clear bumper lights
#16
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Originally posted by lex400sc
- Take the sidemarkers out
- Dremel cut off the orange reflector
- Get chrome paint at Kragens
- Clean and spray the sidemarker face
- Trace and cut a plastic cover from a clear CD case
- Silicone the side and edge of the cover to sidemarker
- Buy orange/chrome-orange sidemarker bulb
- Presto!
- Take the sidemarkers out
- Dremel cut off the orange reflector
- Get chrome paint at Kragens
- Clean and spray the sidemarker face
- Trace and cut a plastic cover from a clear CD case
- Silicone the side and edge of the cover to sidemarker
- Buy orange/chrome-orange sidemarker bulb
- Presto!
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.
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Originally posted by 98LexusSc3
at takakaira.com that is alot of damn money to spend on clearcorners.
i guess i will be making mine
at takakaira.com that is alot of damn money to spend on clearcorners.
i guess i will be making mine
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.
#19
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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...
This is the only pic I have. It's overexposed for effect, so the brightness is not accurate...
#21
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Originally posted by lex400sc
- Take the sidemarkers out
- Dremel cut off the orange reflector
- Get chrome paint at Kragens
- Clean and spray the sidemarker face
- Trace and cut a plastic cover from a clear CD case
- Silicone the side and edge of the cover to sidemarker
- Buy orange/chrome-orange sidemarker bulb
- Presto!
- Take the sidemarkers out
- Dremel cut off the orange reflector
- Get chrome paint at Kragens
- Clean and spray the sidemarker face
- Trace and cut a plastic cover from a clear CD case
- Silicone the side and edge of the cover to sidemarker
- Buy orange/chrome-orange sidemarker bulb
- Presto!
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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!
#24
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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.
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.
#28
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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...
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...
#29
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.
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.