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    09 Honda Fit & 06 Outback 2.5XT
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    Playing with son Colin (born Aug 2004, and yes, named after Mr McRae)
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    Evil Insurance Company Employee

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  1. Thankfully, my Mastercard issuing bank took care of my full refund. But no, I've never heard from him otherwise, so while I have my money back, count me among those Scott never made any attempt to do right by.
  2. I was leery of PayPal'ing a guy on a forum nearly $800 in the first place, and when I saw the only quick responses he gave were the two invoices, my modest optimism quickly faded to (ultimately justified) worry and fear. Coincidentally, I have some (totally unrelated) items listed on Craigslist right now - first time selling on CL - and for two weeks I've been endlessly fielding questions and dealing with insincere people. Makes me appreciate eBay all the more.
  3. So his vendor status was canceled in October 2012? But it took until June 4, 2013 to actually shut his thread down? With all due respect, what took so long? And he knew he was not supposed to take further orders, but still did so, leading to all the BS a bunch of have been put through...and there's still optimism about him? Wow... I did file with my credit card, and they've issued me a full conditional credit, which I fully expect to become permanent. Others may not be so lucky, though, having paid Scott from their checking account via PayPal and being way past the meager 30 days one has to file a claim. Filing my claim with Citibank, though, did not spare me any strain - there was ample strain worrying about, then confirming I was being robbed. As far as sparing Scott any strain goes...seriously? I'm done, but I hope Citibank pursues him relentlessly for the money he now owes them.
  4. Interesting review, and kudos for being so concise, honest and fair. Not always easy to do that when you're not a happy camper. Personally, though, I and others have been 100% screwed. Now, a week has passed since the above post by Scott, and I've received no communication whatsoever in follow-up. Why post that at all? What's so hard about a personal message in follow-up to that, estimating a time for a refund? (Not that I'd believe it, anyway, and thus I've probably answered my own question.) I'll be calling my credit card issuer later today.
  5. That's just it, though..given what a bunch of us are reporting, isn't it time to wonder if Scott's "stand up guy" status is questionable (at best)? Being a good guy isn't based on the good you do for some, but the effort you make to do good for all. And if some folks like him so much that they're mildly offended at the anger on display here, your time might be better spent chatting with your friend Scott about any help you might offer him, rather than telling others to be calm. If he's a stand up guy, maybe someone wants to send me $760, and you can wait for Scott to pay you back. Any takers, shoot me an IM and I'll invoice you.
  6. I really don't understand all the people standing up for this guy. As someone who's been buying and selling on eBay since day one, Scott wouldn't last a week. Find some of the worst sellers on eBay, and you'll still find some happy customers. Guess it's all part of the "I got mine, so F everyone else" mentality. In a couple days, it will be two months since I sent him over $700...same thing...will ship 7 days after payment received...emails not responded to...and when they are, it's 3 weeks later and doesn't address what was asked. "Just got your email - they'll be shipped on Saturday", and nothing after weeks of waiting. Everyone complaining is totally justified in doing so, and for those who had no issues, or very few, consider yourself lucky but don't tell people to ease up. Venting is about all we can do as we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait....
  7. Silverbus - don't be too hard on yourself. I wasn't really sure what type of black paint to use (i.e. flat vs satin vs gloss), but I did buy a can of Duplicolor Wheel Coating in Satin Black. Having had some experience with this paint, I know it's very tough, adheres well and covers well. I took a chrome license plate frame with some minor rust on it, treated the rust, then sprayed it with this paint and it looks perfect over a month later. I figured this paint might work well for this job, especially considering that once the lights are sealed back up, they'll be thoroughly protected from the elements. Considering the wife needs her car almost 24/7, though, I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to do this, though!
  8. Underpowered: Thanks for the kind words. You're right about the necessary masking work, which I realized once I the headlamps apart. I was hoping that upon disassembly, the parts needing to be painted would be totally separate from those staying chrome. That would have made the job quite simple. But I just didn't have time to do all the masking work, which meant it was a project for another day. GatorGT: As for changes to the instructions, the main things I remember thinking could have been improved on were: Since this was something I was doing for the first time, I would have appreciated more & clearer pictures and a bit more insight into exactly what I was looking at as I pulled things apart. In reading many of the follow-up posts, I saw other people questioning some of the same things I was. Such as the point when you're removing Torx bolts - I was expecting something to be coming apart at this point, but it's really something you're doing to prepare for when the lamps are coming out of the oven and you're pulling them apart. I was also very worried that the instructions were missing additional directions telling you to remove all the wiring from the assemblies prior to tossing them in the oven, but as I learned, that is not the case, and the wiring stands up to the heat just fine. Finally, again speaking as a newbie to doing such work on this car, a bit more details on the way the headlamps are held in would have been nice. Since I just pulled the lamps from my Audi a couple months before, and there's only two bolts holding each lamp in that car, I just didn't get what I was looking at until, with the bolts removed, the big metal bracket under the lamps began dropping away. Finally, the instructions regarding how the grill is held in could use some more details. I broke several of the tabs on the upper part of the grill as I "finagled" it loose. As I put it back together, I realized just how "overkill" Subaru made this, as those upper tabs primarily lend some support to the grill, while the bolts on the ends are what really hold it in.Bear in mind, these are really just nitpicky things and I'm by no means criticizing the fellow that posted these instructions. I like to think I'm pretty meticulous about things, but I'm not sure I'd have the patience to not only tackle such work, but to photograph and describe each step all to post on a forum such as this. So I'm extremely thankful to those out there that take the time to do so.
  9. Well, I took the dive about 3 weeks ago and love the results. Earlier this year, after owning the car for 5 years, I finally cleared my Audi S4's headlights, after which I obsessed about the Outback's lights every time I walked past it. There are several things I'd change about the instructions in this forum, because as a first timer, I got hung up on a couple items. But it all went fine, and took about 6 total hours (with lots of interruptions.) Since I had some time constraints, I wasn't able to perform a black-out, though, which I think would look great with the black paint. But now that I've done this project, I may still do this when I have access to the car again for a couple days. Thanks for all the info in this thread and thanks to all the people who said it was easy - if not for such posts, I would have probably chickened out.
  10. I'm a little late in posting this, but I ordered Jazzy's kit about 3 months ago. I received the kit in about 2 days and installed it a few days later. I took my time, always wary about disassembling a car barely 6 months old, so it took me about 3-4 hours total, but it went very well and works as advertised. For my install, I had hoped to install a 1/8" input jack in the audio/HVAC panel, but there simply wasn't space, so I went with Plan B. This involved installing the input jack on the center console next to the shifter. It works great. My install uses: Jazzy's Pro kit Belkin's TuneBase mount/charger/FM transmitter - $69.99 Circuit City Panel Mount 1/8" input jack/cable from FrontX.com - $3.80 http://frontx.com/pro/p092_036.html Radio Shack 1/8" mini-jack coupler #274-1555 - $3.99 (to connect the cable from the Jazzy kit to the FrontX cable.) A single 1/8" male/male coil cable (from my vast electroncs parts junk box)Thanks to Jazzy for the R&D that made this possible, the reasonable price, flawless performance and terrific support he offers here on this forum.
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