Holy Grail Labs - Blade Fuse Upgrade Kits

[Galahad]

It's been a month, time for a status update! Due to some disagreements with the company I had manufacturing these, I decided to change to in-house production. This introduced some additional delays as I wait for equipment and do a couple test pieces - that should be done by mid-next week if nothing crops up.

The electrical design, layout, and BOM are all finalized; manufacturing is the only thing remaining to work out.

The kits will continue to be available after preorders close, so don't worry about missing out if you miss the preorder window.

E24?

Yes, these will also work in E24s and E23s that have the E28 fuse box.

[athayer187]

Dare I ask when pre-orders will be?

[Galahad]

Dare I ask when pre-orders will be?

You may certainly ask, but I do not have an answer at the moment. I'd rather not make a claim and then not be able to meet the deadline due to unforseen issues.

[AlphaWolffe1990]

Put me down for one and I’ll pay for shipping. Just blew another 4 fuse again

[jc72]

Please put me down for one too.

[Galahad]

PRE-ORDERS ARE LIVE! Order here!

The final manufacturing tests went better than expected so I'm actually ahead of my estimated schedule for once.

[willyv124]

Preordered! Thanks for making this, will definitely be documenting installation and reporting back as well. Current state of my fuse box with some melted spots

[Sagi]

Preordered.

[Foonfer]

This is AMAYZING! Just preordered.

and to know that @cek offered his spotless cars as testing ground - what better endorsement there is? can't wait!

[jc72]

Just pre-ordered also! Thanks!

[milarsky]

Pre-ordered!

all best,
jeff

[carlb]

Awesome! Pre-ordered. Can't wait! I got melty times two.

[MisterFixit]

I hear mention of a vdrop - meaning, I assume, Voltage Drop...
And being the "Mo Brighta" lighting guy, to me this means lights that are 'Mo Dimmer' ... Pure Evil!

So I am 110 percent in favor, good work Sir Galahad!

[Galahad]

I hear mention of a vdrop - meaning, I assume, Voltage Drop...
And being the "Mo Brighta" lighting guy, to me this means lights that are 'Mo Dimmer' ... Pure Evil!

So I am 110 percent in favor, good work Sir Galahad!

Thank you!
Speaking of voltage drop, I did some resistance testing of both my fuse board and a stock fuse box (no melty, I'd say better than average condition, it's in my project car). I had to clean the stock box contacts and the fuse with sandpaper, before that I was measuring a couple ohm due to corrosion. All that to say the measurements below reflect a "good" e28 factory fuse system, not one with low spring pressure or melting issues.

25A fuse:
Stock: 6.8 mOhm
Mine: 2.4 mOhm

socket -> 25A fuse -> socket (total resistance in the fuse box):
Stock: 26.8 mOhm
Mine: 5.8 mOhm

Even ignoring all the problems the stock box has with vibration and corrosion, my replacement board has significantly lower resistance than a clean factory fuse box - all the better for brighter lighting!

[Bert-Ola]

Hello from Sweden.

Can you please check the total cost shipped to Sweden, so I can order and pay for one of these.

[Galahad]

Hello from Sweden.

Can you please check the total cost shipped to Sweden, so I can order and pay for one of these.

Hi Bert-Ola, happy to hear that you are interested!
The website (holygraillabs.com) handles international shipping during checkout. I just checked shipping to a random address in Sweden and the estimate was $20-40 but that may change based on your actual address. Please reach out if you have any issues and I'll be happy to assist further.

[Bert-Ola]

Hello from Sweden.

Can you please check the total cost shipped to Sweden, so I can order and pay for one of these.

Hi Bert-Ola, happy to hear that you are interested!
The website (holygraillabs.com) handles international shipping during checkout. I just checked shipping to a random address in Sweden and the estimate was $20-40 but that may change based on your actual address. Please reach out if you have any issues and I'll be happy to assist further.

Thank You,

I have just placed an order.

[jimoreno]

Pre-ordered.
Any idea of shipping time frame?

[Galahad]

Pre-ordered.
Any idea of shipping time frame?

I'm still on track to have all existing orders shipped before the end of the month.
Thanks for the order!

[Cannabis9478]

Pre-ordered, looking forward to it.

[Chimi-Changa]

Took about 3 hours to install a proto yesterday including break. Charlie's instructions and photos are excellent. I used a pick tool to gently pry connectors, and cardboard. Ended up using a flat razor blade to shear off the fuse holders.





Euro cars need to pull this fuse out, otherwise your high beams will be on all the time. ( AMHIK, thanks Jay)



switch to turn off lights:

[Galahad]

Thank you for the photos and the small review!

I apologize the euro/us difference wasn't in the instructions. The euro boxes don't have the F7-F8 bridge and F7 is 16A not 8A - the intention is for people with euro fuse boxes to move the bridge fuse (supplied as 15A) to F7 and leave the bridge socket empty.

Euro cars need to pull this fuse out, otherwise your high beams will be on all the time...

[EuroE28M5]

PRE-ORDERS ARE LIVE! Order here!

The final manufacturing tests went better than expected so I'm actually ahead of my estimated schedule for once.

Hey, I've placed an order for mine a like a month ago. I didnt get an ETA or anything..? Where can I get that info?

[Galahad]

Hey, I've placed an order for mine a like a month ago. I didnt get an ETA or anything..? Where can I get that info?

Thank you for your order! The product page says in-stock status (and preorder fulfillment) is estimated to be some time this month. I have a good number of boards ready to go into final testing, I'm expecting to have those shipped out early next week (yours should be in that batch). There's been a recent uptick in orders so I'm not entirely sure when I'll be caught up - I'm building all of these by hand in my garage and my summer internship is finishing up so I haven't had a huge amount of free time the past couple weeks.

[EuroE28M5]

no rush!!! thank You!!!

[Galahad]

Shipping / stock update: Orders through #1026 will be mailed tomorrow.
I have more mid-production that I should be able to finish before the end of this week.

[Foonfer]

Shipping / stock update: Orders through #1026 will be mailed tomorrow.
I have more mid-production that I should be able to finish before the end of this week.

This is exciting! Just a quick question: How do we know our order number? My credit card got charged on July 9th, but I haven't received an email with an order number or something similar.

Let us know, thanks. -F

[Galahad]

This is exciting! Just a quick question: How do we know our order number? My credit card got charged on July 9th, but I haven't received an email with an order number or something similar.

You should have gotten an order confirmation email - I believe that'll have the order number. For those that can't find it, I'm shipping orders placed on or before July 15th.

[Foonfer]

Galahad - I sent you a PM.
Not looking to be a pest, just wondering if you could retrieve my order number because I don't know it.
Much appreciated, thanks.

[Foonfer]

Received the kit in the mail today! Looks GORGEOUS, craftsmanship is top notch. Thanks a lot!