technostalgia tail light issue

[bee sting]

Originally Posted by freefallin2005

Hate to say this but, i called year one 20 min ago. Techno is sending 4 sets a week starting next week. I ordered mine memorial day weekend and the lady said im in the 7th week, soooo i cancelled my order, not waiting 2 more months on top of the 2 and a half i have already waited. Piss poor customer service grrrr

Just called myself and mentioned your post ..( not by name -not that I even know your name lol) and the lady told me I was full of it !
she said there is No way that any of what I said could or was true .
The only thing This lady said is that " Yes they were supposed to arrive on the 5th but nothing came in and that She would call the manufacture Again and it could take up to 24 hours to get a me a reply to call me back !
I'll post up when she calls me ..

[Caddyroger]

Originally Posted by jeffny09

The main issue is.the leaking...its an easy fix.

For $400.00 I should not have to do any thing but do the install. They could say the warranty is no good by me resealing the lights.

[jeffny09]

Originally Posted by Caddyroger

For $400.00 I should not have to do any thing but do the install. They could say the warranty is no good by me resealing the lights.

True.

[LoPerformance Motorsports]

Wont say who I got mine from......but was on a waiting list at three companys since last October, last year . Got a contact in January and had to pass. Got on the headlight cover list and put up $200 for the covers. Left me short for the taillights then. Finally got the go to get some middle of May. Got them the end of May. Lets see....that adds up to hum....8 to 9 months!!!!!! Can we say PRODUCT DEMAND!!! I feel your pain!!!

[Broffermoon]

Originally Posted by lcrngrs

Please elaborate on the addendum information. I'm getting my friday and want to be prepared so any insight is appreciated.

Sorry, just got back to the thread. Got a new job. Anyway, there are resistors noted in the addendum that must be installed for the unit to work properly. I did not do it first and got crazy results. Then found the addendum and added the little metal boxes and their connections into the mix, wonderful results.

[freefallin2005]

bee sting that is EXACTLY what the guy aaron told me. he said the same thing for thge last 3 weeks and the i finally got a answern here is my bank acct statement refund
07/10/2012
PURCHASE RETURN / YEAR ONE INC 800 9509503 GA 219173087294 435178 Jul 9 @ 12:00am

[bee sting]

Originally Posted by freefallin2005

bee sting that is EXACTLY what the guy aaron told me. he said the same thing for thge last 3 weeks and the i finally got a answern here is my bank acct statement refund
07/10/2012
PURCHASE RETURN / YEAR ONE INC 800 9509503 GA 219173087294 435178 Jul 9 @ 12:00am

Thats just sad :( It's a shame that a company would have a sale on a item that they Never even had in stock !!!

[chozn4service]

If I may ask, who was the company that had the lights on sale? Obviously it wasn't Technostalgia the company that makes them. I know I saw a recent post by Apex saying they had them in stock "No line no wait" essentially and I know there was yet another vendor on another forum that had them in a group buy from inception of their availability. When the lights first came out there was a wait list from a group buy and I skip shift this and went directly to Technostalgia and got mine before the 'Group Buy' people did. Technostalgia called me when they were ready, took my payment and I had lights within 4 days. The transaction was fast and complete and I've had nothing but good things to say about Technostalgia and Todd.

Todd of Technostalgia and I shoot emails back and forth since the company used to be located here in Indiana before they relocated to their current facility and he knows I'm state law enforcement and has asked me some legal questions about lights since I have a perspective on DOT and NHTSA.
Reading partially though this thread its my understanding someone did a 'Holiday Sale' without having inventory or even seeing if they could in fact meet the demand with their supply. Piss poor planning on their part does not constitute an emergency on Techno's part. That would be like me planning a dinner at Shula's, jazz club afterward before checking with my girl to see if she's even availabe.
The water intrusions from my understanding were a year ago and that problem as been resolved. I know I got my lights when they first came out and had one light slightly fog but never any water intrusion and Todd sent me out another light and I sent the fogged one back to him. There are others here who have them, at least two others and they just recently got theirs I believe direct from Technostalgia as I did and they haven't had any issues whatsoever. In fact one lady named Sheila just got her lights about a month ago or so ago and yet the other person just got a new vert and he got them installed on his, and he just got his car prior to Opening Day at IMS or shortly there after.
All this said, I hope that Technostalgia is not carrying the brunt of this debate on not having supply available. They also provide a very professional package that I kept to place my original tail lights in just in case I sell them. The color directions they give are thourough and huge for my then 52yr old eyes three years ago. Technostalgia can't be held accountable for one not plugging the correct plugs where they should be or poor connections.
I have no dog in the fight here but just believe fair is fair. Hold those accountable, accountabe and the others blameless.

[bee sting]

The Company is... Year One . They have been around a very long time and a major supplier of restoration parts . With that being said They still Dropped the ball on this Huge Sale .

[rjdapilmoto]

Glad I didn't purchase my set through Year One...

[chozn4service]

Originally Posted by bee sting

The Company is... Year One . They have been around a very long time and a major supplier of restoration parts . With that being said They still Dropped the ball on this Huge Sale .

OK, I'm not familiar with them at all. Like I said earlier, Apex and one other were the initial vendors on these lights with Technostalgia being the maker and supplier. I just don't think Technostalgia should be accused or held accountable on anything that is not their problem, that's all.

I hope everyone gets the lights if this in fact what you want. I would not let anything or anyone hold me back on something I want. I've gone many directions and variations to get what I want, short of selling my soul to the devil. I suggest going direct to the maker and avoid the middleman as I did.

[rjdapilmoto]

^^^^^^^^^
Good answer!!

[dmiotti]

I received mine 2 months (June) after I placed the order. OK, so I had to wait, no big deal. I installed in less than 3 hours and they worked perfectly the first time and after several car washes and going through rain, absolutely no leaks or fogging inside the lights. Sorry some have had problems in the past, but for me, no issues at all.

[bee sting]

Originally Posted by chozn4service

OK, I'm not familiar with them at all. Like I said earlier, Apex and one other were the initial vendors on these lights with Technostalgia being the maker and supplier. I just don't think Technostalgia should be accused or held accountable on anything that is not their problem, that's all.

I hope everyone gets the lights if this in fact what you want. I would not let anything or anyone hold me back on something I want. I've gone many directions and variations to get what I want, short of selling my soul to the devil. I suggest going direct to the maker and avoid the middleman as I did.

I'm sure most of us would have bypassed the middleman if we could get them for under $300 like year ones price ( $298.35 shipped ). Plus not a single vendor on here that I know of was willing to sell a set shipped at this price . If so I'll buy them today !

Also i've Never blamed Technostalgia for this but would love to speak to them sense YearOne said there waiting on the manufacturer.
So anyone know of a vendor selling these on here for under $300 shipped ???

[SMITTY8]

Originally Posted by ChriSS84

These lights are junk. Read all 4 pages, and see all the issues with the lights. Why do people keep buying such a terrible product? Yea it looks cool, but the defective product out weighs that in my mind. I don't want to spend $400 bucks to have a constent problem on my car.

Its def worth it. I get tons of ppl who say they love them. Plus all the problems have been minor. The customer service from the manufacture is outstanding.

[Gunthervk]

I just got mine and installed them last night and they are working perfectly! Everything was packed professionally and the instructions were clear and correct.
I am a *very* happy customer.


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[SamHouseIII]

Installed my new resistors and my MAL light is gone, looks like mine are fixed

[bee sting]

OMG ! Called YearOne today and they said my lights shipped yesterday !! Tracking 3 shows nothing yet so I'll keep you guys posted .

[jeffny09]

Originally Posted by bee sting

OMG ! Called YearOne today and they said my lights shipped yesterday !! Tracking 3 shows nothing yet so I'll keep you guys posted .

When did u order?

[bee sting]

Originally Posted by jeffny09

When did u order?

Memorial Day weekend..

Just checked UPS site. Package left Ga. At 2:21am today arrive by Friday 20 by end of end.

[jeffny09]

Originally Posted by bee sting

Memorial Day weekend..

Just checked UPS site. Package left Ga. At 2:21am today arrive by Friday 20 by end of end.

I just called they told me they got them today and shipping tmrw lol

[freefallin2005]

Just got a call from apex motorsport and my lights shipped today,so if you look at my last post 6 spaces up or so i got my refund from yearone on the 10th and called apex the same day. So apex now is shipping my lights and it took year one 3 months to get 5 sets?? sounds kinda fishy to me, but whatever my lights are shipping today

[bee sting]

Originally Posted by freefallin2005

Just got a call from apex motorsport and my lights shipped today,so if you look at my last post 6 spaces up or so i got my refund from yearone on the 10th and called apex the same day. So apex now is shipping my lights and it took year one 3 months to get 5 sets?? sounds kinda fishy to me, but whatever my lights are shipping today

Glad to hear you are getting a set . As I stated above , I would have bought on here from a Vendor but No Body could match YearOne's Under $300. Shipped price.

[jeffny09]

Originally Posted by bee sting

Glad to hear you are getting a set . As I stated above , I would have bought on here from a Vendor but No Body could match YearOne's Under $300. Shipped price.

Agreed..apex is shipping today ...yearone shipping tomarrow...um def worth 100 dollars in savings

[AKA-22]

Originally Posted by patternpilot

I've had mine installed for several months now. Installed them myself. If you get one of the connectors backwards (reversed) they will be out of sink and not work correctly. Read the install instructions carefully. They state which direction the connector must face. Also do not connect the red wire (I think that is the correct color) to the battery. It is for show mode. If you have lights on all the time, that would be the only source of power when the key is off.
When I installed mine I had one connector backwards and the whole thing would not work correctly.

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