I don't really baby my daily driver x-metal juliets because Ikon lenses fit them perfectly, but the other two juliet pairs that I have, I don't use, so they don't get babied because they just aren't used.
I'd recommend ordering a few sets of the Ikon ruby's and sort through them and keep what fits and send back what doesn't. I only say that because my understanding is that ALL X-Metal frames are going to have a slightly different lens fit because of how they were made.
My daily's are that finish, but my two other pairs are the plasma frames. One I inherited from a nephew, and the other are practically NOS. I wouldn't have an issue with doing that to one of those pairs if need be.
I'd imagine so considering that I have replaced the lenses in my Juliets twice now in the past 5 years even though they should have been replaced at least 3 times considering how rough I seem to be with them, which is why I just get the Ikon lens. With this pair being my "daily driver" so to...
So I have been contemplating having a good set of prescription lenses put in my Juliets, but I can't seem to reconcile with sending my frames off to do it. Having seen a previous thread about these fakes, I thought maybe get a set of those and send those in, but that begs the question of whether...
They did state that the cost would be higher. I'd assume because of the "lock ring" they mentioned. The original pins in my x-metals seem to have a slight "buldge" to them which makes me think they wanted more of a tighter press fit to them than would be with the straight pins. Did not know...
It's o.k. I came here to get "edumacated", and I have. I've learned that if something isn't worded to the liking of people with 28k posts, you must be "unedumacated". Hey, if it makes you feel better, by all means, talk all the **** you want on the internet. At least I don't have to worry...