Homemade 94/95 Clear Turns, NEW PICS ON PAGE 1! Options

[snapshotgt]

EDIT: Read few posts down..finished them!!

~snap

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Jun 15, 2006 - 8:33 PM

[fastcelica20]

i dont know but when i did my custom clears, i used a flashlight to aim at where my screw hole is and drilled in from there. every step is critical. i went through maybe 30 tries. take your time to make sure everything is there and set. it took me about 4 hrs to make mine perfect but after a while mines went yellowish and cracked (where the screw went). good luck snap and update us on how you do.

[snapshotgt]

Questions:

1.) How do you create such a clean glue/silver border around the signal.

2.) How are people dealing with the screw hole/inset that holds them to the bumper?

Anyone???

~snap

[Akimbo]

someone made mine for me way before your time here:( he doesn't do them anymore. I wish i had more OEM looking ones now.

[tim86]

someone made mine for me way before your time here:( he doesn't do them anymore. I wish i had more OEM looking ones now.

trade you my oem ones for yours

[JFrost9]

Snap i can sell you mine if you want, they come with a silver screw peice already inserted, and so you just have to fit it around that, which is what i did. Also, what i did to make the even lines with the sealer was just glue a little "fence" to the inside piece so that it would stop it from spreading, and just filled up the edge and let it fill in. The hardest part is getting the 'glass' or plastic piece to line up and be perfectly even, that is what will make it look the best...Also using a clear silicone as apposed to black one like i used should help out. For the "fence" i used a thin sheet metal piece that we had in our garage, its almost like a middle between foil and sheet metal, if that makes sense...and then i just superglued it around the inside edge before i put the plastic on. Hopefully all this makes sense.

[snapshotgt]

^ Yeah, kinda makes sense...Do you have any "up close" pics? -- also, what do you mean about "silver screw peice already inserted" ? Did you make that? how?

anyway, thanks man.

snap

[JFrost9]

Well looking at fallens it looks like i have the same insert he does...and i took off the plastic and the liner...another thing you could do and this is what it looks like fallen did is you could measure how wide the edge is and paint the plastic to cover the edge, you could even make it a little thicker so it doesnt show inconsistencys within the sealant. But the edge he has isnt from the sealer, he made it. Heres a couple pics of the insert:

[snapshotgt]

Nice, but how did you make the insert. Btw, i'm planning on paint around the edge like you said....

~snap

[JFrost9]

I didnt make the insert.... almost looks as though they came this way. Not sure how it got in there.

[snapshotgt]

Here are my new clear turns i made. There is NO screw on front -- it is in the back, screwd from the inside of the engine bay.

Anyway, these are 100% more water tight, and also, look way better b/c of the border i painted!!!

anyway, enjoy!



~snap

[Culpable04]

very well done !
can you take pics of them installed ?

[snapshotgt]

Here is one picture --> I can post more when i clean the car etc...lol, it is really dirty right now



~snap

[kash1355]

it looks good snap!

[trdproven]

I just noticed you got the fogs on there snap. Nice work, the turns just look off if you are looking at the side markers at the same time. other than that, not too bad.

[Culpable04]

wow they look better once installed.

what did you used to cut the plastic ?
I'm trying to make mines but I mess up the plastic everytime I try

con you give me some tips !

[snapshotgt]

Just as a note, I'm selling clear office plastic lenses made by using a band saw/and a wheel grinder to finish off a nice edge. Lenses come with a paint pen and detailed instructions for finishing up the job. Contact me via pm for any more info.

~snap

EDIT: FS HERE: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=38349

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Jun 15, 2006 - 10:02 PM