STARLIGHT FIBER OPTIC INSTALL

PRICING FOR CUSTOM STAR LIGHT FIBER OPTIC INSTALL:

 

So first, a smaller kit (370-450 stars) would be a total summary of
A: +$1250 for install of 370-450 stars
B: +$….?….. for removal, recovery in black suede & reinstall. Price varies depending on car year make & model, & sunroof. For a price guide, average price for (Removal/Recovery/Exchange/Reinstall) being around $345 to $550 for most makes and models, with Utes at cheaper end. European & Specialist jobs around $550-$1500.
C: +$150 to supply kits/wiring etc. This price is updated regularly depending on what kits are available. 

Total: $1750 Ute (with 370-450 stars) if we were to use $345 for approx. figure for section B.  

Total: $1900 Sedan (with 370-450 stars) if we were to use $500 for approx. figure for section B. However confirm with us via SMS 0421279439 for exact amount on your particular car.

Would you also like a shooting star or two? (+$250 if you’d like a meteor shooting star effect kit installed. Depending on the kit, they can usually do about 1-3 shooting stars)

WAGON: larger kit is recommend, 800-900 stars would be:
+$2050 for install of 8-900 stars.
+$550 recovery in black suede. Price may vary, this price is usually on for Common Australia makes like Falcons/Commodores.
+$300 to supply kits/wiring.

Total: $2900 Wagon if we were to use $550 for approx. figure for section B, and use 800-900 stars for section A.

European/Specialist jobs total approx. $3200

Have a sunroof? See sunroof section on this page.

 

TURNAROUND TIME:

Usually booked in for 3-4 full days work is ideal, with like a 9am drop off one day and pickup last day 5pm. Standard Utes/Sedans we can bring to a shorter timeframe.

 

ABOUT THE RECOVERY STAGE:

If the headliner is sagging its a must that we recover. If it’s not sagging, and you’d like the kit to be just added to the original factory material we then will do a quality check on the current factory fabric/foam to let you know if it’s recommended and to proceed.

Most cars will need a fresh recovered headliner except Felt/Carpet headliners (which is seen on some Mazda, Subaru, Toyota models), as felt can hide imperfections and don’t tend to get the stitch pull effect.

Note: that below photos are under light, making imperfections much more visible than what they would be if the roof board was installed back in the car, with shadows and a dark cabin to hide more. You see more imperfections on star light boards during the day when lights are not visible.

HERE BELOW IS EXAMPLE OF IMPERFECTIONS IF FIBER OPTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FLAT KNIT FABRICS: Stitch pull marks are visible.

HERE BELOW IS EXAMPLE OF A MUCH LESS IMPERFECTION IF FIBER OPTICS ARE USED ON SUEDE FABRICS: The holes are still visible during daylight/under light, but has much less appearance of the nasty stitch pull marks, this is why we recomend suede or velours. Velour fabric can hide even more imperfections. Our velour stock is, #1 Ebony black, #2 Dark Grey Charcoal & #3 Light Grey.

If your Headliner is felt, you can wish to not get recovery in suede done, and save a little off the total, usually around -$300. However Factory flat knit stitch headliners will give off imperfections when the fiber optic is pushed through, so we only recommended to recovery in either foam backed Suede fabrics, or Velours.

HERE BELOW IS EXAMPLE OF USING THE FACTORY FELT FABRIC (SEEN ON FORD RAPTOR JOB WE DID): Felts can crease very easily when removed out the car and reinstall, so we will explain options we have, one being that we can actually apply starlight kit while board is dropped down but still inside the car.

 

We suggest recovery in Velour, as our high quality Suede is now out of stock till (Awaiting ETA on new stock). We will have light oyster suede, black suede, light grey suede. However customer can always supply there own suede fabric, depending on the quality it may hinder longevity but still work OK.

SEE A CLOSE UP OF OUR VELOUR STOCK HERE: Not updated to include our suede fabrics yet but a list of our fabrics can be viewed here in this video https://youtu.be/f8ObVAdKnzw

 

Q&A: WHAT IF WE SKIP THE RECOVERY STAGE?

If leaving your headliner alone untouched, not recovered, the issue with factory flat knit fabrics, is that as the fiber optic light cable is pushed through, it can very well leave an imperfection/Stitch pull on the fabric, that’s why it’s usually suggest to recover in Velour fabrics or Suede to lessen the appearance of imperfections. But they still happen even with using that suggested fabric, just way less noticeable. But is totally up to the customer to decide. If we subtract the recovery stage from the quote, however we are still left to include the removal and reinstall stages unless you are bringing the board to us, removed, and you’d be doing the reinstall stages, if this is the route you’d like to take, get in contact with us and I’ll let you know the figures.

 

WE DON’T ADD IN FIBER OPTICS TO THE SUNROOF SHADE PANELS

Note: Sunroofs we don’t do with fiber optics, just the headliner board surrounding any sunroof.

All above quotes wouldn’t include recovery on the sunroof shade panel, and some sunroofs may be the style we wouldn’t do, so check with us for confirmation. Approx. price guide for sunroof shade panel recovery is $285. If your car has a sunroof we haven’t worked on before, it would be the type of job we would need to sight prior to see if it’s something we would work on. All depends on how the headliner comes away from the sunroof section, as we usually leave sunroofs installed in the car when we remove headliners (and even recover sunroofs inside the car), and thats usually achievable when the headliner is just clipped in around sunroof. The ones we wouldn’t work on is when the headliner has tiny screws around the sunroof cutout usually seen above looking into the car when sunroof is open, if it’s the screw setup we would then be required to remove sunroof shade panel to get the headliner out, and thats not a service we offer unfortunately on most makes/models. Aftermarket sunroof setups is usually also generally something we avoid.

 

FULL BLACK OUT OPTION:

As for spraying plastics black we suggest 2 options, as its not something we do any more.

1) You bring the car to us, and we remove the headliner, pillars, roof components, and let you know once removed for you to come back and pick up the removed components ready for your self to spray black, & drop off back to us once done.
2) or You drop the already removed headliner and/or Pillars for us to do the recovery stage only, and you do the removal and reinstall stages, which also drops the price as well.

Pillar recovery where possible, We suggest to recover these in #5 Anthracite black charcoal flat knit fabric, same as FGX & Holdens Black shadow grey. As that way we can reuse the non foam backed fabric we keep that’s clean and came off other headliner boards for pillars to get that tight factory finish. For pillars we usually book the car in for approx. 6 hours extra in turnaround time, and brought to us. Otherwise using our new fabric stock is same price, but does have a foam back about 4mm that can’t be removed, so that gives a sponge effect to pillars, not usually ideal. I suggest the tighter finish with the old reused Anthracite fabric as we only use sections of offcuts we keep that are super clean. Or recovery in Suede would look nice to complete a full suede look. 

 

SUMMARY OF HOW IS IT DONE

Video of the shooting stars & the process explained on our YouTube Channel
 https://youtu.be/bzetu0ZBQQg

 

EXAMPLE OF FINISHED INSTALL

Q&A’S: WHAT IF THE ORIGINAL BOARD IS NOT SAGGING?

If the Headliner board is in good condition, and recovery wouldn’t most likely be needed, you could then save on recovery stage. However I do suggest to get it recovered in Suede because it’s hides most of the imperfections of the Fiber Optic poking through. Wheres the factory original flat knit fabrics show imperfections, sometimes stitching gets pulled as fiber optic pokes through. If the job isn’t ready to sag, or a model where the roof board is not designed to sag, recovery in new suede material can be done straight over the top of existing factory fabric. As we do that on roof boards that have factory material permanently fixed or too new to budge off the board. Usually Felt/carpet liners are permanently glued. 

 

Q&A’S: JUST SEEKING THE SUPPLY OF KITS OR BOARD ONLY

If your just after the kits we use, we buy it at roughly $150-$600, but our stock is low and assigned for upcoming orders, so in these situations we suggest customers to buy there own kits directly from supplier.

We buy off eBay usually,
Here below is the link to starlight kits on eBay, suppliers and stock changes frequently, so gets difficult to send you to an exact product, we just search for ‘twinkle’ as that gives you the changing star effect. Also ones where they come with a meteor shooting star unit is great too. And I’d recommend at least 400+ stars for sedan, and roughly 800+ for wagon. Also check the lengths of fiber optics, we like to buy 3m length, that way we have more options to hide the unit once installed.

IF YOU WISH TO DIY, FIND A STARLIGHT HEADLINER KIT HERE BELOW ON EBAY:
 https://ebay.us/uM5XCA

 

Q&A’S: IS THIS SERVICE ONLY OFFERED DURING WINTER & SPRING ONLY?

Starlight Headliner installs is strictly going to be a seasonal thing we offer around our off-peak winter season in JULY, AUG, SEP, OCT & NOV. This is because we are kept extremely busy during Summer with back to back orders of standard jobs. This is because starlight headliners take a long time to complete, and during that time frame we could book in on average another 20 standard jobs within the same week, which makes the opportunity cost too high to make Starlights a job we do during summer peak period.

(We still working at it, If the information on this page get too confusing, or if you have further questions, we can have a chat via phone call to go over further in detail) – Adelaide SA based