Custom 914 front turn signals, New product for sale. Options

[74forsche]

These front turn signal replacements are 3d printed poly carbonate carbon fiber housings with 3 leds. The bottom led is the running light. Top two are the turn signal. The housing slides into the stock inner. You remove the stock plug in for the in candescent bulb and plug the leds into the stock harness. Our housing seals against the stock seal. You can use them with or without the stock lens. They are available in the euro layout...bottom led white and upper 2 leds amber.....or US all three amber. Or website https://w3dparts.com is set up to order.
We are developing an entire matchibg tailight housing replacement as well.
Let me know if you have questions!

[JeffBowlsby]

A couple thoughts. Our group typically very much appreciates and encourages innovation, creativity and the efforts to make 914 improvements and alternative available. You've hit on those so don't be discouraged.

Some may see these as unconventional and it may take awhile for folks to consider and determine if they like them or not.

Others may see these as an alternative solution to a non-problem.

$290 a pair feels a bit steep for a plastic piece with LEDs but not outrageous given what they are or what they do. Be sure they are high quality for that price point or how to reduce the price.

Many folks here have very nice quality 914s...if you put out a request, someone may be willing to mount your pieces and take quality photos. Your photos posted so far are typical for what we often see here for prototype mockups...nothing to be concerned about. To make the most of marketing them get excellent quality photos.

Constructive feed back, my opinions only:

Do we understand that your polymer housing inserts into the factory housing? Why not just make it to replace the factory housing?

Does your housing need a reflective coating to bounce light out?

The thickness of the flange to the car can be seen between the lens and car body, and the complete assembly looks inelegant. Can you reduce that so that the flange disappears visually?

I am not familiar enough with LED tech - what if any additional electronics are needed...any black boxes needed that need to be zip tied somewhere? Are the factory rubber covers still used? What are the electrical connections to the chassis harness like, any mods to the harness needed?

[Superhawk996]

A couple thoughts. This group typically very much appreciates and encourages innovation, creativity and the efforts to make 914 improvements and alternative available. You've hit on those so don't be discouraged.

Some may see these as unconventional and it may take awhile for folks to consider and determine if they like them or not.

Others may see these as an alternative solution to a non-problem.

$290 a pair feels a bit steep for a plastic piece with LEDs but not outrageous given what they are or what they do. Be sure they are high quality for that price point or how to reduce the price.

Many folks here have very nice quality 914s...if you put out a request, someone may be willing to mount your pieces and take quality photos. Your photos posted so far are typical for what we often see here for prototype mockups...nothing to be concerned about. To make the most of marketing them get excellent quality photos.

Constructive feed back, my opinions only:

Do we understand that your polymer housing inserts into the factory housing? Why not just make it to replace the factory housing?

Does your housing need a reflective coating to bounce light out?

The thickness of the flange to the car can be seen between the lens and car body, and the complete assembly looks inelegant. Can you reduce that so that the flange disappears visually?

I am not familiar enough with LED tech - what if any additional electronics are needed...any black boxes needed that need to be zip tied somewhere? Are the factory rubber covers still used? What are the electrical connections to the chassis harness like, any mods to the harness needed?

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Well stated. At that price point, I'd very much like to see an option to replace the existing buckets completely with a pre-wired dual circuit setup to accommodate the Euro lens properly with turn signal on top and running lamp on the bottom. Would be worth the $$ to avoid the Euro dual bulb fabrication work. Could it also be that the plastic LED / housing assembly would weight less than the OEM die cast buckets?

Very much like the idea that OP is out there trying to come up with better solutions for us.

[74forsche]

A couple thoughts. This group typically very much appreciates and encourages innovation, creativity and the efforts to make 914 improvements and alternative available. You've hit on those so don't be discouraged.

Some may see these as unconventional and it may take awhile for folks to consider and determine if they like them or not.

Others may see these as an alternative solution to a non-problem.

$290 a pair feels a bit steep for a plastic piece with LEDs but not outrageous given what they are or what they do. Be sure they are high quality for that price point or how to reduce the price.

Many folks here have very nice quality 914s...if you put out a request, someone may be willing to mount your pieces and take quality photos. Your photos posted so far are typical for what we often see here for prototype mockups...nothing to be concerned about. To make the most of marketing them get excellent quality photos.

Constructive feed back, my opinions only:

Do we understand that your polymer housing inserts into the factory housing? Why not just make it to replace the factory housing?

Does your housing need a reflective coating to bounce light out?

The thickness of the flange to the car can be seen between the lens and car body, and the complete assembly looks inelegant. Can you reduce that so that the flange disappears visually?

I am not familiar enough with LED tech - what if any additional electronics are needed...any black boxes needed that need to be zip tied somewhere? Are the factory rubber covers still used? What are the electrical connections to the chassis harness like, any mods to the harness needed?

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)

Well stated. At that price point, I'd very much like to see an option to replace the existing buckets completely with a pre-wired dual circuit setup to accommodate the Euro lens properly with turn signal on top and running lamp on the bottom. Would be worth the $$ to avoid the Euro dual bulb fabrication work. Could it also be that the plastic LED / housing assembly would weight less than the OEM die cast buckets?

Very much like the idea that OP is out there trying to come up with better solutions for us.

It is already wired to have a running light in the bottom and the top 2 blinkers. I also have clears for the bottom to use with a euro lens. I put male blade connectors on the part they plug directly into the factory harness. The factory bucket weighs so little and works well with my part, it retains the factory seal. Our assembly completely seats over the factory seal. It raise the factory lens very little
I can look into hiding the lip under the lens.