Why 180°|Custom?

ONEighty · 12-08-2009, 03:42 AM

Sup guys,

I figured we'd let you guys in on some more detailed info on what separates us (180°|Custom) from the rest. At the end of the day after all the feedbacks you read from members on how quick and great the customer service is, and how well you are taken care of, regardless of which company you decide to deal with, it all comes down to the quality. What makes that guy better than the other, and visa verse?

What do we put on the table that other companies don't? What's the difference?

For starters... we offer something that no other company has yet to offer, why? I don't know...

LIGHTING - LED's
The LED used in our headlights are full automotive style LED's, same ones that Audi and MB uses in their headlights, they're called piranha LED's. Other companies like ClearCorners.com, CiNcity designs, Limited Edition and MR Works use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances. Why? Maybe because they're easier to work with and look clean? But other than that, the headlights I've repaired so far which used 5mm LED's have had all blown out LED's, or flicker. We used 5mm flat top LED's when we first started doing LED jobs, but soon after we realized that they were not reliable, we ditched the idea... which is when we started offering piranha LED's on Iron-Mans and other LED mods.

Here's a comparison shot of the 2.

Our LED's on the left and basic 5mm LED on the right.

Want to see the difference in luminosity? Picture was taken by our manufacturer.

Now... another thing A LOT of you guys get fooled by.... pictures. A picture can speak a thousand words, but it can also exaggerate on things without you knowing what it really looks like... in our case would be the light. I could take a picture of my headlights, and then take another picture using higher exposure, and higher f-stop, or a camera that's sensitive to high light exposure (ie. point and shoots and cell phone cameras), and make a headlight with 5mm LED's look like it's the brightest thing in the world.

Here's a comparison shot:

This is when we first started using 5mm LED's, the same ones all our competitors are using now:

Iron-Man v1.0 using basic 5mm LED's taken higher exposure

Iron-Man v2.5 using pirahna four chip LED taken at lower exposure so it doesn't blind the camera. With these LED's it's harder for me to get any shots of the Iron-Man LED's at night because in order to get right exposure on the car, the LED's are blinding, and to get a shot of the LED's individually, the rest of the car is really dark. I resulted to shooting pictures in the day time instead because they are still clearly visible, even with the sun shining directly at it.

Looks the same right? But look what happens when you put one next to another.

V2.0 LED, right before we got more refined LED's (v2.5). 5000K white on the left, 5mm on the right, 4 of the LED's were already half dead when I took the picture, but the other 6 are still working the way they did from day one.

And here's a daytime shot, taken on top of the parking lot at 12PM in Atlantic City with the sun shinning down directly at the car. 5mm LED's would not come close to even looking like they're on.

To end it off, we're not done testing with LED's, in the near future we will offer a wider range of high quality top of the line LED's, bright enough to light up the entire road while portraying a sleek design. Development is a never ending process for us, even if we don't have customers sending in their lights, we're still at the office creating and innovating new ideas... to which... we make up our own names for and not copy off another company *cough* Iron-Man *cough*

Let's move on to:

Warranty

Unlike other companies, and some that don't even offer any... we supply all our modified headlights with FREE 1-Year WARRANTY. We also offer an extended 3-Year WARRANTY plan. We believe in our product, and it's quality. A failed headlight is a surprise to us, and if it's beyond repairable, it's replaced with another one no questions asked. Like I said in my other threads, I will take the loss on profit, even the job it self for my mistake if I have to, and will make it worth while for the customer.

I have taken several expensive losses in the past, and learned valuable mistakes from them, which I never repeat. I know the in's and out's of these lights, and elements they're most fragile to. I take an extra step to assure that the headlights never need to be removed from the car more than once.

Now, if I wasn't so confident in my product, why would I offer extended warranty on it? It's because I am confident, and I don't run away from my mistakes, I fix em.

If that's not convincing then I don't know what is.

So in a few brief words, we:
Are innovative, responsible, respectful, and original *ehem*

PROFESSIONAL.

We're starting a clothing line in 2010, as well as a media (photography & videography) service that'll be available in several different states. We're also in the works with a few affiliates in offering CF wrapping, custom interior modifications & bulbs for all around and in your vehicle.

Stay tuned.

Competitors, good luck and we're looking forward to some friendly competition, or... collaborations.

Thanks,
Igor

bullitt5897 · 12-08-2009, 10:15 AM

Great Product!!!!!!! I cant say enough about the quality work Igor and team do! Thanks again guys for one of the best mods on the car!

Rickey89 · 12-08-2009, 04:19 PM

damn there is an ongoing war between who to get a headlight mod done from,

im looking at getting this done in 2 months or so, and honestly i dont know whose side to be on.....

in for comparison, and other member feedback

370ZBLACK09 · 12-08-2009, 04:29 PM

I say Clear Corners by far offers the best headlight and tail light modifications. They are more expensive than 180 Custom but are by far worth the money. You will have to email the guy who runs Clear Corners to see the lights because they are not on his website yet but you can go to the website to see the type of work he does

bullitt5897 · 12-08-2009, 04:46 PM

Clear corners does good work but for their prices I could have my headlights done 3 fold by 180!!! 180's quality is right up there with clear corners btw... I have seen both and without prior knowledge would not be able to tell one shop from the next quality wise.

dainedazz · 12-08-2009, 06:02 PM

dainedazz · 12-08-2009, 06:05 PM

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ONEighty · 12-08-2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 370ZBLACK09

I say Clear Corners by far offers the best headlight and tail light modifications. They are more expensive than 180 Custom but are by far worth the money. You will have to email the guy who runs Clear Corners to see the lights because they are not on his website yet but you can go to the website to see the type of work he does

Clearcorners.com does clean work... but like the rest, they use 5mm LED's, and florescent ceiling light sheets/covers to portray "clear" reflectors.

Rickey89 · 12-08-2009, 10:41 PM

ok as you all are competing for my business ( and many others im sure ) against competitors like MR WORKS, Marco from Mr WORKS recently posted on their thread that they offer a switch to turn the led's on and off as wanted.

my questions are as follows
Do you all offer the same option? or something similiar as far as being able to choose when to turn them on, or will they just always be on.

And if so how much extra would this cost..

thanks in advance

ONEighty · 12-09-2009, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rickey89

ok as you all are competing for my business ( and many others im sure ) against competitors like MR WORKS, Marco from Mr WORKS recently posted on their thread that they offer a switch to turn the led's on and off as wanted.

my questions are as follows
Do you all offer the same option? or something similiar as far as being able to choose when to turn them on, or will they just always be on.

And if so how much extra would this cost..

thanks in advance

The way our LED mods are powered is they are wired into the parking lights. So on your switch, you have OFF/AUTO/PARKING LIGHTS/LOW-BEAMS aka HID

In the OFF position obviously everything is off

In the AUTO position if it's during the day time, everything will remain off. At night, your LED's and LOW-BEAMS will remain on.

In the PARKING LIGHTS position, your LED's will stay on, LOW-BEAMS OFF.

In the LOW-BEAMS position, everything is on at all times.

Now, if you want a separate switch to turn the LED's aka parking lights on & off at night while still having your low-beams on, all you have to do is run a switch to your car. Obviously if you ship your lights in we can't do that, but we will run the power wires outside the headlight so all you have to do is wire up a switch and run it into your car so you can choose to turn it on and off anytime you want.

If you're interested, we can get you an OEM switch for the Euro Foglight, and you can put it in one of the 3 slots near your cup holder. All you'll have to do is run the already pre-wired wires through the engine bay and the firewall, into the center console, and plug it directly into the switch.

It would look exactly like this:

We will not charge to wire up the headlights differently, if you choose to get the OEM switch, we will get you one at our shop discount price.

Marco_xyz · 12-09-2009, 04:32 AM

Hello 180 how are you all doing,

I just wanted to clarify your statement regarding leds "Other companies like ClearCorners.com, CiNcity designs, Limited Edition and MR Works use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances. Why?"

We actually use Piranha 5mm leds, and have been using it for years now doing headlights for other vehicles (including our own), but we don't use them for the landing strip for the 370z.

As a courtesy, please refrain from posting information about other companies, unless your 100% sure it's true.

Thanks, take care!
Marco

shumby · 12-09-2009, 04:53 AM

^^^ well he was not entierly untrue in his statement. As well he offer a way better warrenty

TipsZ · 12-10-2009, 09:38 AM

You have to love the capitalistic market and the competition is brews. It always brings the best product for the customer.

Goo$e · 01-07-2010, 04:24 PM

No reason to throw other companies under the bus. I think a more professional way would be something like this...

"Other companies use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances."
and I also agree with Marco@MRWorks "As a courtesy, please refrain from posting information about other companies, unless your 100% sure it's true."

I have a been a customer of both CinCity and Clearcorners. I will have to agree with you about CinCity Designs...I went through HELL with them. Never will go back to them ever again. Switched over to Clearcorners and the quality and attention to detail is far superior than anything I have ever seen.

nuTinmuch · 01-08-2010, 01:51 AM

Looks like you've got some dead photobucket links!

If you need some spare space to throw some quality pictures up, PM me and let me know. I can set you up with some space and an ftp account for as long as you guys need. I've got a metric ton of space + bandwidth to throw around.

12-08-2009, 03:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
ONEighty The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 277 Drives: 2011 G37S & 2010 S4 Rep Power: 16	Why 180°\|Custom? Sup guys, I figured we'd let you guys in on some more detailed info on what separates us (180°\|Custom) from the rest. At the end of the day after all the feedbacks you read from members on how quick and great the customer service is, and how well you are taken care of, regardless of which company you decide to deal with, it all comes down to the quality. What makes that guy better than the other, and visa verse? What do we put on the table that other companies don't? What's the difference? For starters... we offer something that no other company has yet to offer, why? I don't know... LIGHTING - LED's The LED used in our headlights are full automotive style LED's, same ones that Audi and MB uses in their headlights, they're called piranha LED's. Other companies like ClearCorners.com, CiNcity designs, Limited Edition and MR Works use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances. Why? Maybe because they're easier to work with and look clean? But other than that, the headlights I've repaired so far which used 5mm LED's have had all blown out LED's, or flicker. We used 5mm flat top LED's when we first started doing LED jobs, but soon after we realized that they were not reliable, we ditched the idea... which is when we started offering piranha LED's on Iron-Mans and other LED mods. Here's a comparison shot of the 2. Our LED's on the left and basic 5mm LED on the right. Want to see the difference in luminosity? Picture was taken by our manufacturer. Now... another thing A LOT of you guys get fooled by.... pictures. A picture can speak a thousand words, but it can also exaggerate on things without you knowing what it really looks like... in our case would be the light. I could take a picture of my headlights, and then take another picture using higher exposure, and higher f-stop, or a camera that's sensitive to high light exposure (ie. point and shoots and cell phone cameras), and make a headlight with 5mm LED's look like it's the brightest thing in the world. Here's a comparison shot: This is when we first started using 5mm LED's, the same ones all our competitors are using now: Iron-Man v1.0 using basic 5mm LED's taken higher exposure Iron-Man v2.5 using pirahna four chip LED taken at lower exposure so it doesn't blind the camera. With these LED's it's harder for me to get any shots of the Iron-Man LED's at night because in order to get right exposure on the car, the LED's are blinding, and to get a shot of the LED's individually, the rest of the car is really dark. I resulted to shooting pictures in the day time instead because they are still clearly visible, even with the sun shining directly at it. Looks the same right? But look what happens when you put one next to another. V2.0 LED, right before we got more refined LED's (v2.5). 5000K white on the left, 5mm on the right, 4 of the LED's were already half dead when I took the picture, but the other 6 are still working the way they did from day one. And here's a daytime shot, taken on top of the parking lot at 12PM in Atlantic City with the sun shinning down directly at the car. 5mm LED's would not come close to even looking like they're on. To end it off, we're not done testing with LED's, in the near future we will offer a wider range of high quality top of the line LED's, bright enough to light up the entire road while portraying a sleek design. Development is a never ending process for us, even if we don't have customers sending in their lights, we're still at the office creating and innovating new ideas... to which... we make up our own names for and not copy off another company cough Iron-Man cough Let's move on to: Warranty Unlike other companies, and some that don't even offer any... we supply all our modified headlights with FREE 1-Year WARRANTY. We also offer an extended 3-Year WARRANTY plan. We believe in our product, and it's quality. A failed headlight is a surprise to us, and if it's beyond repairable, it's replaced with another one no questions asked. Like I said in my other threads, I will take the loss on profit, even the job it self for my mistake if I have to, and will make it worth while for the customer. I have taken several expensive losses in the past, and learned valuable mistakes from them, which I never repeat. I know the in's and out's of these lights, and elements they're most fragile to. I take an extra step to assure that the headlights never need to be removed from the car more than once. Now, if I wasn't so confident in my product, why would I offer extended warranty on it? It's because I am confident, and I don't run away from my mistakes, I fix em. If that's not convincing then I don't know what is. So in a few brief words, we: Are innovative, responsible, respectful, and original ehem PROFESSIONAL. We're starting a clothing line in 2010, as well as a media (photography & videography) service that'll be available in several different states. We're also in the works with a few affiliates in offering CF wrapping, custom interior modifications & bulbs for all around and in your vehicle. Stay tuned. Competitors, good luck and we're looking forward to some friendly competition, or... collaborations. Thanks, Igor __________________ CUSTOM HEADLIGHT DESIGNS AND MODIFICATIONS - PRICES & DETAILS Contact: (347) 821-6176 (M-F 9AM-6PM EST) EMAIL: info@oneightynyc.com Last edited by ONEighty; 12-08-2009 at 03:48 AM.

12-08-2009, 10:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	Great Product!!!!!!! I cant say enough about the quality work Igor and team do! Thanks again guys for one of the best mods on the car! __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

12-08-2009, 04:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rickey89 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Antonio/Texas Posts: 203 Drives: 09 370z BS/Sprt Man Rep Power: 15	damn there is an ongoing war between who to get a headlight mod done from, im looking at getting this done in 2 months or so, and honestly i dont know whose side to be on..... in for comparison, and other member feedback __________________ -Rickey 09 Brilliant Silver 370z Manual W/Sprt Pck

12-08-2009, 04:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	Clear corners does good work but for their prices I could have my headlights done 3 fold by 180!!! 180's quality is right up there with clear corners btw... I have seen both and without prior knowledge would not be able to tell one shop from the next quality wise. __________________ *Shop Cars: 2013 318whp Nismo VspecII 370z SOLD, 2009 1000hp+ 93oct 4.0L TT 370z Fast Intentions STAGE 4 #054*

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12-08-2009, 04:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
370ZBLACK09 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Greensboro Posts: 170 Drives: 2009 370Z Rep Power: 15	I say Clear Corners by far offers the best headlight and tail light modifications. They are more expensive than 180 Custom but are by far worth the money. You will have to email the guy who runs Clear Corners to see the lights because they are not on his website yet but you can go to the website to see the type of work he does

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12-08-2009, 10:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rickey89 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Antonio/Texas Posts: 203 Drives: 09 370z BS/Sprt Man Rep Power: 15	ok as you all are competing for my business ( and many others im sure ) against competitors like MR WORKS, Marco from Mr WORKS recently posted on their thread that they offer a switch to turn the led's on and off as wanted. my questions are as follows Do you all offer the same option? or something similiar as far as being able to choose when to turn them on, or will they just always be on. And if so how much extra would this cost.. thanks in advance __________________ -Rickey 09 Brilliant Silver 370z Manual W/Sprt Pck

12-09-2009, 04:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
Marco_xyz Track Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 710 Drives: 370z / '95 Supra Rep Power: 16	Hello 180 how are you all doing, I just wanted to clarify your statement regarding leds "Other companies like ClearCorners.com, CiNcity designs, Limited Edition and MR Works use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances. Why?" We actually use Piranha 5mm leds, and have been using it for years now doing headlights for other vehicles (including our own), but we don't use them for the landing strip for the 370z. As a courtesy, please refrain from posting information about other companies, unless your 100% sure it's true. Thanks, take care! Marco

12-09-2009, 04:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
shumby Captin Canuck Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: with your mom Age: 44 Posts: 6,288 Drives: your sister Rep Power: 236	^^^ well he was not entierly untrue in his statement. As well he offer a way better warrenty __________________ Originally Posted by SAM@GTM Engine detonation is not normal and it should never never happen, and whoever told that need to do something else for living . Sam

12-10-2009, 09:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
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01-07-2010, 04:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
Goo$e Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northwest Posts: 1 Drives: 350z Rep Power: 15	No reason to throw other companies under the bus. I think a more professional way would be something like this... "Other companies use standard 5mm LED's that are usually found in house hold electronics and kitchen appliances." and I also agree with Marco@MRWorks "As a courtesy, please refrain from posting information about other companies, unless your 100% sure it's true." I have a been a customer of both CinCity and Clearcorners. I will have to agree with you about CinCity Designs...I went through HELL with them. Never will go back to them ever again. Switched over to Clearcorners and the quality and attention to detail is far superior than anything I have ever seen. Last edited by Goo$e; 01-07-2010 at 04:26 PM.

01-08-2010, 01:51 AM	#15 (permalink)
nuTinmuch A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,092 Drives: PG 7AT 370Z Rep Power: 17	Looks like you've got some dead photobucket links! If you need some spare space to throw some quality pictures up, PM me and let me know. I can set you up with some space and an ftp account for as long as you guys need. I've got a metric ton of space + bandwidth to throw around. __________________ nuTinmuch! -- Platinum Graphite 370Z -- Check out my Gallery thread here!

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