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Looking to retrofit my own projectors and looking for sum jdm projectors that are broken as long as the lense is in tact to use the clear lenses off them thats all i need is the lense trying not to have to deflute the lenses myself i will if i have to but really not thrilled about looking for the jdms only for the lenses need 2 low and high beam but can use the whole thing for bits and peices willing to spend about 50 bucks a light anyone with any info get at me even if i can just purchase the lenses that would be great let me know on here or pm

JDM lenses aren't entirely clear the have ridged areas that will look dumb on a custom projector unless done right... and being done right would make it VERY similar to JDM's anyways. Also, I've NEVER seen someone have just the lenses on here for sale. Like I said in PM's, hand polishing this lense by yourself will be impossible and you weill either break the lense or have a terrible finish. Take it from someone who has invested the time in this project and spent the money on the project, it will be cheaper to simply get JDM's in the first place. Goodluck in your project.

But thats what u dont understand about my car club and i we dont just buy parts everything is modified somehow if its possible im always going outside of the box im constantly doing sumthin different i dont want jdms if i did i would have bought them a long time ago and polishing can be done just patience my friend our lenses arent that bad compared to stanza ones that ive seen done and they are crisp and clear cant tell u how they did it though the guy made me promise to use it for my lights and potential sales.

Good luck polishing GLASS lense with hand

he never said by hand, and polishing glass is possible, even to crystal clear finish. why are you guys so against someone doing something out of ordinary with 6gc headlights?

we are not against it at all... but romas and i probably have the most time into this project... and i know i have called over 150 places with no luck... and seeing as how we have invested so much time we are able to chime in... im all for new stuff

edit: most places cannot do it because it's a curved glass surface.... this throws almost all traditional ways out. another thing is tha our glass will break easily under the heat and pressure of improper sanding.... it's basically a one shot thing

This post has been edited by dustin15brown: Jul 6, 2007 - 3:26 PM

I said it 10 times already - and i will say it once again:

IT posible to do - but you need to either find a shop who does this - or either have the right equipment. I'v polished 6 glasses of celica headlights - and 2 of them where broke after polishing. Why? Cuz its glass not plastic - you need to do all the polishing under water, with special grinding tool, using speacial dimond disks, after this you need to sand the surface with special 4000 grit disk, after this - you need to fully heat up the glass, while the surface fo glass needs to be heated up totaly eaqualy, and polish up the heated glass with special polishing gel. And all in all during all this proces you need to be extremly carefull not to brake the glass + as Dustin said - celica glass inst flat surface, its bend in all directions - and this make polishing even harder. Basicly thats why no one wants to do this, and there are almost only few shops in my area who would do this - but they charge inormal amount of $ for this.

And to answer original qustion that you asked about replacment lenses - toyota doesnt sell the lenses separatly.

Have u invested as in paying someone or have u ever tried to do it urself ill try it at least once if it doesnt work o welli found another method to do this with imma try it first before i give it to uguys and see if it works and if it does i may have figured out sumthin very great.

You know, I came across this guy and his work looks impressive, check and see if he can make you a set of lenses. He does a lot of J-Body parts but he will custom make practically ANYTHING... (Ever hear of projector headlights for a Lincoln Mark VIII? Try finding those elsewhere LOL Just to give you an idea)

www.izntrbl.com

He will custom make Projector headlights, clear lenses for taillights/headlights/marker lights, custom carbon fiber door handles, fuel doors, eyebrows, chrome housings for DIY headlights, taillights, gauges, etc. This guy has a lot of parts that could come in handy for custom projects, including cold cathode (brighter than LED) Angel Eye rings, LEDs for anything, plus chrome plating of plastic, wood, etc etc etc!

I wonder if we could get a group buy on custom made Taillights and Projector headlights that cost less than JDM lights..... Guys this is a no brainer! Check him out!

glass will always look better than plastic

but what if we got someone to remake the cover in plastic?

That is actually pretty easy... just pretty expensive because you have to make the mold using vaccum forming... I'm in the works of gettin some baseline numbers on what they would charge to do it with a few companies... But I'd prefer glass ya know... I'll keep everyone up to date
and michelle, that is some great information, I'll give them a call tomorrow!

So there it is peeps... thats his price.

This post has been edited by Lovo: Jul 9, 2007 - 5:16 PM

cheeper to buy oem

Here's the deal guys. I will be taking care of the lenses from here on out. I made an agreement with this company to produce the lenses and am just awaiting Coomer's approval. Be on the lookout for a gb/fs thread here relatively soon. Also, I think the prices are going to make you guys happy.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=50093