Yeah I figured 3D printing something that doesnt exist would be costly. Pretty much why I didnt really explore that route myself.
I reached out to AlphaRex and they said they cant make clears because of NHTSA rules. Its too bad, really....on my white/chrome truck the amber kinda sticks out. Cleared would have really finished off the good looks of the lights.
Yea they told me that if the lights had clear corners in them, that customs could seize them at the docks when the container is being imported because they don’t meet DOT and NHTSA regulations which I just do not believe because first off, there are THOUSANDS of aftermarket headlights with clear corners in them and company’s wouldn’t keep making them if they kept getting seized by customs every time they imported a shipment. There is such a thing as “For Off-Road Use Only” and if you notice, most aftermarket parts for cars have this printed somewhere in the box or paperwork. I’m not sure if that’s some kind of work around for customs or what but AlphaRex also told me that HID kits, LED bulb kits, etc, can be seized at any time by customs when they come through the port during importing because they are not DOT compliant. Which is odd because who is to say the parts are not being installed in race cars or off road only vehicles. I’m not quite sure I believe this excuse.
I find all of that extremely hard to believe because if that was the case, companies like The Retrofit Source would be getting hammered at the port with seizures, most of their XB headlight lineup has clear corners or smoked lenses, etc, and I doubt they would chance having a container seized with 500 pairs of headlights worth $1,800 each inside, aswell as hundreds of other retrofit parts inside the container, just so their headlights can have clear corners in them. If what the AlphaRex employee told me is true, I feel like TRS would have amber markers in all their lights as there is no way a company that big would chance losing an entire container of products just so their lights can have “cool” clear corners.
But then again, I don’t import aftermarket headlights, but I have been actively looking for a reputable headlight manufacturing factory in China for months now that I can partner with and have them build custom headlights that I design, that will be built exclusively for my business. I am also looking for factory’s that can design and build quality LED bulb kits, and again, I would want to have complete control over the design phase, aswell as what parts are used in the products. I haven’t had much luck finding a factory I can trust with sending tens of thousands of dollars without stepping foot inside the factory and seeing how it operates with my own eyes. I guess I will continue my search.
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