Rubber armouring... (1 Viewer)

[NZbinodude]

Hi everyone,

I've got a pair of Zeiss 8x42 Victory FL's, and the green rubber armouring has turned a brownish tinge due to excessive glassing in the sun. I'd like to get the rubber replaced and am thinking about sending them back to Zeiss.

I'm just wondering what the chances are of perhaps getting the existing green armour replaced with black?

I've sent Zeiss an email, but I'm interested to know if anyone has actually done a colour swap before.

Cheers!
AJ

 

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Hi everyone,

I've got a pair of Zeiss 8x42 Victory FL's, and the green rubber armouring has turned a brownish tinge due to excessive glassing in the sun. I'd like to get the rubber replaced and am thinking about sending them back to Zeiss.

I'm just wondering what the chances are of perhaps getting the existing green armour replaced with black?

I've sent Zeiss an email, but I'm interested to know if anyone has actually done a colour swap before.

Cheers!
AJ

Sounds cool. I would prefer black over green. I have been to Christchurch. Nice town. I liked all the flowers and gardens. The Zeiss 8x42 FL's are great bino's.

 

[NZbinodude]

Sounds cool. I would prefer black over green. I have been to Christchurch. Nice town. I liked all the flowers and gardens. The Zeiss 8x42 FL's are great bino's.

Hey!

Yeah, Christchurch is a neat little town. Or at least it 'was'...it changed a lot following the Earthquakes. Not much of a town left now! Haha.

But the re-builds have been going strong over the last few years, and hopefully the bulk of it will be done within the coming years.

I prefer black too. Doesn't show dirt/wear as easily as the olive green does. Hopefully Zeiss will be able to switch it up for me.


AJ

 

[garymh]

Hi,

It is possible the fit black armour on a green Victory FL.

I actually did it for a customer yesterday whose green armour had discoloured.

I was waiting for a fresh supply of green armour to be delivered and to speed the repair up he opted for the black armour which I had.

 

[NZbinodude]

Great, thanks for the info Gary. The green seems to have a tendency to discolour, so I'm going for black!

 

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Great, thanks for the info Gary. The green seems to have a tendency to discolour, so I'm going for black!

Once you go black you will never back! Honestly I prefer the black on the Zeiss's to the older green color. The newer grays are nice too on the SF.