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  • 3 weeks later...

Dale from psi said on the 10th Aug

Sorry for the lateness of this reply, only just realised nobody had gotten back to you. They were sent off to a manufacturer for quotation however we were not happy with the end price. We have identified someone else who will being giving us another quote so that we can look into getting this finished soon.

  • 3 weeks later...

Just another update. After much deliberation with an international company to try and get the best possible price for you guys, I was astounded when we received a quote for the mold at $10,000USD. Needless to say that we are now trying to find another company again. It seems that this project is simple in my head, however getting the right people at the right price seems to be a lot harder than I ever imagined.

  • 4 weeks later...

Another quick update, after trying unsucessfully with several different Chineses factories, we have decided to return the lenses back to Australia and get them done at the same place where the clear engine covers are manufactured (Sydney Company), so that we can have complete control over the process and get the desired result for you all.

We would like to thank you all for your patience in regard to this project, as we could not forsee the time blow-out, ridiculous quoting and time turn-around from overseas companies.

  • 3 weeks later...

Another update.

Just received this email from the company in Sydney that produces the clear RB25 engine covers:

Thank you for sending the units for me to look at. Unfortunately we will not be able to help you with these as they are injection moulded and we cannot produce anything similar through vacuum forming.

There goes any chance for making these affordable. Once you start to get into injection moulding the costs balloon and minimum runs are in the hundreds. We will keep pursuing this, however it's looking like this project will never get off the ground.

If anyone else has ideas, please share them as we are always open to opinions and ideas on products.

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  • 1 year later...

ok Ive revived my plans to modify the r33 series 2 driving light lenses to fit the front indicators to have both clean glass lenses on the front bar....

I have a pair of glass lenses, they have been sitting there a while waiting for me to get the courage or tools to attempt to cut them down to fit...

through my work I cut alot of thick marble and tile onsite. the dif between glass and marble is that auto glass is highly tempered so that it shatters into chunks not shards, so my fear has been as soon as I try to cut them they will shatter and bye bye lense.

I got tired of waiting so I did a test of using a small diamond hole saw to cut a hole, if it shatters it certainly cant be done if not then yes its can...

and guess what it can be done, next step is to get a 110mm diamond encrusted holesaw and do it, alternatively I can continue using the small holesaw and do many holes, this glass could possibly be shaped also with a fine file...

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