I've exchanged a couple of messages with the guy responsible and its possible we could put in a bulk order to save on shipping. What he needs is an idea of numbers to decide whether to go ahead. No idea on price yet. So, this is an expression of interest only.
Just to reiterate - this is for lenses only. You will need to bake your headlights to remove the old lenses and replace with nice modern looking clear lenses. Some people have bought the eBay headlights specifically to do this, but they are often poor quality and need some modification to fit onto the OEM housing. One potential problem I see is that generally speaking Club Lexus has a pretty mixed track record when it comes to group buys, unlike here where most go through without a hitch (...and I say that as one of the people that got burned by the AC copy kit debacle). Also, whether this gets up or not has nothing to do with me - I just saw the thread on the US site and thought it'd be good to get in on it.
If your interested, put your name down and indicate how many pairs you'd want (Cut'n'paste the numbered list into your post).
Saturday, December 08, 2012 - 10:21 am, by: Robert Faggian(Tanooki_suit)
Jason Chow wrote on Saturday, December 08, 2012 - 12:03 am:
Is the high beam lenses included as well?
Jason - they are talking about doing high beams and fog lights (starting with the 97+) as well, but from my reading of that thread the most likely scenario is headlights only.
Saturday, December 08, 2012 - 10:35 am, by: Aaron Casey(Blownminiturbo)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair.
Saturday, December 08, 2012 - 11:40 am, by: Michael Sinay(Mikey)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair
Saturday, December 08, 2012 - 12:16 pm, by: Tony Nguyen(Blade4546)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 06:34 pm, by: Calan Fitzmaurice(Fixed_term)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair
Todd Hanson Tinkerer NSW ex-JZZ31 now JZZ30 + UZZ31
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 08:02 pm, by: Todd Hanson(Freezen)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair 10. Todd Hanson - one pair
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 08:19 pm, by: James Tims(Timzy)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair 10. Todd Hanson - one pair 11. James Tims - one pair
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 09:14 pm, by: Robbie Rashleigh(2annoy)
1. Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair 10. Todd Hanson - one pair 11. James Tims - one pair 12. Robbie Rashleigh - One pair
Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 08:18 pm, by: Casey Perkins(Caseyp)
1.Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair 10. Todd Hanson - one pair 11. James Tims - one pair 12. Robbie Rashleigh - One pair 13. Casey Perkins - one pair
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 09:14 am, by: Nik Peacock(Niko)
1.Rob Faggian - one pair 2. John Street - one pair 3. Matt Newman - one pair 4. Dave van Staveren - one pair 5. Jason - one pair 6. Aaron Casey - One pair. 7. Michael Sinay - One pair 8. Tony Nguyen - One pair 9. Calan Fitzmaurice - One pair 10. Todd Hanson - one pair 11. James Tims - one pair 12. Robbie Rashleigh - One pair 13. Casey Perkins - one pair 14. Nik Peacock - one pair, would be really keen on glass
Monday, February 04, 2013 - 09:46 pm, by: Robert Faggian(Tanooki_suit)
For those not following the U.S. thread, a quick synopsis: the first quote to produce molds was too high so they are shopping around.
Keep an eye on Jay's glass lens thread above...better option in my opinion. At least we have two groups on the case and hopefully at least one of them comes through.
Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 10:39 pm, by: Robert Faggian(Tanooki_suit)
A further update - the Club Lexus guys are now looking at manufacturing an updated/modern housing on to which they will stick the clear lenses from eBay headlights. They are looking at ideas for how to modernise the housing and also modifying it so that it will have a perfect fit with the eBay clear lenses (apparently if you try to put the eBay clears on a factory housing, they don't match up properly and you get leaks).
This latest development is not my cup of tea, but I'll keep an eye out in case people are still interested.