js
Flashlight Enthusiast
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Rotten Ron said:
Im glad js can afford to over look things normal people would not stand for. Ive done auto repair for 31 years. If your door or trunk dont line up, it will still close, but looks like crap when the pin stripes dont line up,etc. If Im buying a new car no way am I leaving a scratch in the bumper of my new car. If you scratch a fender it is not doomed to rust. Scratch thru ckearcoat it wont ruat, but looks like crap. Scratch thu clear and base coat and the primer coat,THEN it will rust. Take that "rub markon your bumper to a dealer(lets say a 2 inch scrape on the lower half of your bumper. Your car is a 99 ford escort(example),
.4hr, sand out rub mark, 1.3hr, paint lower bumper section(base color), .5hr per paint labor hr for clearcoat, .5 flex additive(this is a painted rubber bumper, not chrome), $50 paint and material=(@36 dollars per hr)/97.50 laborplus 50 in material, for a total of 147.20, plus tax. js might be able to blow 147.20 at the drop of a hat but alot of us cant, wont and shouldnt. Please excuse the hair, fisheye, and run, in the paint on your bumper, Im sure you wont mind. The car analogy was fine.That is my shops price, Betcha dealer will cost more.
Were almost all in agreement that the Ha will have some flaws. Lens scratchs, led tint, smudges, reflector scratches, hair and debris are the real concern......
Get real.
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Ron,
I think you might cut me a little slack. We can argue back and forth over such details ad nauseum, which is why I said a few posts above that I was "backing off" and "taking a breath". Forgive me, if I am ignorant of certain automotive areas, but I can't help but wonder if you READ what I wrote. I was talking about a PLASTIC covered bumper, like I have on my Subaru Legacy wagon. But, whatever, the point is that some things are important and others aren't.
I don't think you need to be cynical and sarcastic about me being able to overlook stuff that "normal" people can't aford to. What the ****ens is a "normal" person anyway? One who buys $200 pocket lights? Hardly. I, like everyone, can aford to overlook things that I don't feel are all that important. You and I obviously just disagree as to what is and is not important. I use one or the other of my Arcs everyday and they get scratches and marks over time. This doesn't bother me. YMMV.
Rotten Ron said:
Im glad js can afford to over look things normal people would not stand for. Ive done auto repair for 31 years. If your door or trunk dont line up, it will still close, but looks like crap when the pin stripes dont line up,etc. If Im buying a new car no way am I leaving a scratch in the bumper of my new car. If you scratch a fender it is not doomed to rust. Scratch thru ckearcoat it wont ruat, but looks like crap. Scratch thu clear and base coat and the primer coat,THEN it will rust. Take that "rub markon your bumper to a dealer(lets say a 2 inch scrape on the lower half of your bumper. Your car is a 99 ford escort(example),
.4hr, sand out rub mark, 1.3hr, paint lower bumper section(base color), .5hr per paint labor hr for clearcoat, .5 flex additive(this is a painted rubber bumper, not chrome), $50 paint and material=(@36 dollars per hr)/97.50 laborplus 50 in material, for a total of 147.20, plus tax. js might be able to blow 147.20 at the drop of a hat but alot of us cant, wont and shouldnt. Please excuse the hair, fisheye, and run, in the paint on your bumper, Im sure you wont mind. The car analogy was fine.That is my shops price, Betcha dealer will cost more.
Were almost all in agreement that the Ha will have some flaws. Lens scratchs, led tint, smudges, reflector scratches, hair and debris are the real concern......
Get real.
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Ron,
I think you might cut me a little slack. We can argue back and forth over such details ad nauseum, which is why I said a few posts above that I was "backing off" and "taking a breath". Forgive me, if I am ignorant of certain automotive areas, but I can't help but wonder if you READ what I wrote. I was talking about a PLASTIC covered bumper, like I have on my Subaru Legacy wagon. But, whatever, the point is that some things are important and others aren't.
I don't think you need to be cynical and sarcastic about me being able to overlook stuff that "normal" people can't aford to. What the ****ens is a "normal" person anyway? One who buys $200 pocket lights? Hardly. I, like everyone, can aford to overlook things that I don't feel are all that important. You and I obviously just disagree as to what is and is not important. I use one or the other of my Arcs everyday and they get scratches and marks over time. This doesn't bother me. YMMV.