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« on: June 21, 2007, 19:03:11 pm » |
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like this:  i have a pair in the garage for mine when i owned it before, but never fitted them, as i need to get a pair of us spec lights as they have the beam inside. and do lucas indicators connect to the stock indicator wires?(spade connector) |
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 19:15:38 pm » |
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that bug isn't mine btw...
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Gary Justus
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2007, 19:22:12 pm » |
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Here are mine.................
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2007, 19:36:38 pm » |
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very cool, how did you paint the door handles? as they are chrome
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Shubee2 (DSK)
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2007, 19:38:38 pm » |
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Heres Mine LOL
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58 Ragtop Old School Cal Look
66 Cal Look Drag Car
67 Resto Cal Look
67 Chevy II Nova L79
02 Camaro Vert!
04 Corvette Vert!
04 Colorado Pickup
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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2007, 19:48:37 pm » |
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Heres Mine LOL
very cool, that exactly how i want the front wings to look. |
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Gary Justus
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2007, 20:01:03 pm » |
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I scuffed the chrome and used an epoxy undercoat. Scuffed that and painted (in 1983).
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2007, 20:14:11 pm » |
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really like the look of these flat glasses. I was thinking by myself for fitting these on my bug. Are these homemade? is it cut out plexi? and how do you get the "dark look" ?
Grtz,
Fuchs
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beetletom
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2007, 20:16:08 pm » |
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i bought mine from a guy who cut them himself from 2mm (or might have been 3mm) smoked plexiglass. are a bit rough where he cut, but once fitted to the car, you can't see.
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Gary Justus
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2007, 20:33:40 pm » |
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I made mine. There are varying degrees of tint from clear to almost black. Just find a plastics retailer and buy some polycarbonate (pc or plexiglass). Use your existing glass lenses as a template and scribe the the profile and cut with a sabre-saw. Make sure you cut "small". You can use your old lense seal on the outside of the new lense and replace just as if you are using a standard glass lense....BTW, regarding my painted door handles; Back in '83 I actually had all the handles and T-bars (JSC aluminum) painted black using the same method I described above. "Monochromatic" paint schemes were very popular then, so, when I painted the car I ordered 2 extra quarts of paint and had "fizz-bombs" made of the Sahara Beige. I was able to paint all the accessories at home. I got the paint from a pretty popular place on Katella (right now I can't remember the name, maybe Shubee remembers)........
OOPS!...I REMEMBER NOW...BETZ COLOR AND SPEED. I don't think anybody makes custom rattle-can paint anymore.
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Shubee2 (DSK)
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2007, 23:56:05 pm » |
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it is best to make them out of LEXAN you can get it at any hobby or plastics store you can get differnt tints just use your Original lens to draw a Circle and cut it with a jigsaw sand the edges and use the Original Glass Headlight seals a lot of the guys use to paint the headlight inner housings Black it made the headlight look sunk in.. Lexan wont shatter like Plexi Glass if a rock or stone get's thrown up at it
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58 Ragtop Old School Cal Look
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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2007, 01:14:54 am » |
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You've got some great input here....PC is pretty standard, tho, ANd is available at plastics stores (as stated above)....Shubee is right and WEIGHT is a big factor!
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2007, 08:15:36 am » |
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Originally this car came with plexi but they had turned purple over the years so i had some cut out of grey tinted glass.  |
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2007, 09:27:26 am » |
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These are mine, made of 5mm plexiglass but soon to be replaced by 4mm makrolon (lexan) due to safety aspects.
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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2007, 00:07:08 am » |
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My old 61.  |
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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2007, 01:39:55 am » |
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« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2007, 16:07:13 pm » |
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My old 61. i love that car  the ansen wheels is a good choice for an 70's cal look  regard fabian |
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