DIY JDM style side mirrors combo lights (Signal+Parking+Courtesy lights)

That's exactly the one I've got! How come I didn't see those on Sigma back then?! I got my set professionally painted for total of US$185 vs $225 from Sigma (non-painted?). But it is good to know that Sigma carries those! So people! We don't need any group buy, do we?

 

I'd like to gather some suggestions from someone as a customer of this signal light event:
1) The seller would prefer using the more expensive express mail (~US$20) to minimize damage and delay to the package. (took me 30 days to arrive by regular air delivery).
2) Instead of sending all the lights to a centralized station, e.g. my house, I ask if he can send the set to each individual.
3) Exchange rate can be tricky in this group buy. The rate has been floating around between HK$ 7.70 ~ 7.79 per US dollar. International money transfer fee is $45 by Chase. That would be added to the final cost and shared equally. More people in this group buy will drive down this transfer fee. <--- Btw, I hate Chase!
4) You can choose not to use his shop to paint the mirror covers. For those who wants only the lights, skipping the paint will save you about US$65.
5) With all the costs add up, we maybe looking at around US$200 per set (with S&H & paint)
6) What would be the payment method for this group buy? PayPal (non credit or debit cards)

The seller hasn't replied my question regarding the shipping method at this point because it is Sunday on the other side of the earth.

 

Answers:
1) the seller is located in Hong Kong. Not in the US.
2) If the seller is willing to ship individually to everyone, we could save extra time and money on re-distribution. I believe Post office will do their part for East coast (trans-Atlantic route) and West coast (trans-Pacific route).
3) Painting will take 5-6 work days depends on the number of orders and majority color to be painted.
4) Can we easily get the covers here?
Left: after market cover / Right: OEM cover for US version Prius.


5) The seller doesn't take Paypal. I do. I collect everyone's money in my PayPal account and then wire transfer the total to my relative in Hong Kong. To lower the risk, she helps me pay 1/3 to the guy and the rest of it after the lights are sent. This way, we don't have to worry about our money. Otherwise, if anything gone wrong, I would hold full responsibility for losing everyone's money and I do NOT want it to happen. Dealing with seller in other countries can be difficult sometimes.

6) I will ask if it is ok to buy just the lights without the covers. Everything comes in a package and I am not sure and I don't know if it would change much on the price. Actually, if you take the covers, you could sell your older lights with the non-painted covers to someone else as a full set. Why not?

7) Now, I am just waiting for the seller about his shipping method whether it is possible to be sent individually.

 

Hi Tideland,
My answer is "Yes!" because I could not find the wires that control on/off the dome light. So I hard wire the dome light all the way to those 2 "puddle" lights underneath the mirrors. However, you do have an options to choose how those lights to be functioned, i.e. connect them to your existing courtesy lights on your front doors. I would be happy to know the dome light wiring under the dash, so that I can take the extra wires out inside the ceiling.

 

Summary of the current shopping list:
Name:
2011V (Color?)
a1rjumpman23 (Color?)
adamjay (Color?)
Cloud (Color?)
DAFTEK {(3R3) US Barcelone Red metallic}
Deltron3030 (Color?)
jordanr (Color?)
Nuckz23 (Color?)
Peterjmc (unpainted)
SFguy2009 (Color?)
Shawnb2 (unpainted)
Tideland Prius (Color?)
wyun (Color?)

We are having 13 members interested in getting the lights so far. I also hope to get this group buy thing going.