whoever gets these headlights is one lucky bastard lol !!!!
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Um, ill spread the word, i know alot of people who will be interested...and I have to ask...how much? I want them..NOW
Rosario wrote:Um, ill spread the word, i know alot of people who will be interested...and I have to ask...how much? I want them..NOW
too late. they're mine all mine mwahahahahaaaaa!!!
first thing I'm doing, when they arrive, is swapping those bulbs with some chromed-amber 3157s
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Yeah i knew that, but i figured he could make more. How much were they
you'd have to talk Josh about labours costs of course.
Parts wise, I bought everything off ebay:
new headlights cost me 110usd.
the 350z projectors/ ballasts cost about 250usd (i scored a sweet deal)
than (to protect my investment), I bought some x-pel headlight protective fil for 60usd
chromed 3157s set me back about 30usd.
so the total parts bill set me back 450usd. I spread out the total cost over 2 months.
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Rosario wrote:Yeah i knew that, but i figured he could make more. How much were they
i copied this from another answer in another thread, but it holds true. LOL
"all my prices are pretty much the same. you either dont help support my company and pay retail (680.00+/-), or you can do what you feel is fair to help support my company and pay only 300.00 in materials, 200.00 in labor, and 30.00 for shipping. you of course have to provide the housings to be worked on."
urban purchased his own materials, so it was harder to do a good deal of course. but he got exactly what he wanted. my prices reflect on what ( I ) get a good deal on. so if i am able to get a good deal, i pass that on to the customer. if the customer purchased their own materials, than i am un able to get any profit from my materials, and the labor goes from 200.00 to almost 300.00. not really a big jump, but it helps me move and rotate some of this that i have here.
also, i dont think that 200-300 is much for labor on a 30-36 hour job and doing it solely on your spare time off of your normal 40 hour/week job. LOL
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^^ exactly ... it's not like there was a huge savings buying my HID parts off
ebay over Josh. I just wanted a small projector retrofit (i was inspired by a
guy in Japan that used 90mm hellas in his WJ), and that's why I left it upon
myself to track down something off ebay..
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Hmmm...
Well iv posted this on another forum to gauge interest as everyone is always bitching about better lighting options. And im going to see what I can work out for myself.
I already need new headlights(dont need them but am getting them because mine have become pitted and cloudy from mud and rocks)
And I can score some other parts for cheap.
Thanks guys.
And ill say it again, AWESOME work
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Alright, so what your saying is im not supporting you if i dont buy the parts from you? Just wondering because I want to help you as much as possible.
Right now I can score the Nissan Projectors and new WJ headlights for around 220 bucks
What else do I need?
If I let you do everything using your parts how much would it cost? And would that include headlight housings? PM me if you want to.
you would need ballasts and bulbs to go along with those projectors
... it would be best to get them to josh along with the other parts
so he can fab you a direct wiring harness.
... oh and I definitely know what you mean about the pitted/ clouded
headlights. I bought my folks a 2000 WJ back in October... everything
on it was in great condition except for the oxidized headlamps - they
were pretty much the only thing that gave away the car's age. In a way,
I'm glad they looked bad because they made a perfect excuse to get in
touch with Josh.... If you do get Josh to make you some headlights
than I strongly suggest you protect your investment with some x-pel
film (they claim their film can resist a one ounce stone travelling up
to 120mph)
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Yeah, there is a way to fix it, but in doing so, it takes the finish off the lights, and so you need to keep them waxed and i really dont want to deal with it.
yup. that's why you need this for your next set of headlights
http://www.xpel.com
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rosario wheres your hookup for your nissan stuff i can get a set of g35 headlights with projectors bulbs n ballasts for 150 (both sides)
^^^ I almost bought a complete kit off a Cadillac SRX for 150 (and that's
including the standard bulb high beam projectors), but I really wanted
the smaller 350z projector instead. Like I said earlier, I was hell-bent
on josh replicating this look:
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Thats another thing I want to do, replace my grill with a factory black one....
Those are one sick @$$ headlights. My sister would love a pair for her jeep. Great custom work.
"Remember do what you like because you have to drive it."--Me
Just a thought..
But someone who knows HID lighting better than most of us around here told me that the 350z lights wont work, and i have to say I think hes correct as I read it on 350z forums as well that the projectors use the entire reflector to work on the 350z....
Any thoughts on this?
why wouldnt it work i dont understand? maybe the 350 has the projector an all with the reflector all in one...but you gotta fab it up....thats why its custom work lol....
heres a pic i found of a oem 350z projector...
obviously its got extra meat in there from the factory housing, you can either chop it away or just work around it...
actually if you look at the pics posted above, you can see how he mounted it an all that jazz....then he put his custom shroud around it to hide all the junk, very nice setup he made....
i love um josh.....and the jamies are nice too
My car may run 18s, but I can do your taxes in 10 seconds flat.
JBO lube - they would never have enough in stock and we'd never see RodimusPrime again
What year are those projectors paul?
I may go with them if they are 06+ as i hear they are bigger than the 350 and would work alot better...
Hopefully someone can chime in about the projectors...
This is what he says...
Quote:
the 350z uses compound optics and so without the reflector simply won't work correctly.
well, what you have said is true to a point. basically, they will work better with the stock reflector on the sides.
these will put the same amount of light output as any other projector set up, have a nice cut off line, and also have that nice purple light output that all 350z's have. but yes, these work better in the stock headlights due to these use D2R HID bulbs, and made specifically for the 350z headlight setup.
these little projectors pack a punch when comparing the sizes of the lenses and actual projector housing. and that is what rev was looking for. that small look. plus he got one hell of a deal on ebay for them! i am never that lucky. LOL
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LOL