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#58687 - 14/01/2002 12:37 No more faces on sb store? dangit!
iceweazel
journeyman

Registered: 26/11/2001
Posts: 91
Loc: the states
I thought there were piles of extra face kits. )*(&!#@%@#!!!!

Wonder how much I really need shielding. Would be nice
anyway.
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#58688 - 14/01/2002 12:47 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: iceweazel]
andy
carpal tunnel

Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Rob said the other day that they have more faces available, but that they have to be packaged before they can be sold.
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#58689 - 14/01/2002 13:45 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: andy]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Yeah we have at least a thousand sets - don't worry.

We also have plenty of car mounts, although I have no idea how many the eStore have left - we can ship more over if they need them.

Rob

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#58690 - 14/01/2002 17:54 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: rob]
sendero
journeyman

Registered: 04/01/2002
Posts: 74
Loc: Seattle, WA
thats a relief. I can put up with a mismatching blue face for a while. Will there be a post/announcement here when they faceplates are back in stock?
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#58691 - 14/01/2002 18:52 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: sendero]
skamp
journeyman

Registered: 03/01/2002
Posts: 69
Please send some over!

Steve

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#58692 - 14/01/2002 19:15 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: skamp]
Trekkie
new poster

Registered: 03/01/2002
Posts: 15
I have the Blue, orange, and Green ones left of my kit. I needed Red for my Audi. Email me if interested. Divide the cost of the kit by 3 and pay me that and I'll put one in the mail (US)

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#58693 - 14/01/2002 19:37 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: rob]
Liufeng
member

Registered: 14/09/1999
Posts: 149
Loc: Alaska
Just Curious --

Any Mk1 sleds available? I suspect not but is there still an effort to make more?

-Tom
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#58694 - 14/01/2002 19:52 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: Liufeng]
skamp
journeyman

Registered: 03/01/2002
Posts: 69
Trekkie,
I sent you a PM for the green one. Please let me know. Thanks!

Steve

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#58695 - 14/01/2002 20:45 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: Liufeng]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Mk1 sleds are rarer than Dick Cheney. This question has been asked before and no more sleds will be made.
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#58696 - 14/01/2002 20:48 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: skamp]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Don't forget Darkstorm's "smoked" lens that match green car interiors very well.
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#58697 - 15/01/2002 01:11 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
jnmunsey
member

Registered: 10/01/2002
Posts: 139
Loc: Houston, TX, USA
I wish there were accurate pics of the colors.. I can color match with my monitor but I wonder if the original pic is accurate itself..

Hmm, maybe you guys can take a pic of a pantone chart with the same camera?


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#58698 - 15/01/2002 01:12 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
jnmunsey
member

Registered: 10/01/2002
Posts: 139
Loc: Houston, TX, USA
Yeah but he wants what $20 or more for it? It is a piece of plastic!

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#58699 - 15/01/2002 01:27 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: jnmunsey]
Fogduck
member

Registered: 06/06/2000
Posts: 199
Loc: BC
> Yeah but he wants what $20 or more for it?
> It is a piece of plastic!

I am assuming that Darkstorm is fabricating these as a private individual, perhaps with access to equipment related to his day job, and not able to have several hundred cast/stamped/cut in order to make them cheaper. Bear that in mind.

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#58700 - 15/01/2002 08:26 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: jnmunsey]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Beats paying that much for 3 colors you don't want and two lens that are only going to collect dust. I have the smoked lens and love it. It is much brighter and easier to see than even my blue lens was. And many people bought the blue just becuase it was the easiest to see in sun light.
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#58701 - 15/01/2002 16:14 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Fogduck
member

Registered: 06/06/2000
Posts: 199
Loc: BC
> I have the smoked lens and love it. It is much brighter
> and easier to see than even my blue lens was.

How do you find the glare, going back to a non-AR screen? I would be all over the smoked lens but for that one issue.
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#58702 - 15/01/2002 18:52 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: Fogduck]
maczrool
pooh-bah

Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
Why don't you try sandblasting the plate to give it a slight texture to cut down on the glare?
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#58703 - 15/01/2002 19:14 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: Fogduck]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
How do you find the glare, going back to a non-AR screen? I would be all over the smoked lens but for that one issue.

I have one of the original Mark II empegs with a blue screen that is not anti-glare. At one point empeg was offering free anti-glare replacement screens. I never bothered to take them up on the offer because I have never had any kind of glare problem.

YMMV.

tanstaafl.
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#58704 - 15/01/2002 19:22 Re: No more faces on sb store? dangit! [Re: Fogduck]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I didn't have a problem with the glare using a smoke lens from darkstorm but in my car the sun hardly ever shines directly on the empeg screen
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