Gen1 corner housings

[Sapperfire]

Just another little project to keep me busy

I have a few sets of spares, this housing has terrible chrome and the lenses was cracked ... so I'm gonna play with it

 

[Markviiiedrea]

You read my mind, I started a project like this last year, but I left the amber reflector. It’s still sitting on my shelf half done. Got caught up in life and hopefully come back to it this winter. I could never get the trim-brite to look right in the reflector but I did manage to mold some plastic to the light. How thick of lexan are you using? Are you going to re-chrome? How did you go about removing the old lens?

 

[UltimateSVT]

Nice! What's your plan? Going black?

 

[Sapperfire]

I used a heat gun to soften the adhesive, directed at the adhesives channel on the housing side, moving the heat around with the gun barrel about 8 inches away. Heat was set at 600*, Welding gloves are handy for this .
So far I've heated it to the general shape and trimmed the excess, I haven't decided what to do about the inside yet, I may rechrome it, and then use some of the Duplicolor black chrome to see how it looks.
Going to place it an oven so the heat will be universal, its 3/8

 

[Trippen Out]

if you end up with a couple of nice sets one for each side and want to get rid of them. let me know. mine are all cracked and broken its horrible.

 

[Markviiiedrea]

Same here, that what drove me to crack one open. keep us updated, this is a good thread! I just used a dremal and slowly cut it open.

 

[Markviiiedrea]

Any Progress?

 

[keVIIIn]

Any Progress?

Bump

 

[Sapperfire]

No more progress yet, been busy doing other stuff

 

[SleeperMark]

Cant wait to see the finished product! My corner housings are all cracked and yellowing, I have thought about doing this but was not sure how it would look. Good Luck!!

 

[Markviiiedrea]

*poke*

 

[Sapperfire]

I still haven't messed with it anymore, too many other things right now. This was just something to keep me busy when I had free time to goof off, that time doesn't exist anymore

 

[Markviiiedrea]

I know the feeling. Just thought I would bug you about it in case you happen to be working on it.

 

[keVIIIn]

Well hey sapp, if you ever feel like making a few of these I'd gladly spend $100 on one of each before I'd ever pay that much on the junk people pass off as being "mint corner lights" on ebay.

 

[achesonm8]

Sweet. I tried removing the lens from one of my spare headlamps at 400 F. I was able to remove the lexan lens but it was too soft...major fail!! Fun stuff! I have another pair that I will try cutting the lens off. Then do the rechrome...if I have some spare time too!