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Old 10-19-16, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragoon
I hate to be the guy with the bad news.

Patrick from RHD Japan emailed me that the lenses have been discontinued, and no longer are available.
No way! the lenses are what makes the bumper amazing imo. Thanks Dragoon for finding that out.
If the lenses are unavailable i'm on the fence with the bumper
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I agree. We would need someone who can make the lenses.
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If worst comes to worse I have a set. We just need someone who can replicate them. Don't give up just yet guys.
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I don't believe we'll find any company willing to make a $5k investment for a mold for these lenses to sell less than 25 pairs. I know we certainly won't.

However, we are giving the Feed lense covers serious consideration because we have sold quite a bit of those bumpers.

If the Feed lense covers work on the Mazdaspeed bumper, that will be another good option, but I agree... the Mazdaspeed covers are unique and make the GTC bumper what it is.
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Here's one with 99 spec combo lights and no lenses......I don't see the issue, wow some people are picky
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I'm with Paul. Really don't see it as a critical design element. It is what it is though...

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Here's one with 99 spec combo lights and no lenses......I don't see the issue, wow some people are picky
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Hey Guys, I just tried to fit the FEED lense covers on the GTC bumper we received and it doesn't work. It will require quite a bit of modification to the turn signal area to work perfectly. I can do that, but it won't work with the authentic Mazdaspeed lens covers after. Just throwing that out there.

On a side note... the bumper we received was the waviest bumper I have ever seen. Complete junk. I didn't even bother to look at the rest of it. The JKL bumper was certainly chinese quality at a premium price. This is the first time I've actually opened up the package. It's going to take alot to get this right.
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Originally Posted by shineautoproject
Hey Guys, I just tried to fit the FEED lense covers on the GTC bumper we received and it doesn't work. It will require quite a bit of modification to the turn signal area to work perfectly. I can do that, but it won't work with the authentic Mazdaspeed lens covers after. Just throwing that out there.

On a side note... the bumper we received was the waviest bumper I have ever seen. Complete junk. I didn't even bother to look at the rest of it. The JKL bumper was certainly chinese quality at a premium price. This is the first time I've actually opened up the package. It's going to take alot to get this right.

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Im really sorry about that Ken. I did tell you it was extremely bad pre tense. Sucks if it is completely useless.
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Things don't seem to be looking good for this group buy. Do you guys want to vote on an early refund process?

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Sounds good to me
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Yeah, I've given up. Happy to move forward with the obvious conclusion.
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I'm moving on as well.
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I'd love to be in on this, but it appears there's not enough interest.

I see the list is only at 7 people... is your cut-off date Nov 30th to have all 15 people pay deposits?

Might have to stir some interest on the facebook groups.
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Hey Guys. I just issued everyone their refunds. Thank you very much for participating.

Perhaps we can revisit this at a later date when there is stronger demand.

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