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kgoodyear NOV 13, 10:15 AM
hercimer01 NOV 13, 10:22 AM
I am taking my set to the NIFE Club meeting this weekend for a little show and tell.
kgoodyear NOV 13, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by hercimer01:

I am taking my set to the NIFE Club meeting this weekend for a little show and tell.



Wow! that is great. If you would like to put me on speaker phone I can maybe answer any questions your members might have.

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Goody & .......George

The beauty of a solution lies in its simplicity

Synthesis NOV 13, 10:53 AM
Keith, I get dozens of spam calls every day, due to my IT related job. I don't answer my cell phone unless I know the number or it is added as a contact on the phone.

I ordered on May 15th of this year, so I know I am pretty far down the list, but I wanted you to be aware of the limitations with calling people. I respond better to email than phone. Others may as well, so it may make sense to email AND call.

Nice work on bringing these to market!
kgoodyear NOV 13, 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by Synthesis:

Keith, I get dozens of spam calls every day, due to my IT related job. I don't answer my cell phone unless I know the number or it is added as a contact on the phone.

I ordered on May 15th of this year, so I know I am pretty far down the list, but I wanted you to be aware of the limitations with calling people. I respond better to email than phone. Others may as well, so it may make sense to email AND call.

Nice work on bringing these to market!




Great idea Synthesis. Actually it is my third way of notifying customers. First is to call, second to leave a message and third is to send email and finally is for me to mail George to the customer where he will help with the process.

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Goody & .......George

The beauty of a solution lies in its simplicity

Shho13 NOV 13, 12:45 PM
Got mine yesterday! They look PHENOMINAL. We are currently living in a world where there's an opportunity for no Fiero GT to be stuck with the notorious delaminated tail light lenses anymore!!!

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"Discord"
Red 1988 GT under restoration!

Let's Go Mets!

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hercimer01 NOV 13, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by kgoodyear:


Wow! that is great. If you would like to put me on speaker phone I can maybe answer any questions your members might have.



I'll see what we can do. I think they podcast the meeting under video library.
http://www.fierofocus.com/events.html
ferg NOV 13, 01:44 PM
I just received my order last night and wanted to tell those who may be on the fence to BUY THEM!!!

The quality is top notch, the ordering process is smooth and simple, shipping was very fast. I placed my order on Saturday and received on Tuesday.

I was impressed with my first look at them. They feel substantial and not flimsy. The P-O-N-T-I-A-C letters were cut cleanly and font matched the originals perfectly. I haven't tried to mount them to a housing yet but I don't anticipate any issues. It's quite amazing how tired an original lens looks when you hold up the new lenses. From memory, the originals seemed brittle but the new version doesn't.

General observations - I held the replacements up to an original set and noticed the N and the T were spaced just slightly differently. The originals had maybe 1/4-3/8" from the edge of the lens to the letter and the new version has maybe 1/2" or less. You can only see this difference if you hold the replacement up to an original. I also noticed the new lenses are clearer than my original set.

My second observation was at the corners near the lock, there is a curved line in the black part of the lens, which i figured out was part of the manufacturing process, but I thought it was a crack or delamination at first. It's really noticeable under direct light and hopefully not noticeable once installed. The picture below shows what I'm talking about. I can see the lines pretty easily from all angles.



The couple of initial observations I had are just that... observations. If you didn't have an original to look at or didn't know the cars that well, you'd never know there was a difference. I'm really thankful Keith invested the time and resources to make this project happen. Without his efforts, we'd never have them. This is a great product. Buy a set while you can.
kgoodyear NOV 13, 02:07 PM
This all sounds very encouraging!! Thank you for the overview. You are right, the curved line is part of the manufacturing process and was actually one of our biggest challenges. Other options were just not feasible and cost effective. If you have a chance, a photo of a tired lens and the new juxtaposed lens would be cool to see. Being on this side of the project I don't believe i've ever compared them in that way. George wants pictures.
vitog44 NOV 13, 04:19 PM
I'm very pleased with the product. I installed them as soon as I got them...a straight forward process . It took me about a half hour to remove the old and install the new. In my case I replaced mine for cosmetic reasons. The original ones, although in excellent condition, were beginning to show signs of delamination at the top. Since I had serviced them a few years ago, I did not have to remove the original adhesive at the edge of the back frame as indicated in the accompanying mounting instructions. In daylight I do notice the semi-oval back molding frame by the trunk key area and at the top back assembly clip insert locations. Also to note and be aware that since this, I would assume, it's some sort of acrylic or poly-carbonate plastic, it will easily scratch. Avoid cleaning them other than with lukewarm water and light soap.
I want to thank Keith and his mascot for making this possible.