RE: taillights (mk2?) - jelly or syrup?

["Fry, Larry" <LEF@chem-tronics.com>]

Those little ridges on the interior of the lenses are to diffuse the light
that comes from a single point...that point being the bulb.  They result in
lots of tiny lenses that make the light appear to originate from lots of
little bulbs in the tailight. 
 A flat red lens would have one bright, hot-spot (the bulb) surrounded by
dark.  The little ridges make the whole tailight lens light up evenly.

You could make your own, clear lenses, but, man what a job....and you may
end up with something you wouldn't want on your car anyway.  I say...try it
and let us know how it comes out!

Larry  sandiego16V

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric L Ellis [mailto:elf16v@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:25 PM
To: NastyRican1021@aol.com
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: taillights (mk2?) - jelly or syrup?


BARF!!! <splat-plop-plip> Just the idea and mental picture makes me
sick...sorry.

I would think you could make your own out of lexan (for an MK2).  You'd
have no reflector properties (ie the little ridges on the inside of your
lens) so the light coming out would be flat.  Keeping your brake lights
from appearing a shade of "toss my salad pink 'cause I like that sort of
thing" might prove to be the biggest challenge.  Perhaps those little LED
1157/1156 bulbs would work.

My thought is based from my experience with bending lexan and plexiglass
with low heat.  If you "remove" the existing lenses, you could bend the
clear material to conform to the contours of the light housing.  A little
glue, and off you go...with your pink ass.  Another thought, use a
shallow 'V' shaped bit in a router/rotary tool to cut the reflector
pattern on the back/inside.  Then make some quick passes with a torch and
the cut areas will go clear again.  Lots of work there, and obviously the
material would need to be flat at the time of cutting the reflector.  A
two person job, I'd say.

Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass!?

Eric
Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:46:33 EST NastyRican1021@aol.com writes:
> is there clear tail lights for the scirocco? curious
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