Hello All-
So, I've offered to help onmybikedrunk with a few bits of the replacement/ alternate front diffuser bits. As you can tell, dude is a rock star and doesn't need help. But also, we are both dads of 2 (onmybike) and 3 (me) kids, so between the two of us, we'll get these bad boys ordered. Not trying to make this a big GB or anything, just trying to centralize orders and get the cost for everyone as low as possible. And we're just trying to help out here- will post all costs and there's no cut in it for us... only want to help everyone make these awesome boards even awesome-r.
As onmybike said, we want to keep it pretty simple, so here's the plan:
-We are only going to deal with new front diffusers right now. The goal is to make something as close as possible to what came with the board- 2mm thick frosted "Opal Acrylic." We've included a question about whether you want to have others made for the side/ rear 3mm diffusers. If there is a lot of interest on that, perhaps we will give it a go.
-I agree with onmybikedrunk- not sure I want to mess with anything metal right now either. I'm going to investigate the clearance to the PCB and since you're not trying to get the acrylic as near as possible to the PCB for LEDs, maybe a thin metal insert would work? I still vote we stick with acrylics for now. With the nylon washers likely needed for the Zeal stabs and all that, I'd rather not have another potential way to short out my board. We've left it in there for an option on the form- it you really want metal, check that too and we can see if it's feasible. However, as we started chatting about it, we of course started thinking about other materials... I went all silver on the Viper, so a black onyx acrylic might look tasty. We don't want this to become a big thing or have to many variables (aka opportunities for it to go sideways), but we've added a few questions about interest in other materials. We'll see what y'all have to say and go from there.
Think that's it. Pretty simple... form is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegFXZikG0UzYC-x01-bZ4Yjsvcsd9jbi5aJNwITHwEV3isYg/viewform?usp=sf_linkWe've asked for contact email if different from Paypal. We don't want to spam this forum, so once this link is up, we'll move all communication over to a group email to talk more about options and such with those who are interested. Elton, thanks for letting us post this here, you freaking rock.
(And while onmybikedrunk and I will gladly be paying for our own, I'd suggest everyone rounds up payment to the nearest dollar and we cover whatever Elton wants for always doing such a great job with the Duck buys...)
Let me or onmybikedrunk know if you have any questions/ comments/ suggestions. Have a great weekend!!
