Re: Fwd: Re: Clear Lights

["Owen" <mr.peepers@home.com>]

How would you get into the back of each lense  sanded properly, i guess you
would have to take the whole lense assembly apart, and perhaps after you
sanded the plastic lense smooth, you might want to paint the "reflector"
silver or something?  This sounds like a really cool idea, sorry jim, but
i'm gonna have to steal your idea, but i promise i'll give you full credit
if it works :)  But if it doesn't, you get full blame ;-)

Anyone actually taken a rear headlight assembly apart before?


Owen
87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571




>Thanks for making that clarification.  A lot of new cars have this type of
>rear lens now, where you can just look right into the light and see the
bulb.
>
>jim
>
>T Berk wrote:
>
>> When Jim said " then buffing them out clear." He meant smooth enough to
>> overcome the frosting created by the sanding smooth to remove the prisms
>> process. What weve all been sayin in one way or the other is that the
>> color goes all the way through.
>>
>> TBerk
>>
>> Mark Peele wrote:
>> >
>> > The sigs and rear lights are coloured plastic.
>> > >
>> > >Is the paint just on the outside?  If so, why couldn't you just
>> > >sandblast it off?  Same goes for if it is in the inside I guess?  Just
>> > a
>> > >thought.
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >Jody Bailey
>> > >85 Scirocco 8v
>> > >http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/6866/
>> > >"This is a fine world and worth fighting for" -Ernest Hemmingway
>> > >I also agree with the second part.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >"Jim Buck/BahnBurners!" wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> I've thought about "candying" a set of MK2 taillights by carefully
>> > sanding off
>> > >> the ridges molded in to them then buffing them out clear.  I know
>> > it's doable
>> > >> and would look awesome.
>> > >>
>> > >> jim
>> > >>
>> > >> Riley McDowall wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > At 6:32 pm -0700 14/2/99, Owen wrote:
>> > >> > >There are clear signals made in Germany for the roc, but no clear
>> > rears.
>> > >> > >However, they apparently can be custom made, which would be cool.
>> > There is
>> > >> > >a guy on the Corrado list having a set of clear rear tail lights
>> > made up
>> > >> > >right now.  Don't ask me how they do it though.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I would imagine you need either the original tooling or some
pretty
>> > good
>> > >> > copies of it.  Plus all the injection-molding equipment, etc,
which
>> > is I
>> > >> > guess why there's only one company in the world making S2 clear
>> > turn
>> > >> > signals :)
>> > >> >
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