Luis's LED Angel eye retrofit
05-04-2009, 02:32 PM
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As far as price goes... First issue is that, it's a very taxing job physically and I will definitely only do 2 or 3 silicone setups a month. Any more than that, along with everything else I have to do and l'll fry... LMAO If 1 set of 10hrs is 300 for non-Silicone then it would be 900 labor for something like this since it was 3 full days of battle! Of course Im not going to charge that because I think that's impractical. So $600 labor instead of $300 for triple the work!. It's truthfully not justified, I wish you guys could see me doing it and it would definitely sink in as far as the difficulty and tedious aspect of the job itself.
breakdown is as follows:
$499.95+ship for E92/93 328i/335i/M3------------------- 2 day turn around. 10+ hrs
$799.95+ship for E90/E60/E63/ 135, 650, 545, 550---- 4 day turn around. 24+ hrs
I think its a work in progress though, this prototype was a bit rough for my standards, but I have another E90 headlight that Im going to try out to see if i can make it tighter before I take on another set.
their rated to 100,000 hours. but as long as I'm alive your not SOLed..LOL you can always send them back to have them repaired.
breakdown is as follows:
$499.95+ship for E92/93 328i/335i/M3------------------- 2 day turn around. 10+ hrs
$799.95+ship for E90/E60/E63/ 135, 650, 545, 550---- 4 day turn around. 24+ hrs
I think its a work in progress though, this prototype was a bit rough for my standards, but I have another E90 headlight that Im going to try out to see if i can make it tighter before I take on another set.
their rated to 100,000 hours. but as long as I'm alive your not SOLed..LOL you can always send them back to have them repaired.
05-04-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by KCooke82' post='868043' date='May 4 2009, 06:19 PM
Can't wait to receive them! Should look even better with the eye brow lit up. I need to change out the amber turn signal bulb...does anyone know if the solaris is the best option? I don't want to bother with LEDs and would actually prefer an amber color to contrast with the bright LED angels.
As for the lenses...in case anyone is wondering, I wetsanded them and had them looking great, but then used a UV protectact from this kit: http://www.symtechcorp.net/productVi...rodID=75010100
Turns out it didn't agree with the plastic so DON'T use it! I am going to put break out the porter and hope I don't have to wetsand again...
As for the lenses...in case anyone is wondering, I wetsanded them and had them looking great, but then used a UV protectact from this kit: http://www.symtechcorp.net/productVi...rodID=75010100
Turns out it didn't agree with the plastic so DON'T use it! I am going to put break out the porter and hope I don't have to wetsand again...
05-04-2009, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ///OSS' post='868053' date='May 4 2009, 06:32 PM
breakdown is as follows:
$799.95+ship for E90/E60/E63/ 135, 650, 545, 550---- 4 day turn around. 24+ hrs
$799.95+ship for E90/E60/E63/ 135, 650, 545, 550---- 4 day turn around. 24+ hrs
For those that want to get rid of amber and get some angel eyes. here's where you can go. =)
Considering Angel eyes are $300, and Clear "Euro" style headlights are $500, its a great deal.
(I believe Euro Spec headlight is $600-$700).
Too bad I have Eurospec headlights already.
05-04-2009, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='868135' date='May 4 2009, 05:30 PM
Wow Luis... damn expensive. =(
GL fellas
05-04-2009, 05:08 PM
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$799.95+ship for E90/E60/E63/ 135, 650, 545, 550---- 4 day turn around. 24+ hrs
Damn thats alot...I'm out....Looks great but almost $900 after shipping for angel eyes is way to much for a lighting mod...G/l...They look 10 times better than normal...
Damn thats alot...I'm out....Looks great but almost $900 after shipping for angel eyes is way to much for a lighting mod...G/l...They look 10 times better than normal...
05-04-2009, 06:38 PM
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If I could do them for the 300 + the rings 200, I so would, believe me. it's just the amounts of hours is just massive. 3 days of my life for a single set. Remember I dont do this for a living, I am not a shop. This is something I am doing as a favor to the community of BMW owners and a side gig I can exercise my creativity to ultimately give people what they want. The price has to make sense for me to spend 24+ total hours at it.
Taking off the silicone is nightmare. no joke, I burned the living daylights out of my arms from molten silicone, I look like a heroin addict..PWAHAHAH my fingers and hands are pulsating with pain from days of bustin ass. That's why I cannot do these retrofits for anything more than couple of times a month. I am still recovering from Kyles set, I dont wanna know about another set till Im ready for another one physically... There's people interested, but if the money isn't right and I feel it's not worth all that effort then I would much rather not do it. just being straight up.
But I am going to offer it to the select few that wanna go thru with it.
hope you all understand my stance of why I had to raise the price I had mentioned.
Im still pondering ways to speed up the process and make things easier hence less labor.
I'll keep everyone posted thru this thread.
Taking off the silicone is nightmare. no joke, I burned the living daylights out of my arms from molten silicone, I look like a heroin addict..PWAHAHAH my fingers and hands are pulsating with pain from days of bustin ass. That's why I cannot do these retrofits for anything more than couple of times a month. I am still recovering from Kyles set, I dont wanna know about another set till Im ready for another one physically... There's people interested, but if the money isn't right and I feel it's not worth all that effort then I would much rather not do it. just being straight up.
But I am going to offer it to the select few that wanna go thru with it.
hope you all understand my stance of why I had to raise the price I had mentioned.
Im still pondering ways to speed up the process and make things easier hence less labor.
I'll keep everyone posted thru this thread.
05-04-2009, 06:56 PM
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^^^ Yes he is. Ask him to post a pic of his E46. You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer one! When you see it you'll get a better idea of the quality he strives for. Just my .02
05-04-2009, 08:35 PM
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Average shipping costs on the headlights going both ways (3+3 = 6 days) via FedEx is $60 btw