"You get what you pay for" only goes so far. Their mounts aren't made out of gold are they? A novice welder can make his own mounts, mckinney charges way too much for how simple they are. IIRC there's a guy on here that sells billet aluminum mounts for less than half the price.
Sounds super easy!
We could go on all day about the reliability of european cars, but at the end of the day it's just about personal preference. That said, I fly in a twin engine mercedes, so if you want to talk about trusting a continent...
No, it's not just a bracket that you bolt down, it's like a gate latch, also known as a window bolt. However it is spring loaded in the shut position. The top of the louvers are on hinges so you can easily lift them up to clean the window.
In terms of bonded in flares, the price of the pieces is usually a drop in the bucket compared to the actual installation. That's why most people including me settle for bolt on flares for the time being.
$1200 is cheap relative to the fact that the euro z lights can cost $1000 (sure is a lot of money to add a yellow)
Those look pretty nice, is there a reason you reversed positions though?
Lookin' good methinks. If I was pressed to nit-pick, I'd say the turn signals moved closer to the bottom corners of the grille?
There's another car that I'm reminded of, but not enough to know which. Maybe it was a 3000gt on steroids or one of the Z concepts.