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A good question regarding gaskets and sealers
We are not yet charging for gaskets (nor are we initially providing them, the rubber is very difficult to get "just right" and any lenses that come with them pre-installed pose a challenge), we are charging $22.99 for Butyl Sealant that we've used now for 8 years and sell on our site.
A good question for DEPOSITORS from another thread:
For the people who deposited, you are guaranteed a spot in the first batch of 100 sets we're getting as long as 100 people don't pay in full ahead of you.
To put it very simply:
100 people pre-order at full price $249.99 + shipping, those will be given priority to receive the parts
Depositors of $100 are still guaranteed a unit but it will be on the next batch.
IF however, by February 25th we do not reach 100 actual pre-order purchasers, then those who deposited will likely get one of the first 100 sets.
If you are unsure, the $100 deposit is the best way to do it, but the $250 guarantees a spot. At the rate we are going, we will be hitting 100 pre-orders at full price sometimes this week.
One major caveat, it's POSSIBLE that the factory decides to run a batch of 200 as an initial build (we're still negotiating that part) and therefore all this could be just fine and everyone will have access to the first batch. However, if they do run 200+ pairs AND we have 100+ pre-orders, those full price payment pre-orders will still be shipped first and the $100 depositors will be contacted immediately thereafter.
A good question regarding gaskets and sealers
We are not yet charging for gaskets (nor are we initially providing them, the rubber is very difficult to get "just right" and any lenses that come with them pre-installed pose a challenge), we are charging $22.99 for Butyl Sealant that we've used now for 8 years and sell on our site.
A good question for DEPOSITORS from another thread:
For the people who deposited, you are guaranteed a spot in the first batch of 100 sets we're getting as long as 100 people don't pay in full ahead of you.
To put it very simply:
100 people pre-order at full price $249.99 + shipping, those will be given priority to receive the parts
Depositors of $100 are still guaranteed a unit but it will be on the next batch.
IF however, by February 25th we do not reach 100 actual pre-order purchasers, then those who deposited will likely get one of the first 100 sets.
If you are unsure, the $100 deposit is the best way to do it, but the $250 guarantees a spot. At the rate we are going, we will be hitting 100 pre-orders at full price sometimes this week.
One major caveat, it's POSSIBLE that the factory decides to run a batch of 200 as an initial build (we're still negotiating that part) and therefore all this could be just fine and everyone will have access to the first batch. However, if they do run 200+ pairs AND we have 100+ pre-orders, those full price payment pre-orders will still be shipped first and the $100 depositors will be contacted immediately thereafter.
Does that mean that the factory gaskets won't fit these? If that's the case, which ones will?
For those of you whose cars are a little older and your rubber surrounds for your headlights are kind of dried out and maybe a little brittle, (like my mine were) the part number for the the surrounds is different for each headlight. #89025131 & #89025130 are the numbers. And yes they come with those little circular push on retainers. The cheapest I found them was at gmpartsdirect.com for $41.10 each but maybe you can find them cheaper.
For those of you whose cars are a little older and your rubber surrounds for your headlights are kind of dried out and maybe a little brittle, (like my mine were) the part number for the the surrounds is different for each headlight. #89025131 & #89025130 are the numbers. And yes they come with those little circular push on retainers. The cheapest I found them was at gmpartsdirect.com for $41.10 each but maybe you can find them cheaper.
Thanks for the info.
The dealer right across the street from our shop may be able to offer a special deal once the lenses come in. They are expressing interest in being able to offer the lenses to their customers so if we do some of the jobs we've already got requests for, we'll have a good volume for those gaskets.
Just a small update before production starts to ramp up. We're hoping to give you an inside peak like we promised in the Kickstarter campaign, but that won't happen for 1 more week.
We currently stand at over 125 pre-orders (due in part to 3 vendors purchasing in greater bulk than expected). But of those, we still have less than 100 pre-order "RETAIL" customers.
That means you still have a chance to pre-order at $249.99.
We are committed to getting you the best possible product at the best possible price, but we will need to raise prices at some point (though C6performance has requested that we extend the $249.99 price to the first 125 people, not 100).
So we're doing that. Since the retail number is close to about 100 right now, there will be room for at least 30+ more people to get the pre-order price. We're going to be in the home stretch soon!
Just a small update before production starts to ramp up. We're hoping to give you an inside peak like we promised in the Kickstarter campaign, but that won't happen for 1 more week.
We currently stand at over 125 pre-orders (due in part to 3 vendors purchasing in greater bulk than expected). But of those, we still have less than 100 pre-order "RETAIL" customers.
That means you still have a chance to pre-order at $249.99.
We are committed to getting you the best possible product at the best possible price, but we will need to raise prices at some point (though C6performance has requested that we extend the $249.99 price to the first 125 people, not 100).
So we're doing that. Since the retail number is close to about 100 right now, there will be room for at least 30+ more people to get the pre-order price. We're going to be in the home stretch soon!
Update, at last count we are at over 100 pre-orders (some have called in to finish off their deposits).
Production on the injection mold has begun. Some details were cropped out to avoid divulging too much.
Preliminary mold photo
2 Photos of a tech working on finalizing it
The injection machine from two different angles that will be doing the work for this.
"We will make your Corvette Headlights great again" LOL love it how much and where can I order
Directly on our web site or through C6performance.
Originally Posted by rhinonm
What date should the first batch ship to customers?
We are probably going to have 10 preliminary units shipped to us by Air on Feb 20-28th, still going over all the details here with the factory, factory agent, shipping broker, etc. Typical stuff.
We really do hope to start shipping all the orders by March 1st latest, if not sooner, but we'll know more by Monday of next week (20th).
A little bad news, but it's not relevant to the product. The first units will not get the benefit of our wonderful, unique, glossy finished packaging, they may come in plain cardboard
We'll give you some insight once we finalize the design, for now, here's a sneak peek without revealing the whole thing - call this a "BETA" design.
Just order mine. The ones on my car have been wasked for awhile another month is not going to kill me! Thanks for all your efforts!
Originally Posted by Durien512
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As we near this project's final stages some last minute administrative stuff - which we will repost again as reminder in a week or so.
The lenses should be completed tonight, we're actually completing a much larger than expected first batch but don't yet have a final count until it's completed, it's in the upper hundreds (and since competitors are watching, we don't want to say exactly either ).
Here are some preliminary photos of both the mold (slightly frosted to conceal some proprietary things) and the packaging as we're going to be delivering it.
Here's our current plan of attack - we already have 2 test sets of lights lined up mid next week to install onto. So we're getting an initial shipment of 8-12 pairs AIR shipped.
As we have been negotiating with shipping brokerages, the costs are way too high for air shipments once you break 30 units. So we may likely get another 30 by AIR for the "I have to have it now" crowd and the "I bought in November" folks as well.
The remaining shipment will be put on a boat end of next week, that will likely take 15-8 days and will actually be in full retail boxes individually wrapped (like you see below).
Finally, we are raising the price of the product to what we believe is still fair considering the quality and workmanship to $299.99. This is going to be done by this weekend or whenever the web guys can update it.
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Full update 2/27/19 - slight delay, apology, we're working on it!
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The factory unfortunately informed us on Thursday evening before the planned FULL production run of lenses that they had a scheduling conflict with another project that had to be completed ahead of ours. This was very upsetting and disheartening news.
We've been in contact with the manufacturing foreman almost hourly at this point, so that's the latest. We've asked for at least a 1-2 day bump on scheduling for the other production run of other parts has a 30,000 unit run which will likely only complete in the late hours of Wednesday or even run into Thursday mid day if there are any complications (some obscure project for a car in South Africa)
The scheduling conflict delays our production run til Thursday of this week, with completion slated for Friday, and delivery of the preliminary lenses by Friday of the following week by AIR (about 30 or so sets to start). It's possible we do about 40-50 units by Air to start with, but it depends on pricing (as mentioned previously) for shipping. The rest of the units will be on boat ASAP with arrival by mid-late March.
I know most of you are eager to get these (no more than we are, believe us), especially when we got our hopes up when the factory thought they may be able to shave 2-3 days from the 2/25 predicted date and promising arrival of the lenses this week. But don't lose faith now, we're definitely very very close.
Also, we've designed the box layout, might as well let the cat out of the bag here:
01-23-2017, 11:40 AM
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