amiss. It was then that I noticed that the both top mounting brackets and the mounting bracket towards the grille were totally and utterly destroyed.
Gaston at AutoClass went out of his way to get a replacement. He sent the replacement overnight and I received it the next day, however, it too was damaged. At this point Gaston said to go ahead and install it so I could get the dealer to turn on the bi-xenon setting in the AAM.
Gaston then proceeded to send another one, which he had to order and sent again overnight. Unfortunately it too was damaged. During this time I had been enjoying the Bi-Xenons but waiting to finish the install with the undamaged assembly.
It was during this wait that I noticed that the passenger side assembly had a crack in the top bracket. Gaston sent a pair of assemblies to me, again overnight. The passenger side came in perfectly and believe it or not the driver's side was again damaged.
It was begining to get laughable at this point. Gaston once again ordered another driverside assembly and packed it very carfully and sent it again overnight. That one finally made it in new and undamaged condition.
The saga continues...
Last night I removed both assemblies reconnected the grounds in the new assemblies and reinstalled both new assemblies.
You are not going to believe this but when I went to aim the headlights I could not get the new headlight assembly on the passenger side to come up high enough to aim properly. (I don't know why)
Sooo, I removed the new assembly got the original assembly with the crack in the top mounting bracket. I used some water-thin CA glue (Superglue)and dripped some into the crack and then used some activater to set the glue. Then I reinstalled that assembly. (I really didn't want to wait for another assembly, I just wanted this to be over.)
I now have two damaged assemblies boxed up and ready to go back to AutoClass. (two assemblies have previously been returned) Gaston sends a pickup tag and UPS comes and picks them up.
I have been silent on this because I didn't know the outcome but, I now want to go on record as saying that AutoClass has been absolutely classy to deal with. Gaston could have told me to file the claim and wait for the outcome before replacing the assemblies but he didn't. For a while I think I had more assemblies here than he did in his shop.
I have no reservations for buying from AutoClass and will order more stuff from this company. In my opinion AutoClass is a world class company.
Thanks Gaston.
Andy