Kanchi

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thanks!

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What's with the notch at the bottom Kanchi? looks awesome but just curious. May just finally try making my own set.

XIEmperorIX

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That looks awesome kanchi..watching this one..

davedavetC

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The knotch is so they fit flush

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they're a slightly larger than the stock so it sits flush on the inside of the lens so it's hidden? close up might help too. looks good

eMan40

Scoobasteve4132, do you have a time frame when these might go on sale? I'll drive and pick this up! Anyways, great work!

Kanchi

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^indeed, needed a surface to put some sealant on to adhere them to the frame


Thank you! Here's some close ups.







You guys would bust a gut if you knew how and what they are made out of lol

alienvictim

those look great!!!

Kanchi

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^you made them lol of course the do

davedavetC

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i know how you did it

you used those plastic sheets from home depot, and traced the stock ones on to it didnt you?

thats how i made mine a while back

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sweet, thanks for the close ups Kanchi, I figured that's what you meant just needed a picture to get it. Did you heat them to get them to curve?

Kanchi

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Yup its a florescent light diffuser lol Pete traced it a little big and making sure to put the smooth side up!


Pete heated it up on the side of a paint can to get the curvature, was tricky finding something w/ the same arc!

davedavetC

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tcpete?

B-Man92

couldnt you just heat up the new clear corner and use the stock 1 for the correct arc?
just wondering

LEDmod

That actually looks good... as long as they are clipped in and secured....
Didn't know that diffuser layer can bend, but if it bends with heat, that will work out well....

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alienvictim = pete for us in the PNW

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I knew that what they were made of, it's obvious, but always seems to look good. One of these days I'll just do it and buy a damn sheet of that stuff and give it a shot

Kanchi

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Its really difficult to "freehand" with a heat gun and I didn't want to mess up the stock amber ones just in case I have to put them back in for some reason. So the easiest way to get the same arc was laying it over the side of a paint can and heating it up until its took the same arc.


^couldn't clip...not that advanced in that field we did make it fir in sung and used an expoxy to mount it and a hi-temp sealant to ...well seal it and help hold it in place...already found a few pot holes and still holding up great!

alienvictim

its not going to come off, after being epoxied and sealed with black glass sealant it will hold. technically speaking the epoxy really is only in three small spots to tac it in and the sealant was there for vibrational dampening.

erik did a great job on assembling these, all i did was give him some simple advice that he followed to the T.

the plastic used needs to be heated evenly on both sides, and than layed out of the intended surface for it to get pliable enough to curve.

but the real trick is making sure not to flash off the water molecules left over in the plastic from being molded.

otherwise you get bubbles. so dont overheat it.

good job erik