View Poll Results: Would you buy the clear honeycomb taillights?
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Clear Honeycomb Taillights for Trans Am
01-05-2013, 07:27 AM
#81
highly doubt this will ever happen at this point. As stated above the cost to make these would be phenomenal and not to many companies are going to do that for a low return item. You figure they might sell 1 set for ever 5000 firebirds out there if there lucky. Doesn't make good business sense. The best bet id have to say would be depo but i dont even see them taking the risk.
01-05-2013, 07:53 AM
#82
About the only real way of this happening is if one of the companies that makes all of the riced out camaro tail-lights decided to do a set for the firebirds and sold them on eBay.
I hate to say it, but short of that happening, I don't see a small company like 6LE being able to have the capital to undertake a project like this.
I'm just surprised it hasn't happened yet. Look at how quickly the smoked 3rd lights sold out on eBay. There's obviously a strong market out there for firebird mods since all of the 4th gen rears are interchangable.
I hate to say it, but short of that happening, I don't see a small company like 6LE being able to have the capital to undertake a project like this.
I'm just surprised it hasn't happened yet. Look at how quickly the smoked 3rd lights sold out on eBay. There's obviously a strong market out there for firebird mods since all of the 4th gen rears are interchangable.
03-08-2013, 04:21 AM
#84
I'm just surprised it hasn't happened yet. Look at how quickly the smoked 3rd lights sold out on eBay. There's obviously a strong market out there for firebird mods since all of the 4th gen rears are interchangable.
When I bought the one I have now, I should have bought two extras. I now have two Trans Ams and I want an extra just in case. Pretty upset with myself.
03-14-2013, 06:41 AM
#91
Obviously there's a demand out there, look how quickly the smoked 3rd brake light sold out. Fact is, the 93-02 all have the same general tail lights, so that's a huge market, especially considering the extent of them that need to be replaced due to condensation or fading over time.
04-08-2013, 10:17 AM
#93
I plan to keep reviving this until it happens. Haha!
Does anyone have even an idea how to attempt this? Would you have to have the clear cover made and then replace it with the factory lens? If so then you could just put tape where needed and the plasti-dip the honeycomb design! Come on guys!
Does anyone have even an idea how to attempt this? Would you have to have the clear cover made and then replace it with the factory lens? If so then you could just put tape where needed and the plasti-dip the honeycomb design! Come on guys!
04-08-2013, 12:08 PM
#97
yea but the people who would make them have already said they wont step up to the plate because of the heavy R&D and build cost that it would require. Even if they did theyed have to sell them at an outrageous cost to make a profit, and its unlikely they'll sell that many. Im not saying it could never happen... but its pretty unlikely. Hypothetically: If you were in a buisness position where you had the resources but found out its going to cost you well over 2000 dollars to create the nessecary tooling and equiptment to make these taillights (im low balling, its probably more) and you knew that if you made them available you were likely only to sell maybe 1 for every 1500 firebirds in existance (again a low ball estimate because likely many people wont want these)... you figure you may be lucky to sell 10-15 sets in a year... lets go with 10 for arguments sake. You would have to price them at 200 dollars a set just to break even assuming these hypothetical costs to build are true... so now youve spent time and money to just break even? most buisnesses wont do that. So tack on another 300-400 bucks depending on how big or small the company is... even less people are going to want to drop that kind of coin on a taillight.
Its easy to say you would pay that money for that kind of part but at the end of the day not many people will and thats why places like 6le and others have to be very selective and careful about what they produce. Youll bankrupt your self real quick if you rely on peoples good word to buy a product.
Just some food for thought, again, im not saying eventually someone wont step up the plate, but its highly unlikely. Technically if you look i'd be willing to bet GM is no longer producing factory replacement tails either. Not to say you cant buy new stock but they probably arent in production.
That being said that could be your saving grace... if the market bleeds up on factory replacements a company like DEPO may see a need to reproduce the part... then its likely they'll make a variation of it. But id say thats another couple years off.
Hard to say for sure but if I had to make my guess chances are slim.
Its easy to say you would pay that money for that kind of part but at the end of the day not many people will and thats why places like 6le and others have to be very selective and careful about what they produce. Youll bankrupt your self real quick if you rely on peoples good word to buy a product.
Just some food for thought, again, im not saying eventually someone wont step up the plate, but its highly unlikely. Technically if you look i'd be willing to bet GM is no longer producing factory replacement tails either. Not to say you cant buy new stock but they probably arent in production.
That being said that could be your saving grace... if the market bleeds up on factory replacements a company like DEPO may see a need to reproduce the part... then its likely they'll make a variation of it. But id say thats another couple years off.
Hard to say for sure but if I had to make my guess chances are slim.
i'm gonna be the first one of them as soon as possible!
04-08-2013, 12:28 PM
#99
The issue being is that there are NO OTHER TAILS FOR THE TRANS AM. There IS a market for it - whether they are reproduction stock appearing tails or those same tails with a clear plastic. Wish someone who has the manufacturing capabilities, it wouldn't be that hard one would think. There is more to it, but in my mind you make the molds, put your stuff in, etc...I don't see how that would involve a lot of work than making a Camaro headlight from a manufacturer.
04-08-2013, 04:11 PM
#100
yea but the people who would make them have already said they wont step up to the plate because of the heavy R&D and build cost that it would require. Even if they did theyed have to sell them at an outrageous cost to make a profit, and its unlikely they'll sell that many. Im not saying it could never happen... but its pretty unlikely. Hypothetically: If you were in a buisness position where you had the resources but found out its going to cost you well over 2000 dollars to create the nessecary tooling and equiptment to make these taillights (im low balling, its probably more) and you knew that if you made them available you were likely only to sell maybe 1 for every 1500 firebirds in existance (again a low ball estimate because likely many people wont want these)... you figure you may be lucky to sell 10-15 sets in a year... lets go with 10 for arguments sake. You would have to price them at 200 dollars a set just to break even assuming these hypothetical costs to build are true... so now youve spent time and money to just break even? most buisnesses wont do that. So tack on another 300-400 bucks depending on how big or small the company is... even less people are going to want to drop that kind of coin on a taillight.
Its easy to say you would pay that money for that kind of part but at the end of the day not many people will and thats why places like 6le and others have to be very selective and careful about what they produce. Youll bankrupt your self real quick if you rely on peoples good word to buy a product.
Just some food for thought, again, im not saying eventually someone wont step up the plate, but its highly unlikely. Technically if you look i'd be willing to bet GM is no longer producing factory replacement tails either. Not to say you cant buy new stock but they probably arent in production.
That being said that could be your saving grace... if the market bleeds up on factory replacements a company like DEPO may see a need to reproduce the part... then its likely they'll make a variation of it. But id say thats another couple years off.
Hard to say for sure but if I had to make my guess chances are slim.
Its easy to say you would pay that money for that kind of part but at the end of the day not many people will and thats why places like 6le and others have to be very selective and careful about what they produce. Youll bankrupt your self real quick if you rely on peoples good word to buy a product.
Just some food for thought, again, im not saying eventually someone wont step up the plate, but its highly unlikely. Technically if you look i'd be willing to bet GM is no longer producing factory replacement tails either. Not to say you cant buy new stock but they probably arent in production.
That being said that could be your saving grace... if the market bleeds up on factory replacements a company like DEPO may see a need to reproduce the part... then its likely they'll make a variation of it. But id say thats another couple years off.
Hard to say for sure but if I had to make my guess chances are slim.