[QUOTE]Originally posted by w1ngman
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I guess the best way to reply to this and not take too much offense to your comment is that not one single customer -- folks that have not wished to do this conversion themselves -- has had any problem with either: 1) my pricing, or 2) my expert service.

 

I don't understand why W1ngman gets so many flames for what he charges for his service. He's always willing to answer questions regarding cleared headlights, and he offers his service as an option to those that don't feel comfortable clearing their headlights themselves. Clearing headlights is a very delicate and time consuming task. Better to let a true expert tackle the job.

 

Woah!!! People! Slow down here! Before this becomes an all out , I would personally like to say that Dave does an absolutely stand up job of clearing headlights. He is respected in the Mid-Atlantic community and several others to trust their cars to him. To say the price of headlights is way too high, then how about Seung, you come from Korea and clear our headlights for $20. From what I remember, Rick charges $225, and that is AFTER you buy the diffusers! So to me, not being so technically inclined, and also scared as hell to tear apart my $1000 headlights, I entrusted Dave to do it and he performed that service well. I am not here to defend Dave, but I thought that I would at least put in my $.02.

- Andrew

 

I feel that $130 is a very good price! I know that when I cleared my headlights, it took way longer than four hours. At the end my work came out very well, but I feel that it wouldn't have been to bad to have paid someone to do it. Since it was so time consuming.. Keep up the good work W1ngman

 

don't look at my sig! me from ny, man!

okay, okay, i don't wanna get into this too much.
let's say $30 an hour body shop labor times 5 hour job.
$150. deal!

i guess it was just different perspective.
again my apology w1ngman,
if i offended you or questioned your expertise.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by seung
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again my apology w1ngman,

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by w1ngman
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Its all good Seung.

 

Frankly the $130 was not the issue for me, it was the time. Not having headlights for two weeks or so would have sucked.

It took me WAY more than 4 hours to do this mod. Frankly I had to take a break and let everything cool down because I got a little frustrated taking the first one apart. The instructions on Rick's site were accurate: bake for 10 mins. I tried 7 the first time, bad move.

Also I was going to replace the balast, but I did not know what a tampter proof torx was. I bought a standard t25 and obvously it did not work. I did not try any other tools, I just gave up and tossed the whole shebang into the oven.

 

OK, I've got a "stupid" question for everyone: If it is so easy to get a tamper proof torx bit from any auto shop (and I might even assume Sears), what's the point of having a tamper proof screw?

Before you go ing me, this is a rhetorical question.

Dave, I must agree, your vice-grips did do the job!!!! Such a simple, but elagant, approach to removing/replacing those screws.

Now my $.02: After watching Dave do his work down here in NC, I must admit, if I do clear my headlights (which I'm not sure I will do), I am certain he will be the one doing it, especially if it is ONLY $130. My time is worth more than that, and he will get it done right!!! My luck, I would leave out some important screw if I did it myself. I'm still wondering where that other screw goes to ......

 

You dont need a tamper proof bit. the regular one bites plenty of teeth to turn the screw without stripping. I dont know why they even put tamper proof bits in there. Probably to satisfy the lawyers who were worried about potential law suits from someone removing the high voltage parts.