Luc
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Post by Luc on Mar 15, 2005 18:47:00 GMT -5
does n/e 1 now where to find clear corners
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Post by taticelica on Mar 15, 2005 19:40:37 GMT -5
Ebay possibly....Good luck.
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Post by jbone2322 on Mar 15, 2005 22:40:53 GMT -5
a lot of people have been trying to get clearcorners for our cars for a while now. they where stock over the puddle, but here in the states, we get jipped. so stand in line bub.
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Post by jbone2322 on Mar 15, 2005 22:41:18 GMT -5
btw, welcome to the boards. ;D
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Post by dansgts on Mar 16, 2005 0:59:15 GMT -5
ha, yea, i've seen one car in the us with em(not in person), i've been trying for a long time to get em with no luck, but if i get em, i'll let you all know how and how much also, welcome to the boards
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Luc
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Post by Luc on Mar 17, 2005 15:02:37 GMT -5
cool thanks. the reason is on my old car i had street glow blue head light strobes and i put the in the corners and you cant tell their blue n/e more and they r not that bright.
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Post by blck87gtconv on Mar 18, 2005 15:03:25 GMT -5
:cough: rice! :cough:
Now, to answer your question, you can make your own clearcorners.. but they are not produced.
heat up the corner lens (without the bulb, wires, etc..) in the oven until you can get the orange cover off. Once that orange cover is off, you can use Lexan or some other clear flexible plastic/plexiglass type material, and heat that up until it's maliable. Then use rubber bands (tons of them) to clamp it all in place while the adhesive dries.
before you put that clear plastic layer on, though.. I would suggest painting the reflective object with a chrome paint or something. A light wet-sanding of the lense also will help the light to distribute throughout the corner lense.. instead of just being a flicker you can see through the lense (which, btw.. might be illegal).
Good luck. I"d suggest getting a spare pair to work on so you don't destroy yoru stock ones in case something goes wrong.
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Post by jbone2322 on Mar 18, 2005 15:16:03 GMT -5
jason, im interested in how you know all this, like youve done it, but yet you call it rice?
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Luc
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Post by Luc on Mar 18, 2005 15:24:34 GMT -5
no my last car was worse than rice it was a 93 dodge spirit. it was white with black stripes blue interior neons, blue undercar kit, 2 10 inch subs and the strobes. the car was crap but it did sick burnouts.
thanks ill go to a junk yard and practice on some of the corners i find there.
oh, 1 more thing, what temp. should the oven be at?
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Post by blck87gtconv on Mar 18, 2005 16:43:30 GMT -5
jason, im interested in how you know all this, like youve done it, but yet you call it rice? No, not teh clear corners, I was talking about teh blue strobes.. I've never actually done it myself, but i've seen a few write-ups on how to do this sort of thing on other cars.. namely the 5th gen. celica. Alot of it is just a bit of creative thought.. more than concrete knowledge. I"d do it, but I want to source some spare corners before I attempt it, that, and I'm not sure where to find the clear plastic material that I'm looking for.
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Post by blck87gtconv on Mar 18, 2005 16:44:32 GMT -5
no my last car was worse than rice it was a 93 dodge spirit. it was white with black stripes blue interior neons, blue undercar kit, 2 10 inch subs and the strobes. the car was crap but it did sick burnouts. thanks ill go to a junk yard and practice on some of the corners i find there. oh, 1 more thing, what temp. should the oven be at? I would start at low temps.. like, 250-300 for 5-10 minutes at a time.. just feel it out until you get it right. But make sure you put the corner on some foil on a baking sheet.. maybe even on a towel so it doesn't melt from heat contact.
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Post by jbone2322 on Mar 18, 2005 23:28:33 GMT -5
on a towel the fibers will stick to the melting plastic. id say foil. use foil. with spray butter shit.
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Post by cibrlx01 on Mar 19, 2005 1:36:38 GMT -5
if you think thats a good mod start doing that to your catalitic converter
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Post by cibrlx01 on Mar 19, 2005 3:09:18 GMT -5
what if i told you i asked a friend in germany to look around for em?
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Post by blck87gtconv on Mar 19, 2005 16:37:03 GMT -5
what if i told you i asked a friend in germany to look around for em? that's fine.. I've been looking around for them for years. I still haven't found them yet.
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