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Old 04-02-2012, 12:50 AM
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So how do you work it, your customers take off their own headlights and send them for you to do your magic? Or do they buy a set, mail them to you and when your finished they sell the lights currently on their truck in hopes of getting some money back?

I can't see this being a quick job to do let alone include the shipping time back and forth, so it seems like a long time for one to possibly be without headlights.
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Have any of the headlights developed small cracks at all due to the high heat of the oven??
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Originally Posted by Smoke Eater
So how do you work it, your customers take off their own headlights and send them for you to do your magic? Or do they buy a set, mail them to you and when your finished they sell the lights currently on their truck in hopes of getting some money back?

I can't see this being a quick job to do let alone include the shipping time back and forth, so it seems like a long time for one to possibly be without headlights.
I have a few sets of essentially new, take off F150 headlights in my workshop. I can do the conversion on these and then ship them out. If someone decides they want to send me theirs in return, after receiving the new retrofitted lights, I would refund a core charge. No down time for the customer then.

It's not a quick job...I take my time because I'm a perfectionist.
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Have any of the headlights developed small cracks at all due to the high heat of the oven??
One did when I was at 275. It's the factory hard coating that is applied that spider cracks. That light became a spare parts donor!!!!!! I don't go over 245 now. Live and learn.
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Any light output shots? I will be doing MH1 retro this summer.
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None yet....sorry. Perhaps soon.
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how much do you charge for a black headlight pair?
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Originally Posted by jgut12
how much do you charge for a black headlight pair?
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Old 04-04-2012, 12:55 AM
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Kinda insults the American made truck by putting in Toyota projectors! Hella projectors are very nice had a set I retrofitted into a jetta. Worked like a charm and I could use known ballasts and bulbs.

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Whether these components are from China or Japan, it doesn't matter...They are proven and backed by an American Company, The Retrofit Source...a highly respected developer and supplier of high performance lighting.

You actually think every component on the F150 is American made????


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