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| Dave_Darling |
 Sep 22 2005, 08:14 PM
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914 Idiot  Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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| nein14 |
Sep 22 2005, 08:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 838 Joined: 6-February 03 From: USA Member No.: 262 |
they are impossible to find, I looked for years. I just got lucky!
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| Carlitos Way |
Sep 22 2005, 09:09 PM
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I did it MY WAY Group: Members Posts: 1,337 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Simi Valley, CA Member No.: 2,757 Region Association: Southern California |
Right now (thanks to Howard) I'm goin "international" with a stock US tail light lens on the left, and a Euro lens on the right. I do love the way the Euros look... but that's expen$$ive to me!!!
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| GWN7 |
Sep 22 2005, 11:01 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
The tail lenses are actually made up of 4 different pieces which are glued together (outside curved edge, center piece which had a prismed insert and backup light section). This would require 8 different molds to make one set (left & right). Over the winter, after I finish some other projects I will look at them again. Hardest part would be finding the special bolts to use as inserts.
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| smg914 |
Sep 22 2005, 11:31 PM
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Sahara Beige Steve Group: Members Posts: 1,962 Joined: 22-February 04 From: Tampa, FL Member No.: 1,695 Region Association: None  |
Thats $200 for one OEM rear lense. The repo's are $200 per set. |
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| neo914-6 |
Sep 23 2005, 12:09 AM
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neo life Group: Members Posts: 5,086 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Willow Glen (San Jose) Member No.: 159 |
yeah and it shocks you when you tell a lie! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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| Engman |
Sep 23 2005, 09:09 AM
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Zoisite Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,349 Joined: 25-March 03 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 475  |
I used to work at a company that makes tail lights, headlights etc. At the time it was 50% owned by Hella.
The way these are made was a 2 color injection mold. Mold part in one machine, transfer it to another mold and mold the next color. Much more sophistaced now as all of this can be done in one machine. Since these are on the road, photmetric standards apply. Meaning that the lights are tested to make sure that they comply with mandatory light output standards- 0 degress 0 angle = xxx , 10 degress, 10 angle = yyy and so on. Mold costs easily would run $15,000 -$20,000 for some cheap temp tooling and even then you better have the complete CAD profile for all of the flute cuts. And then you will get 300-400 sets before the molds start to crap out. Tough to do right. Somewhere the molds must still exist. Hella or Porshe has them somewhere. M |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Sep 23 2005, 09:49 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,524 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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How about just making some simple silicone molds...what $50 in materials? Use the original hardware from an old set of lenses.
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| Tobra |
Sep 25 2005, 07:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 4,634 |
Well, my passenger side one is in three pieces. Perhaps super glue the pieces together. You would want it water tight though, maybe that gel type. I will take pictures when I do it so you can laugh about how lame a job I do.
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| boxstr |
Sep 25 2005, 09:22 AM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
AA went to China and had there lenses made. They are there copyright, they have the AA logo on them. Personally I commend them for taking the initative to spend them time and money to make them.
Whether they sell is another story. The same thing happend with the CAMP 914 dashpads and targa bar pads. After the time ( one year) and the money ($$$) spent to get these to production, sales =2. The price to even break even was much more than was originally anticipated. So for those of you who have the time and money to start repro 914 parts, I say go for it. But be prepared to have a few of your goodies sitting on the shelves. CCLINBTDT |
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| McMark |
Sep 25 2005, 04:25 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Craig, I didn't even realize you had the pads ready for sale. Last I heard (WCC 05) you were just showing off prototypes. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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| redshift |
Sep 25 2005, 04:34 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
Craig's choice of quality add-ons, and restoration parts are the best.
The pads came out pricey, as to be expected. I'd buy some, but I am not there yet. The enematerior costs about the same as the exterior, with a 10/10 black paint job.... once you add custom covered GT seats, and the phantom multi-gauge. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) M |
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