MysteriousRacerX
Oakley Beginner
Howdy Folks!
I finally decided to register after following this forum for a new months. I'm at the point where I really want to refurb my X-Metals, it's just sad seeing 3 pairs of outstanding eyewear sitting unused in the storage box.
I've been wearing Oakley X-Metals for 10+ years, and mostly it's been the same glasses since it was always easy to go through Oakley for repair/refurb. I always been a big fan of the company's customer service, and impressed with their work (my wife's watch was basically replaced with a brand new one, OOW, my glasses always returned with extra goodies). I've had more questions about my Oakley computer bag vs. anything I've ever carried
Anyway, my current glasses are:
XX originally in X Metal/Black Iridium
Juliet originally in polished w/ fire
Romeo 2.0 originally (and currently) plasma w/ gold iridium (brown earsocks, etc., all around)
The XX are now have blue lenses, the Juliet are dark gray, I'm about 95% sure of the original lenses
The R2.0 have solid frames, so it looks like those are just a lens swap, the other pairs need more work, but all of them need new lenses and I see on the Oakley site they're listing some replacements as available:
Juliet (immediately available)
Oakley JULIET REPLACEMENT LENSES - Purchase Oakley gear from the online Oakley store
XX (also immediately available, but only one color)
Oakley XX Replacement Lenses available online at Oakley.com
I could've swore last week I saw lenses for the R2.0s, they had like a 14 day lead time, but now I can't seem to find anything at oakley.com[?]
So today I took apart my Juliet ... very small, but pretty solid taps from a very tiny tip punch and a rubber mallet, and I got one nose rivet out, the gasket was totally dissolved, guess I need to remove the other side - my question is about the gaskets, are they available for Juliet, R2.0 or XX? Does anyone have a template? I'm thinking I could make some, though maybe the other side isn't as totally gone and I can use that as a template[?]
Also, the rivets I'm assuming are some proprietary Oakley component, but if not, does anybody have a source? The one I removed looked reusable, the receiving channel was still super tight.
I guess the Juliets still have the option for a factory refurb, but I think I'll try this myself, if the gaskets can be reproduced and the rivets fit back really snug.
Anybody try any of the aftermarket lenses? I figured I'd go with Oakley direct where possible, but if that's not an option, I'd consider 3rd party if the optics are reasonably decent.
So my parts list would be:
Nose piece gaskets for XX and Juliet
Nose piece rivets for XX and Juliet
Lenses all around, but a decent option for the Romeo 2.0
I'll update as I make progress on sourcing parts, getting them apart, hopefully back together I saw X-Man has some incredible looking services, but I also saw he's taking a break for at least March, so I didn't want to bug him.
[edit: update]
OK, yeah, so I went ahead and pulled the other rivet (and the less loose side) and the gasket is intact, so I have a decent sense of what it looks like (and the material), I'll root around my tools and parts tomorrow, see if I see anything that looks like it might fit!
I finally decided to register after following this forum for a new months. I'm at the point where I really want to refurb my X-Metals, it's just sad seeing 3 pairs of outstanding eyewear sitting unused in the storage box.
I've been wearing Oakley X-Metals for 10+ years, and mostly it's been the same glasses since it was always easy to go through Oakley for repair/refurb. I always been a big fan of the company's customer service, and impressed with their work (my wife's watch was basically replaced with a brand new one, OOW, my glasses always returned with extra goodies). I've had more questions about my Oakley computer bag vs. anything I've ever carried
Anyway, my current glasses are:
XX originally in X Metal/Black Iridium
Juliet originally in polished w/ fire
Romeo 2.0 originally (and currently) plasma w/ gold iridium (brown earsocks, etc., all around)
The XX are now have blue lenses, the Juliet are dark gray, I'm about 95% sure of the original lenses
The R2.0 have solid frames, so it looks like those are just a lens swap, the other pairs need more work, but all of them need new lenses and I see on the Oakley site they're listing some replacements as available:
Juliet (immediately available)
Oakley JULIET REPLACEMENT LENSES - Purchase Oakley gear from the online Oakley store
XX (also immediately available, but only one color)
Oakley XX Replacement Lenses available online at Oakley.com
I could've swore last week I saw lenses for the R2.0s, they had like a 14 day lead time, but now I can't seem to find anything at oakley.com[?]
So today I took apart my Juliet ... very small, but pretty solid taps from a very tiny tip punch and a rubber mallet, and I got one nose rivet out, the gasket was totally dissolved, guess I need to remove the other side - my question is about the gaskets, are they available for Juliet, R2.0 or XX? Does anyone have a template? I'm thinking I could make some, though maybe the other side isn't as totally gone and I can use that as a template[?]
Also, the rivets I'm assuming are some proprietary Oakley component, but if not, does anybody have a source? The one I removed looked reusable, the receiving channel was still super tight.
I guess the Juliets still have the option for a factory refurb, but I think I'll try this myself, if the gaskets can be reproduced and the rivets fit back really snug.
Anybody try any of the aftermarket lenses? I figured I'd go with Oakley direct where possible, but if that's not an option, I'd consider 3rd party if the optics are reasonably decent.
So my parts list would be:
Nose piece gaskets for XX and Juliet
Nose piece rivets for XX and Juliet
Lenses all around, but a decent option for the Romeo 2.0
I'll update as I make progress on sourcing parts, getting them apart, hopefully back together
I saw X-Man has some incredible looking services, but I also saw he's taking a break for at least March, so I didn't want to bug him.[edit: update]
OK, yeah, so I went ahead and pulled the other rivet (and the less loose side) and the gasket is intact, so I have a decent sense of what it looks like (and the material), I'll root around my tools and parts tomorrow, see if I see anything that looks like it might fit!
