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Posted by: PorscheTom Jun 21 2004, 11:05 AM

Hello all,

I've seen some pictures of cars with these installed. Is there a source for these? Where did they come from on the cars that already have them?

Thx for the info.

Posted by: Ferg Jun 21 2004, 11:44 AM

Ahh, a topic i can pretend to know something about. I've searched for the "real" one's for a long long time. I thought I found a pair cheep, bought them and had them come to the house only to realize that they said made in japan on the bottom. They worked and looked good but I could never get over the made in japan imprint it bugged me. So I seached some more and came up zip. So my solution was to buy two new hella clear lenses and paint them using the duplicolor metalcast, it came out near perfect it has been heat resistant and by painting the inside chips from the road are not a worry. here is a pic of what I used, in yellowish color of course

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Posted by: Ferg Jun 21 2004, 11:52 AM

Pic, bottom left corner... gives a good idea of how they look. I think they are a shade off from the real thing, but I have never seen the real thing, so what do I know. They do however provide a nice yellow pattern on the roadway when lit. As far as actual advantage in fog, I would say prolly little to none, but I like the look

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Posted by: Martin Baker Jun 21 2004, 12:03 PM

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Posted by: PorscheTom Jun 21 2004, 02:31 PM

Thanks for the tip Ferg!

Did you do any surface prep to the glass prior to painting them? No problems with the paint coming off?

Kind of interesting, transparent paint that will stick to glass!

Regards,
Tom

Posted by: Ferg Jun 21 2004, 03:07 PM

Not much prep, I used some steel wool but that did not do squat, so I just washed them and made sure they were oil free. The metalcast stuff is supposed to be for engine parts ect, ie high heat, so the heat from the bulb should be ok, as far as chips, I don't think it will be a problem since I painted the inside portion of the glass. You can get right up to them and you still cannot tell they were painted vs, actual yellow glass.

It worked so well, that I thought about buying a new pair of euro rear lenses and painting the reverse portion to create some "french" style rear's. ie orange/red/orange. I doubt I can find the right shade of orange though...

Ferg.

Posted by: ! Jun 21 2004, 03:59 PM

I coated the outside covers of the main headlights on the 356 with the yellow tint....came out good.....I have H-4 replacement lenses.