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i have a pair of pre98 headlights i can donate if you can figure out how to do something cool with them. They are hazed over bad, but thems free. PM me if your intrested.
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Okay can we get a tenative list going, in order of who will go when?
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Originally posted by ContourSVT98:
I have forgotten how dangerous and messy it is to do these headlights. One, the dremel spins at 35,000 times per minute! One wrong move my finger or fingers are gone. Two, when Im cutting with this high speed dremel the hot plastic melts and sometimes flys off and hits my skin...seriously burns.  last, makes a biiiiggggg mess. plastic dust everywhere....I mean up to 10 ft away.  I live in an apartment. Its something I gotta do in the living room. -dan
well 1st of all the majority of CEG'rs have a Dremel like this and we've used them tones of times to mod our cars. Just about everthing we do uses a Dremel to make the job easier. It called being carefull. There is alot more dangerous things out there. 2nd the burns? Wear gloves or something. I highly doubt these burns are worse then alot of us have experinced again working on our cars (former h.s. job working at Valvoline Oil Change geting constantly burned by hot oil). 3rd the dust. you live in an apt. do it in a closed off area and USE A VAC. Your coming up w/ excuses in order to justify raising the price.....its not like your doing these for free. $120 just for painting and no polishing w/ the possibility of getting our lenses back only to fog up anyway? Not worth it IMO
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Originally posted by chill1110:
well 1st of all the majority of CEG'rs have a Dremel like this and we've used them tones of times to mod our cars. Just about everthing we do uses a Dremel to make the job easier. It called being carefull. There is alot more dangerous things out there. 2nd the burns? Wear gloves or something. I highly doubt these burns are worse then alot of us have experinced again working on our cars (former h.s. job working at Valvoline Oil Change geting constantly burned by hot oil). 3rd the dust. you live in an apt. do it in a closed off area and USE A VAC. Your coming up w/ excuses in order to justify raising the price.....its not like your doing these for free. $120 just for painting and no polishing w/ the possibility of getting our lenses back only to fog up anyway? Not worth it IMO
The $120 includes cutting, painting the inside and also the outside side trim. I would like to see you do a better job than I do honestly. Also, what are you doing with hot oil anyways? I always let the car sit for a few hours before doing any maintance to any car. Yes, I do wear gloves but my hands isnt the only thing that get burns. I get burns on my face sometimes. Covering my face is very uncomfortable for me while doing the job. Luckily, I wear glasses to protect my eyes from flying particles. If those who says cant find this fair they could probably find someone else who can. IF THEY CAN FIND SOMEONE ELSE that is. Im putting my time and effort to do this. 
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Sounds fair to me, so are we supposed to PM you or will you post on what exactly what we need to do and how are you going to determine the order of who goes when? It can't be whoever sends you their stuff first, then everyone will start sending you lights and it will be totally unorganized. So how's this goin' down?
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Originally posted by FreeShyne:
Sounds fair to me, so are we supposed to PM you or will you post on what exactly what we need to do and how are you going to determine the order of who goes when? It can't be whoever sends you their stuff first, then everyone will start sending you lights and it will be totally unorganized. So how's this goin' down?
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He changed oil for Valvoline, meaning most likely 10 minute oil changes which = not having 2 hours to let a car cool down. I think he brings up the point that you gave people a quote, then came back saying that the job is too dangerous and you have to up the price. I have to agree, this isn't an easy job, but definitely not something you are going to get "injured" over. It's a dremel, not ban-saw.
I can cut the headlights apart in about 1/2hr a piece. that's an hour of my time. You are using a ~$10.00 can of spray paint, and then ~$10.00??? for the adhesive. Give an hour for prep/paint, and another hour for putting the headlights back together. Another 2 hours for polishing. So we're up to 5 hours of your time, and $20.00 for parts.
$120.00 / 5 hours = $21.66/hr. = NOT BAD
I say this because you can't come on here and bring up that it's going to make a mess, and that you have a risk of getting burned, because you knew that before you started the GB. I would either stick to the original price or consider not doing the GB if you're that much in danger. Especially if you can't give a 100% guarantee that they won't fog/leak. BUT, this is all IMO.
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
He changed oil for Valvoline, meaning most likely 10 minute oil changes which = not having 2 hours to let a car cool down. I think he brings up the point that you gave people a quote, then came back saying that the job is too dangerous and you have to up the price. I have to agree, this isn't an easy job, but definitely not something you are going to get "injured" over. It's a dremel, not ban-saw.
Thank you Y2KSVT. That IS EXACTLY what i said and meant. Plus Instant oil change means done in 10mins or its free, hense, the many many burns w/ HOT oil. This job is not something your going to need to take out life insurance for w/ using a Dremel 
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
I can cut the headlights apart in about 1/2hr a piece. that's an hour of my time. You are using a ~$10.00 can of spray paint, and then ~$10.00??? for the adhesive. Give an hour for prep/paint, and another hour for putting the headlights back together. Another 2 hours for polishing. So we're up to 5 hours of your time, and $20.00 for parts. $120.00 / 5 hours = $21.66/hr. = NOT BAD
For those that dont need polishing thats $120 / 3hrs = $40/hr = pretty bad
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
I say this because you can't come on here and bring up that it's going to make a mess, and that you have a risk of getting burned, because you knew that before you started the GB. I would either stick to the original price or consider not doing the GB if you're that much in danger. Especially if you can't give a 100% guarantee that they won't fog/leak. BUT, this is all IMO.
Mark
Thank you again Y2K. thats exactly what i meant as well....althought i do agree this is a really nice mod...i dont see the price and the possibilty of getting back lights that leak/fog worth it IMO.
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