I've searched and the few threads are super old. Has any companies made them for our cars yet?

 

yes

 

yes the company of iCrapJoe9

 

CrappyJoes is my preference in Company name. I guess we could discuss it.

 

lol i like CrappyJoes better

 

This guy probs thinks we are kidding... but in reality, we wield the power to make more.

 

i'm guessing icrap made them himself?

 

There is a youtube user .. bluetsx or something .. he diy'd a video.

 

i've seen that one...i want the stainless steel look. Was thinking if i can find a used set of stock ones and have a CnC shop cut out the acura letters and go from there

 

yeah i made 2 sets. They are not stainless looking tho. They are carbon fiber vinyl overtop. I want a set of brushed aluminium ones but it'll need to be cnced.

 

The problem with that is the tight inside radius at the corners of the letters. It's very difficult to get in there on a CNC, especially to keep a sharp intersection.

You might get close with a waterjet, but jigging it up to cut exactly to the edges would take some trial and error and I'm dubious that it would be repeatable enough to do.

Best option is die-punching, but that'll run you a couple thousand to get the dies made.

Which brings us back to CrappyJoe's method...

 

how much would that cost? if it's under 200 i'd want to do a pair

 

ya really don't want to pay alot for it. Was even thinking of doing the crappy joe method but wrapping it maybe with brushed aluminum wrap instead...it'll be the closest thing

 

Sooo I can get them in brushed aluminum, but it's going to be more than $200 (as I just sold my Crappy Joe original for that price). It would be closer to $350 after I take my cut of the profit, and Icrap takes his cut. You see, I know the supplier that can laser cut it for me on the cheap, and Icrap has the supplier that can provide us with the electrical EL tape. (this is no easy task as we found out). Then after shipping.. you come out to be about $350

 

Yep ^ what he said. I have my CF set i can sell you for $200. Can do whatever illumination color you want.

 

If I want to diy where is the best place to get the el tape?

 

its a super secret!

But no, really it depends on what your trying to do. For the one I did you need a totally custom size. None of the premade ones are wide enough.

 

^^ yeah that one, that drove the cost up quite a bit. The Acura logo could be scaled so regular EL tape could work, but then it would probably not look correct across the whole door sill.

The CU2squad is going crazy over the ones I sold right now lol. That's why I stay on that group hahaha

Icrap.. honestly if you offer yours up right now for $250 Im pretty sure someone would buy it!

 

Let me know when the crappyjoe IPO drops

 

Let's see some pics of yours. For 350 I don't think there worth it. But that's just me. I had them on my Benz and hammer and costs less than half that...just saying.

 

The Honda ones will run about $500, not including shipping to the US. Just for a point of reference.

 

You gotta remember, we aren't making 250,000 units that we can amortize across multiple vehicles. You are talking about 1-off custom designs. Anyways, here is the one that I recently sold.

 

Ya I've seen those Honda ones...way overpriced...

 

Those are pretty nice!!! I would like it all black over the fake cf but great job.