Sup Veeky Forums I have an out of the park question for you guys.
Does anyone know where I can get OEM replacement parts manufactured?
I'm talking just straight up go to a manufacturer and say "I want a direct copy of this part here" I've got this idea to do with producing my own slightly different headlights, but I can't get a hold of whoever is manufacturing them. So I figure if I can get them directly copied, I could just make the slight alterations easily enough once they're made and get to me.
A lot of tooling and copyright bullshit prevents this from being an easy process.
Easton Diaz
Well my plan isn't to directly copy them I'll be making my own changes, specifically adding DRLs or putting projectors in. Which other makers have done, I assume legally.
But getting hold of the headlights before they get to the point where I'm paying 500 a piece and having to tear the entire assembly apart just to do the work is impossible.
Justin Butler
Just sell kits to do it.
Levi Morales
People hate having to do their own work Meaning I would sell fewer units I want to be able to sell an entire assembly so I can make an easy profit over and over again
Just tearing my hair out trying to work out where or how I could get the lights just copied so I have the base to work with
Ryder Williams
>I've got this idea to do with producing my own slightly different headlights Dude, not going to happen. Only real mfgs like Hella and the chinese do such work. Super complicated, super expensive.
Aiden Campbell
Not really
I have already put DRLs inside these lights and wired them all up correctly
But now I want to produce my own ones using a PCB and tightly packed LEDs
If I can just find where I can get some mother fucker to products the things for me Or if I can find who already makes the lights for the manufacturer and convince them to sell some to me....
Aiden Davis
Not going to happen. Making the headlight housing and lenses is super fucking expensive. Only OEM mfgs like Hella and the chinks create such items. >Or if I can find who already makes the lights for the manufacturer and convince them to sell some to me.... Wholesale buying could work but...
In the USA your headlights would be illegal. They must be DOT approved. The DOT can, and will, issue a recall notice against your headlights and you will go bankrupt. This already happened a decade or so ago to all the ricer altezza lights.
Sell a kit, best you're going to get while staying legal.
Benjamin Phillips
Chinese companies will do this shit all day long. As long as you have a prototype and specs they can work off of, those fuckers can and will copy anything, even if its patented.
