Clear side bumper lights!
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Paying less that $8 for what costs $100 elsewhere (or $300 imported) ? Priceless.
For some, there's MasterCard. For everyone else, there's "Do it yourself."
SR
For some, there's MasterCard. For everyone else, there's "Do it yourself."
SR
Last edited by CmputerWiz; Feb 9, 2002 at 03:48 PM.
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how?
hey Whiz how did you get to your lenses out? where are their screws? if you could post pics of how i need to get them out. Cuase i got some gs/is lenses and i could use some help on how to get them out, i dont feel like struggling for a long time to get them in, if you could do this soon id appreciate it a lot. Thanks man
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To get the lenses off the car.
1a) Take off the inner plastic wheel well liner, so you can get to the back of the fender.
OR
1b) if you have a lift, put the car in the air. Under the front fender theres a plastic liner, take out all the screws and remove it. You'll see the back of the fender now.
2) There are two 8mm nuts on the back of the light. Remove those, and the light will pop right out. Then just unplug the bulb, and you're done removing them.
As for making lenses... I'm currently trying out different types of plastic lens material. These first ones look good and all, but the plastic isn't very tough, and I'm afraid if I hit one with something it'd break too easily. I'm looking for some better acrylic.
Also we have a few manufacturing companies down here that do injection molding, and I'l toying with that idea. The only issue there is I would have to get a large quantity made....the lowest so far is 500 pieces. Ouch.
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1a) Take off the inner plastic wheel well liner, so you can get to the back of the fender.
OR
1b) if you have a lift, put the car in the air. Under the front fender theres a plastic liner, take out all the screws and remove it. You'll see the back of the fender now.
2) There are two 8mm nuts on the back of the light. Remove those, and the light will pop right out. Then just unplug the bulb, and you're done removing them.
As for making lenses... I'm currently trying out different types of plastic lens material. These first ones look good and all, but the plastic isn't very tough, and I'm afraid if I hit one with something it'd break too easily. I'm looking for some better acrylic.
Also we have a few manufacturing companies down here that do injection molding, and I'l toying with that idea. The only issue there is I would have to get a large quantity made....the lowest so far is 500 pieces. Ouch.
SR
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Originally posted by CmputerWiz
To get the lenses off the car.
1a) Take off the inner plastic wheel well liner, so you can get to the back of the fender.
OR
1b) if you have a lift, put the car in the air. Under the front fender theres a plastic liner, take out all the screws and remove it. You'll see the back of the fender now.
2) There are two 8mm nuts on the back of the light. Remove those, and the light will pop right out. Then just unplug the bulb, and you're done removing them.
As for making lenses... I'm currently trying out different types of plastic lens material. These first ones look good and all, but the plastic isn't very tough, and I'm afraid if I hit one with something it'd break too easily. I'm looking for some better acrylic.
Also we have a few manufacturing companies down here that do injection molding, and I'l toying with that idea. The only issue there is I would have to get a large quantity made....the lowest so far is 500 pieces. Ouch.
SR
To get the lenses off the car.
1a) Take off the inner plastic wheel well liner, so you can get to the back of the fender.
OR
1b) if you have a lift, put the car in the air. Under the front fender theres a plastic liner, take out all the screws and remove it. You'll see the back of the fender now.
2) There are two 8mm nuts on the back of the light. Remove those, and the light will pop right out. Then just unplug the bulb, and you're done removing them.
As for making lenses... I'm currently trying out different types of plastic lens material. These first ones look good and all, but the plastic isn't very tough, and I'm afraid if I hit one with something it'd break too easily. I'm looking for some better acrylic.
Also we have a few manufacturing companies down here that do injection molding, and I'l toying with that idea. The only issue there is I would have to get a large quantity made....the lowest so far is 500 pieces. Ouch.
SR
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Looks good Steve!
As for material, wasn't there a clear marker thread a few weeks ago and one guy was cutting down the clear markers from the Maxima? How about you use an OEM's marker and cut it to size?
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As for material, wasn't there a clear marker thread a few weeks ago and one guy was cutting down the clear markers from the Maxima? How about you use an OEM's marker and cut it to size?
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Last edited by Overclocker; Feb 12, 2002 at 10:42 AM.
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Actually I was the one that was discussing cutting down the clear lens of a Maxima, however I had already made mine out of the same plastic that Wiz used and the end result was pretty good. Plus its a pain to get them out again. They have been on the car for more than two months now and I havnt had any problems with them as far as leaking or cracking. But for people who have not done it yet and want to, I would recommend finding clear sutomotive lens, Im sure a trip to the nearest scrap yard would get you enough material to work with pretty cheap.
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i had a guy laser cut thicker plastic with the pattern, and it cost me about $16 for both, I got a heat gun to remove the original ones... that might be a better solution, instead of trying to grind down those flimsy light things, cause i tried that approach before too
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Originally posted by YuuDawg
i had a guy laser cut thicker plastic with the pattern, and it cost me about $16 for both, I got a heat gun to remove the original ones... that might be a better solution, instead of trying to grind down those flimsy light things, cause i tried that approach before too
i had a guy laser cut thicker plastic with the pattern, and it cost me about $16 for both, I got a heat gun to remove the original ones... that might be a better solution, instead of trying to grind down those flimsy light things, cause i tried that approach before too
I tried for about 10mins with a heat gun, no luck. The plastic felt like it was going to melt, and the durn glue was still solid...lol So I just broke the stuff off.
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