Just got em in the mail. Did they send me 2 sets of lens or is this just one set I also ordered the value set but I cant find any imperfection in these lenses at all they look flawless

 

you can give the other two to me

 

You got 4 or are the other two your stock ones.

 

You may have ordered 2 by mistake. I did that at first but sent a note with my order because I wasn't sure if they were sold individually or not.

 

No all 4 are what was shipped to me

I just double checked my bill and it says 1 x (3") ZKW-R Option: Value

SO I guess they must have messed up and sent me 2 sets of the premium lenses.. guess that's all right with me

 

IMO do the right thing and send them the two extra ones back.

 

you may even end up getting something in similar price range of your choice thats how cool they may be!

 

Alright, And I was under the assumption that only the real ZKW's where notched on the edge?

 

Cool looks like you got two sets. Hey that could be a good thing because I have found the replicas to be pretty tough to fine tune so that the output is identical to both sides. Infact, I recently got my set of replicas and one lens had a completely screwed up cutoff. So I had to have them ship me another one which ended up being fine.

So just a heads up regardless of what other people might say these lenses DO require tuning and adjusting. You will have to rotate the lens to get the correct output and sharpness you want, and you will also find that your going to need to make a couple spacers. I have done ZKW-R swaps on 3 TL's (yes they were all mine) and all 3 cars required "tuning". On both of my Type S's I had to use 1 cereal box spacers on one side, and two on the other. This resulted in a perfectly identical cutoff between both sides with nice color and sharpness. For example the one side with no cereal box spacer looked horrible. Like no color, no sharpness, it was completely blurry. I then added one spacer which helped but still was bad, worse than stock. Then came the second spacer and bam it looked amazing.

Hopefully this helps you because if you just put these in and put the car back together your going to be very disappointed.

For reference the cereal box spacers go between the lens and the lens holder. it spaces the lens slightly furthur from the bulb. Simply use one of your stock lenses as a template and lay it on a cereal box and make a round piece same size as your lens. Then cut again making it into a small ring. I had to make a total of three for my car to be tuned correctly.

Sorry for writing so much but I just want to make sure you know what needs to be done before hand.

James

 

NM my bad guess they're chipped on the edges Maybe they did send me the value set lol.

 

you're lucky...i got a pair of value lenses from TRS that had rippling on the edges of the lens and pretty decent scratches on the center surface of the lens. pretty upsetting. i haven't decided yet to email them or not.

 

i think the replica ones come notched now to fit more projector applications

 

look like two sets to me. nice

 

Regardless if the lenses are scratched or not, you will never see a difference when they are installed. I would just use em and be happy with them! I bought a pair of the value lenses and they were perfect. Btw, how do you install them? Do you have to crack the headlight open or can you get to the lenses from the back?

 

Unfortunately crack the headlight

 

There we go people keep saying it was drop it thats false thats why I am on my third tear down of the headlights this time Im doing custom clear reflectors and fine tuning the ZKW's because one side is sooooooo screwed up!!! Where do you suggest the knotches to go!!!! and other tips???

 

Punctuate much?!

Actually, JTS's reply is the first time I've ever heard of the ZKW-R's needing to be tuned. I wish I would've known that before I did mine. My beam cutoff is good, but not as nice as others I've seen. Some people have used the cereal box spacer trick, but all the reviews I've read said that it made little/no difference. Most people get excellent results just dropping the ZKW-R's in with no other modification.

I'm curious how you can get the metal lens retainer ring to snap back over the ZKW-R with multiple spacers...I used no spacer when I did my swap and the retainer ring was so snug I cracked one of them getting it back on. If I had used a spacer, it probably would've broken completely...

 

yah its a forum Im at work rushing to do two things at once work and play on the forums at the same time but you have to bend the the clip soooooooo lightly to make sure you dont break and if yah do bust out the JB weld.