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QUOTE (mandrek @ Feb 5, 2012 - 12:15 PM)
>i like the progress that you are doing on the head lights and i believe that i have to solution for your current perdicament. what you need to do is make a smooth mold of the INSIDE of the head light lenses.. essentialy making a negative to be placed on a vacuume table. then make a posative casting using softened plexi. that way you can have the "sides" to the lens that you are looking to get so that the lens can then be mounted the the head light housing like normal.
much like thius guy did for the inside shroud for his head lights..
i would say that the only additional step to the whole process would be to use some extremely high lvl (6000+) sand paper and then a buffing wheel, w/ a compound that will not tarnish the plexi. Five Axes did a how-to on how to make and use a vacuum table, in one of the import mags.. (can remember if it was Project car, Import Tuner, Modified, or D-Sport.)
i really think that you would have better results using this process.
thanks for the info .
i just find that video ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uGPe0aZgUi just need to find a vacuum table now lol,
but talking about the result, the black rubber around the headlight will hide all that stuff around the lenses, so, that mean this can be done easely by custom process, i , before i saw your suggestion,i was about to make the circle around the headlight made of plexiglass itself (it bend easely when the plexi is thin, )
in 4 or 5 piece, to correct the curve around, and put putty to make a good finish around the headlight, since we dont see it , , its gonna be finish whit silicone to stick to the lenses,
i know its sound crazy, but that a way to do it.
but if i found a vacuum table.... ill be able to do a perfect job like in the video (created easely a new inside pattern) and cover,
This post has been edited by Needles: Feb 5, 2012 - 1:35 PM
