rscott

that looks hott...any problems with the plastic melting? Maybe a thin plexiglass would do nicely?
Im so doing this as we speak.
har har.

DJTWIST

Hey Lex400, do you have any pics with the lights on at night. Please post.

Oliver

plex

iTrader: (11)

yea it is a bit much but its lexus we are dealing with here i owned a civic first everything was cheap then i got a 240 stuff cost more and was hard to find. now i have a sc300 even worse but its ok cuz its a lexus.

lex400sc

No problems with melting. If you're lazy, you can take the sidmarker to a plastics fabricator and have them turn out a perfect clear cover with any type of plastic you want for probably $10-15 each. If you're local to the Bay Area, I know of TAP Plastics in Dublin that will do it. I just cut mine with a band saw and trimmed it with regular scissors. Took two tries.


This is the only pic I have. It's overexposed for effect, so the brightness is not accurate...

SC3GTE

never knew Tap Plastics custom cut thingsb, I always bought squares and performed the cutting myself.
Thanks for the info.

mikeloc24

What city are you in my man? I likes the looks of that!

lex400sc

< Pleasanton

Suprast4R

i have a question. if we chose to perform this "clearing sidemarkers" diy modification. do we have to buy an amber bulb? are there laws against us using white LED bulbs? or just like *****************, using white for parking lights, and amber for signaling. thanks guys!

lex400sc

In CA, technically they have to be orange, but it's one of those laws that no cop knows/cares about. I've interchanged blue, white, and orange bulbs and never had any problems with the law. I stuck with orange because it looked best.

BTW, since the last post, I went to TAP and had them fab new clear covers out of a 1mm-thick polycarbonate plastic. They are much more durable than the CD case plastic; not as brittle and won't scratch or swirl easy. Cost was $7/pair.

Suprast4R

thats it im going to do this the next weekend i am free.

lex400sc

I decided to take some pics this evening. These are more accurate depictions of how they look now...

Again, this costs you no more than $20 in materials...

indypwr

very nice, man..........good job!
if i go to home depot, what shud i look for exactly for this clear plastic cover?
any suggestions?


tks...

lex400sc

Home Depot doesn't have transparent plastic like this, only the textured translucent stuff. If you want the crystal clear stuff, you have to go to a plastics fabricator like TAP, or you can just use the clear cover of a CD case. The TAP plastic is better though.

I'm going to pick up chrome-orange sidemarker bulbs to complete the look.

Here's what the Home Depot stuff looks like by comparison...

2kwiq

want to help out if i can...i had painted my lights before so it looked like it was flush (search my gallery) but recently decided to just clear them.

here are some pics...the bottom 2 are pics of the sheet of plastic (light cover) that i found at home depot for like $7.

indypwr

ok....i see what you guys mean.....although, i thnk i prefer the clear ones instead of
the other with design.

tks fellas!!!