Sierra Madre Suprise, Rear Turn Signal Lens |
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Sierra Madre Suprise, Rear Turn Signal Lens |
914Sixer |
Sep 26 2017, 10:45 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,903 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Like a FOOL I bought a set of European rear lens for the second car. Well they came in a few minutes ago. NO SEALS are installed. I called and asked (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) , salesman said they DON'T come with them. They are sold just as lens.
Just test fitted both sides. They are WAY OFF in the curvature and are LONG because the curve is OFF. 1st two pictures is of the Hella and the rest are the unknown lens. Post has been edit per URO request, I only had the information that was given to me by the salesman. Attached image(s) |
Mblizzard |
Sep 26 2017, 03:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,033 Joined: 28-January 13 From: Knoxville Tn Member No.: 15,438 Region Association: South East States |
Let's be clear here. Making aftermarket parts for 40+ year old cars is not going to be easy ever! As a seller your attention to detail and quality control can make or break you. I think that is often the thing that separates many sellers and products. It is sometimes hard for a manufacturer to say this is not good enough too sell.
Regardless of who made that set of lenses the quality should have been better! |
porschetub |
Sep 26 2017, 05:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,706 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Let's be clear here. Making aftermarket parts for 40+ year old cars is not going to be easy ever! As a seller your attention to detail and quality control can make or break you. I think that is often the thing that separates many sellers and products. It is sometimes hard for a manufacturer to say this is not good enough too sell. Regardless of who made that set of lenses the quality should have been better! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) totally,how hard is it to test fit then say no good and return to the supplier before you put them up on a website,914rubber make parts that fit . Funny how SMC responded quickly on here and have never returned an email on my last purchase with was described as something different than what I recieved. My Hella 40+yr euro lenses are not fitting at the inside end,strange how you buy a repop set and they have the same issue. Could these be the AA ones ,I have no idea but they had the same issue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . |
SierraMadreCollection |
Sep 27 2017, 05:08 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 8-May 13 From: Pasadena Member No.: 15,844 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Let's be clear here. Making aftermarket parts for 40+ year old cars is not going to be easy ever! As a seller your attention to detail and quality control can make or break you. I think that is often the thing that separates many sellers and products. It is sometimes hard for a manufacturer to say this is not good enough too sell. Regardless of who made that set of lenses the quality should have been better! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) totally,how hard is it to test fit then say no good and return to the supplier before you put them up on a website,914rubber make parts that fit . Funny how SMC responded quickly on here and have never returned an email on my last purchase with was described as something different than what I recieved. My Hella 40+yr euro lenses are not fitting at the inside end,strange how you buy a repop set and they have the same issue. Could these be the AA ones ,I have no idea but they had the same issue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . I'm sorry you haven't heard back sooner! Please let us know the details of your order so we can help out with any issues. Thanks to everyone for the comments! We want to ensure everyone that these European made lenses are good quality. To confirm, they don't have the Hella or the Auto Atlanta script like some suggested on the thread. We did have a fitment issue with the first batch early this year so we quickly pulled these lenses from the market. Since then another batch has been made with the correct angle for a perfect fit. Quality is everything to us, and just to make sure we fit every new lens to an original 914 taillight housing before putting packaging it on the shelf. This testing is done at our R&D garage at our Pasadena location which all 914 owners are welcome to come visit. For those out of the area please email me at jorge@sierramadrecollection.com and we can email you some pictures. If anyone does have fitment issues please reach out and we'll make sure you get a replacement set with a proper fit. Thanks from SMC! |
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