I quote Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation: "Look around you Ellen...we are on the threshold of HELL!!!"

Had bad customer service from AAC. Flashtech pics showed way more LEDs (72) on their largest ring v. AAC (60). More LEDs = looks more like a ring. Flashtech was sounding really good on customer service.

Then they shipped my amber halos. All of a sudden, they're 7-volt instead of 12-volt. What??? And they were out of turn rings. And I had their voltage regulator which they tell you to keep dry, but not where to mount it. Also, it has a big old heat sink, so they don't put it in a box so the heat can dissipate. So don't put it in a waterproof box?

THEN...we LIT THEM BOTH, AAC amber and Flashtech amber, side by side. In this vid, AAC is on the top, Flashtech is on the bottom:

yea not amber at all. at least you got the right size rings. i got the six ring kit and 4 of my rings were all left side low beam rings. i had to make it work by using a dremel to hack off 6 rings on the end of 2 of the rings to fit the high beam rings.

i ment 6 led's at the end of the rings...

Damn i am so sorry you all had so much trouble i didnt have any really at all w/ AAC...

yea everything went smoothly for me with my AAC order. although they did forget to ship me my free remote. but i did get a quick response and they shipped it out to me 2day air. Matt is now the proud owner of the remote. i didnt feel like messing with them anymore. what a pain in the ass when i put them in!!!

Yeah.. Seems like nothing but trouble from flashtech.. No trouble at all from AAC except my remote kit was messed up but they paid shipping both ways for me to get it back in hardly no time..

Well, I have to give you all an update.

I spent 90 minutes on the phone with Raymond, "plcman" on the forums. He made the regulator. I learned a LOT on the call.

The ring is red (and HOT!) because the regulator wasn't properly adjusted by Flashtech before they shipped it out (Joey, listen up...I'm looking in YOUR direction. CHECK YOURS!) Mine's adjusted for probably 10v, but the rings are 7v. Sure enough, too much juice WILL change the color! Who knew? Not me. So first thing tomorrow, we're measuring it with a meter and adjusting it. That should make the color more amber (and he said I can actually adjust the color by adjusting the voltage between 6v and 7v). That guy is GREAT and may have saved Flashtech a product return and some bad press.

it was the flashtech kit. don't get me wrong i love the halos, the company just has some kinks to sort out for sure... sending me 4 of the same size rings was a major mess up on their part.

Iguanaman wrote:

Well, I have to give you all an update. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with Raymond, "plcman" on the forums. He made the regulator. I learned a LOT on the call. The ring is red (and HOT!) because the regulator wasn't properly adjusted by Flashtech before they shipped it out (Joey, listen up...I'm looking in YOUR direction. CHECK YOURS!) Mine's adjusted for probably 10v, but the rings are 7v. Sure enough, too much juice WILL change the color! Who knew? Not me. So first thing tomorrow, we're measuring it with a meter and adjusting it. That should make the color more amber (and he said I can actually adjust the color by adjusting the voltage between 6v and 7v). That guy is GREAT and may have saved Flashtech a product return and some bad press.

the regulator is a nice piece. I'm glad i got one of those in my kit. it looks way over engineered for the task it has. that heat sink is huge for powering 3 rings of LED's.

In this picture, it's the small brass screw on top of the blue box, on the left side of the heat sink:



You hook up a volt meter to the leads on the other side of the regulator and measure the voltage; adjust that screw until it's 7v max (and not less than 6v) for the 7v rings.

Dave, when are you gonna tackle this install? Is plcman local?

Man i am glad i didnt have to do any of that shit... really glad...