hypertek
10-29-2008, 06:59 PM
*Disclaimer : This is for offroad or show purposes only. This may be illegal so do not come up to me if you get in trouble for it. Be sure to pick up a red bulb if you do this*
Did this today on my fc, spent a good few hours this afternoon..
Used florescent ceiling lamp lenses.
Basically trim to fit the housing and drill 4 holes on the outer non-visible area and screw it to mount it. Then I had to trim 1 piece for the popped-up area that fits into the the body cut out area. Glued that to a trimmed piece of plexiglas that will be on the exterior surface. Glue used was clear adhesive sealant. Should be ok. Test fitted for flush-ness with the body and to get the position correct. Seems good. Waiting for the pieces to dry.
When you glue the pieces, the only way this will work is by gluing the visible area, hence why I used clear adhesive... Don't worry though, still very clear end product, just do it in thin enough layers to fill in, and don't get any air bubbles trapped.
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_773.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_774.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_777.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_783.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
*the black trim is the original rubber seal. Try to keep those intact so you can reuse them, or purchase new ones, or make some sort of gasket to seal the lense to the body.
In the final pic, theres some glue/fingerprints on the exterior side which I will clean off once all the glue is set.
The beauty of this is that I can keep my red lense and always swap back. I did test these under lights and it is pretty good.
Things to worry about : I have noticed these ceiling lenses may fade to a slight brown from constant sun light over time, hopefully the plexiglas may hinder it a little bit. I also have a rear deck spoiler which cast shade over the light itself so Im not too worried about it.
Did this today on my fc, spent a good few hours this afternoon..
Used florescent ceiling lamp lenses.
Basically trim to fit the housing and drill 4 holes on the outer non-visible area and screw it to mount it. Then I had to trim 1 piece for the popped-up area that fits into the the body cut out area. Glued that to a trimmed piece of plexiglas that will be on the exterior surface. Glue used was clear adhesive sealant. Should be ok. Test fitted for flush-ness with the body and to get the position correct. Seems good. Waiting for the pieces to dry.
When you glue the pieces, the only way this will work is by gluing the visible area, hence why I used clear adhesive... Don't worry though, still very clear end product, just do it in thin enough layers to fill in, and don't get any air bubbles trapped.
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_773.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_774.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_777.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
http://tunerbase.com/articles/102908/IMAGE_783.jpg (http://tunerbase.com)
*the black trim is the original rubber seal. Try to keep those intact so you can reuse them, or purchase new ones, or make some sort of gasket to seal the lense to the body.
In the final pic, theres some glue/fingerprints on the exterior side which I will clean off once all the glue is set.
The beauty of this is that I can keep my red lense and always swap back. I did test these under lights and it is pretty good.
Things to worry about : I have noticed these ceiling lenses may fade to a slight brown from constant sun light over time, hopefully the plexiglas may hinder it a little bit. I also have a rear deck spoiler which cast shade over the light itself so Im not too worried about it.