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tired69
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Location: central coast
tired69
modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 05, 2019, 03:51:18 pm »
Hi all
I remember on here some where somebody reshaped there tail light lens to the same shape as rear panel just wonder how that did it have searched but nothing came up
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HRTZ65
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Location: Highett
HRTZ65
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 05, 2019, 04:51:42 pm »
Another option are these
http://www.brightlight-customs.co.uk/1969.html
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 06, 2019, 08:40:33 pm »
you mean like this??
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HRTZ65
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Location: Highett
HRTZ65
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 07, 2019, 04:39:25 pm »
Hi Lee
Did you make them yourself or buy them? They look fantastic.
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LEE H 69
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Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 07, 2019, 08:53:35 pm »
thanks HRTZ65, Yep I made them myself
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tired69
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Location: central coast
tired69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 04:12:02 am »
yeah there the ones
I've looked at bright light customs led kits etc thay don't have light diffusers .
how did you do yours.
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 09:25:46 pm »
ok I'll dig out some photos and try to explain how I did them, Not saying it's the best way, or even that they are street legal.
(there's my disclaimer..hahaha).
to start I cut the lens down to the step using a die grinder and small cutting disc
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 09:33:00 pm »
for a diffuser I used one from a florescent light and cut to suit, using a heat gun I softened the plastic to make it supple, then using a timber mould I made, used that to form the shape
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 09:37:09 pm »
used an acrylic glue to glue the diffusers to the cut lens, once set used the die grinder to shape the edges
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 09:41:09 pm »
picked up some 3mm red acrylic for the outer lens cut to size, ad again heated with a heat gun, pressed them in the timber mould, glued them to the diffusers, then again ground the edges to shape
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 08, 2019, 09:49:22 pm »
didn't find a photo of the finished part on the bench just in the car, I'm happy with how they turned out . they don't have a reflector included so may not be street legal.
Hope that helps you out, they weren't too difficult to make just took a couple of weekends
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Aussie-67
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Location: Perth
Name: Tony
Car: 67 Mustang Coupe
Aussie-67
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 10, 2019, 09:16:49 pm »
That's really impressive. Not sure I could have done that, even with instructions.
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tired69
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Posts: 91
Location: central coast
tired69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 11, 2019, 08:43:03 am »
Thanks very much for that I'll give it a crack doesent look to hard
cheers.
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 11, 2019, 08:37:14 pm »
No worries, have fun tinkering
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HRTZ65
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Location: Highett
HRTZ65
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 12, 2019, 10:00:42 am »
Hi Lee
Did you use the existing chrome trim around each light and reshape it or did you fabricate something new?
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LEE H 69
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LEE H 69
Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 12, 2019, 08:04:25 pm »
yep that's just the original trim piece, I tried to keep things as easy as possible
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StephenSLR
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Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 15, 2019, 11:42:05 am »
Quote from: LEE H 69 on November 12, 2019, 08:04:25 pm
yep that's just the original trim piece
Looks great!
How did you bend those?
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LEE H 69
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Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 15, 2019, 09:27:39 pm »
didn't bend them, they are the original mouldingsā¦.
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bigmal
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Re: modifying tail light lens to same contour as tail light panel
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November 16, 2019, 09:04:36 am »
That's one very neat rear end. Very impressive.
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