give them neg feedback!!
DO NOT buy from Atomic Street
I'd love for someone to sticky this if possible. Maybe it doesn't meet the requirements. Regardless, read on.
Cliffs Notes:
Ordered fog lights from Atomic Street
Their harness changed and draws power to the switch constantly
They won't respond to my emails and just told me to take it to a mechanic
Details:
After doing my research on Club RSX, I found that most people recommended that I buy OEM replica fog lights from Motortrend or Atomic Street on eBay. I made a decision to buy from Atomic Street becuase no one ever had a problem with their plug and play harness.
I went to eBay and found their user name and a matching auction for 02-04 clear fog lights. Here is the original listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150162967021&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005
About a week later the package arrived and I unboxed things to find a box for yellow TSX fog lights. Immediately I was nervous about this purchase because 60 bucks is 60 bucks and I'm not about to go blowing it on stupid crap. I opened the inner box and found the correct parts. Everything was good to go, but the box did not include instructions or templates, so I made my own.
A day later I was installing them. I did the passenger's side and my buddies did the driver's side while I was installing the fog light harness on the interior. Once everything was buttoned up, we plugged it together to find a huge problem.
The switch (which I might add looked cheap as hell and did not match the interior at all) stayed illuminated at all times, even with the key out of the ignition and the fog lights off. I double checked my wiring to make sure it was plugged into the only hole in the fuse box that it would fit into and investigated the harness further. It seemed that the harness was drawing power at all times. With everything re-installed, I found the same problem.
Immediately I came onto Club RSX to find that another member was having the same problem with his fog lights from Atomic Street. The harness had been changed about two weeks before I ordered mine and there wasn't enough information out there to draw my attention to the issue when I searched.
I emailed Atomic street. This is the string of emails from newest to oldest:
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If it keeps draws power when your engine is on that means the relay is bad.
But if it draws constant power even with engine off that means the wires are
not connected correcly.
Please take it to a mechanic shop to correct this problem.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:41 AM
To: Atomic Street
Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
It draws constant power even with the engine off and no key in the ignition.
I am not the only one with this problem either.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Atomic Street" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:14 PM
Subject: RE: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
> You mean it still constantly draw the power from your battery even you
> turn
> off your car? Or only when you have the engine on?
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:26 PM
> To: Atomic Street
> Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
> Please respond to my email. I am very unhappy with the product you
> shipped
> me. I cannot live a switch/harness that constantly draws power from my
> battery.
>
> Michael
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Atomic Street" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:35 PM
> Subject: RE: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
>
>> Do you have them installed properly?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:17 PM
>> To: ATOMIC STREET
>> Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>>
>> I recently received these fog lights and installed them. I noticed,
>> however, that the fog light interior harness constantly draws power to
>> the
>> switch and causes it to be illuminated at al times. As I understood it
>> from
>> members of a national RSX website, you were one of the only vendors that
>> sold the correct harness that worked with zero problems. I am very upset
>> to
>> see that your harness has changed very recently, and I am very upset that
>> received one of these defective harnesses.
>>
>> I would like to resolve this issue very soon.
>>
>> Please let me know what can be done to ensure that my foglights function
>> properly.
>>
>> Thank You,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ATOMIC STREET" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:01 PM
>> Subject: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>>
>>
>>> Dear Michael,
>>>
>>> I have shipped your item(s).
>>>
>>> Item Title : 02-04 ACURA RSX JDM OEM CLEAR FOG LIGHT LAMP 03
>>> FOGLAMP
>>> Item Number : 150162967021
>>> Marketplace : eBayMotors
>>>
>>> Item Price : $39.99
>>> Number of Items : 1
>>> Shipping & Handling : $19.99
>>> Insurance : $ 0.00
>>> Tax : $ 0.00
>>>
>>> Total Price : $59.98
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> You can click on the link below to see the most recent status of your
>>> purchase and other auctions I am running.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your business!
>>> atomicstreet
>>>
>>> ----------------------
>>> Brought to you by Andale, the premier commerce management service for
>>> online sellers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have not received a response from them after sending three more emails telling him that I took it to a mechanic and an electrical engineer who both told me that the harness was built incorrectly.
I've done everything I know to do short of filing a claim with eBay. Since the parts are already installed, I'm not sure what my options are, but I did want to let you all know that Atomic Street is not the place to buy from anymore. Please do yourself a favor and keep your money rather than giving it to this guy.
Cliffs Notes:
Ordered fog lights from Atomic Street
Their harness changed and draws power to the switch constantly
They won't respond to my emails and just told me to take it to a mechanic
Details:
After doing my research on Club RSX, I found that most people recommended that I buy OEM replica fog lights from Motortrend or Atomic Street on eBay. I made a decision to buy from Atomic Street becuase no one ever had a problem with their plug and play harness.
I went to eBay and found their user name and a matching auction for 02-04 clear fog lights. Here is the original listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150162967021&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005
About a week later the package arrived and I unboxed things to find a box for yellow TSX fog lights. Immediately I was nervous about this purchase because 60 bucks is 60 bucks and I'm not about to go blowing it on stupid crap. I opened the inner box and found the correct parts. Everything was good to go, but the box did not include instructions or templates, so I made my own.
A day later I was installing them. I did the passenger's side and my buddies did the driver's side while I was installing the fog light harness on the interior. Once everything was buttoned up, we plugged it together to find a huge problem.
The switch (which I might add looked cheap as hell and did not match the interior at all) stayed illuminated at all times, even with the key out of the ignition and the fog lights off. I double checked my wiring to make sure it was plugged into the only hole in the fuse box that it would fit into and investigated the harness further. It seemed that the harness was drawing power at all times. With everything re-installed, I found the same problem.
Immediately I came onto Club RSX to find that another member was having the same problem with his fog lights from Atomic Street. The harness had been changed about two weeks before I ordered mine and there wasn't enough information out there to draw my attention to the issue when I searched.
I emailed Atomic street. This is the string of emails from newest to oldest:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If it keeps draws power when your engine is on that means the relay is bad.
But if it draws constant power even with engine off that means the wires are
not connected correcly.
Please take it to a mechanic shop to correct this problem.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:41 AM
To: Atomic Street
Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
It draws constant power even with the engine off and no key in the ignition.
I am not the only one with this problem either.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Atomic Street" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:14 PM
Subject: RE: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
> You mean it still constantly draw the power from your battery even you
> turn
> off your car? Or only when you have the engine on?
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:26 PM
> To: Atomic Street
> Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
> Please respond to my email. I am very unhappy with the product you
> shipped
> me. I cannot live a switch/harness that constantly draws power from my
> battery.
>
> Michael
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Atomic Street" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:35 PM
> Subject: RE: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>
>
>> Do you have them installed properly?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:17 PM
>> To: ATOMIC STREET
>> Subject: Re: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>>
>> I recently received these fog lights and installed them. I noticed,
>> however, that the fog light interior harness constantly draws power to
>> the
>> switch and causes it to be illuminated at al times. As I understood it
>> from
>> members of a national RSX website, you were one of the only vendors that
>> sold the correct harness that worked with zero problems. I am very upset
>> to
>> see that your harness has changed very recently, and I am very upset that
>> received one of these defective harnesses.
>>
>> I would like to resolve this issue very soon.
>>
>> Please let me know what can be done to ensure that my foglights function
>> properly.
>>
>> Thank You,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ATOMIC STREET" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:01 PM
>> Subject: eBayMotors Item 150162967021 Has Been Shipped
>>
>>
>>> Dear Michael,
>>>
>>> I have shipped your item(s).
>>>
>>> Item Title : 02-04 ACURA RSX JDM OEM CLEAR FOG LIGHT LAMP 03
>>> FOGLAMP
>>> Item Number : 150162967021
>>> Marketplace : eBayMotors
>>>
>>> Item Price : $39.99
>>> Number of Items : 1
>>> Shipping & Handling : $19.99
>>> Insurance : $ 0.00
>>> Tax : $ 0.00
>>>
>>> Total Price : $59.98
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> You can click on the link below to see the most recent status of your
>>> purchase and other auctions I am running.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your business!
>>> atomicstreet
>>>
>>> ----------------------
>>> Brought to you by Andale, the premier commerce management service for
>>> online sellers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have not received a response from them after sending three more emails telling him that I took it to a mechanic and an electrical engineer who both told me that the harness was built incorrectly.
I've done everything I know to do short of filing a claim with eBay. Since the parts are already installed, I'm not sure what my options are, but I did want to let you all know that Atomic Street is not the place to buy from anymore. Please do yourself a favor and keep your money rather than giving it to this guy.
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When you tapped into the fuse box for power did you make sure to go to a fuse that is switched, that is, only comes on with the key? It sounds as if you tapped into a fuse that has constant power. Tap into one with a "switched" output and you should be OK.
Hey I had the same problem, exacly the same. the switch doesnt even have a nice fit and it stays lit all the time. After a while, the switch light just turned off for me and only turns on when I want it to.... it fixed itself after a few days.. so maybe itll happen with yours?
one more reason to quit buying shit on ebay.
I thought you fixed yours via a rewire?Hey I had the same problem, exacly the same. the switch doesnt even have a nice fit and it stays lit all the time. After a while, the switch light just turned off for me and only turns on when I want it to.... it fixed itself after a few days.. so maybe itll happen with yours?
$60 bucks for fog lights you should be happy they work at all.
got mine from motorblvd, works perfect except now one of the bulb is dead, stupid rain
I got the same harness from atomic street, stupid thing stays lit all the time. only wicked part about the setup is that u can turn the foglights on whenever you want, even without the parking lights or low beams on. like i mentioned on another thread, the headlight switch has constant power going into it, turn on without a key in the ignition, just that the headlight switch dont have a light=( im bout to just yank the light out the switch, the bulb inside is ugly eneway.
Yeah, unfortunately the issue here goes beyond the harness. It's really sad that they cannot offer anymore customer service than to say to take it to a mechanic.
yup, what kind of customer service is "consult a mechanic" they need to back up there product rather then blaming others, i left neg feedback, maybe they will actually get back to me and try to do something. But thats prob to much to ask, they seem to have a default answer for everything. they told like 4 people that we installed the harness wrong and to get a mechanic to look at it. mechanics cost more then the damn fog lights do.
Not sure if anyone have said this yet, but... you get what you pay for. :dontknow:
well not necessarily...alot of ppl have ebay kits that have not crapped out on them. i guess its just bad timing
Yup. $60 on ebay compared to $300 from acura. Be happy that they work at all.Not sure if anyone have said this yet, but... you get what you pay for. :dontknow:
I know, I know. This wasn't supposed to be a bash fest on the fog lights. I'm really just trying to warn the other members that the place that used to be a really good place to get replica fog lights from is no longer that good.
I fuckin second this. Save yourselves the headache.
I ordered mine last week of September, I still don't have mine and probably wont for atleast another 2 weeks.
They sent me the wrong item with nothing else but the fog housings. No switch, harnesses etc! Now they told me theyd send me areturn label but never did. Emailed them so many times until they told me to use a UPS account number which I will try tomorrow to return it. At which time theyll send me mine when they receive it.
Really, really bad customer service. This is the worst person Ive dealed with online. I just hope atleast I get my set already. I paid 85 bucks for it too as Im in Canada. I have to say it, I hate this guy and again, buy at your own risk.
I ordered mine last week of September, I still don't have mine and probably wont for atleast another 2 weeks.
They sent me the wrong item with nothing else but the fog housings. No switch, harnesses etc! Now they told me theyd send me areturn label but never did. Emailed them so many times until they told me to use a UPS account number which I will try tomorrow to return it. At which time theyll send me mine when they receive it.
Really, really bad customer service. This is the worst person Ive dealed with online. I just hope atleast I get my set already. I paid 85 bucks for it too as Im in Canada. I have to say it, I hate this guy and again, buy at your own risk.
what a dick.
report him.
sorry for your misfortune OP
report him.
sorry for your misfortune OP
My light stays illuminated too. From motorblvd, wtf lol. An oem switch won't fix this will it?
i've had mine for a lil ova a year, had no issues. i got mine from motorblvd. the problem i had wit mine was the light wouldn't come on so i followed the steps in NTcustoms thread. neva had issues after thatwell not necessarily...alot of ppl have ebay kits that have not crapped out on them. i guess its just bad timing
i've had no problems with atomic street fog lights.
While I agree the push button is cheap as hell, just go to acura and get the actual fog light button.
If you want a harness, let me know i have an extra one.
While I agree the push button is cheap as hell, just go to acura and get the actual fog light button.
If you want a harness, let me know i have an extra one.
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