LoL nice!

 

so how long and at what temp do you bake the lenses to get them to come apart? i wanna take mine apart so i can try this lol.... is it 150 or 250degrees?

 

Check these out. Just did them with windows Paint.

I think they both look good. I love the amber up front but on the rear tail lights it is nasty.

 

Holy ****.

 

FC3S Murray howd you do that, iwant that

 

you dont even need a oven 15 minutes with a nice hair dryer will get them soft enough to come apart easy. also thanks man i cna use my old S4 10AE replica lights that some took a bat to now(they bashed out the center bar so i figured it was finished)

 

Cut and paste, followed by picking colors off of the red and clear lenses to fill in the edges.

If it was only that easy to do on the real thing. I does give everybody a good idea how great just red and clear look. I am really diggin the first photo I posted, take out the vertical seperator and it doesn't scream 80's so much BUT it would probably be harder to achieve. One solid piece of Lexan would be easier to just paint half red like RRTEC said and would achieve the second pic look.

I AM GONNA DO THIS WHEN I GET BACK FROM IRAQ IN MAY!!! It just looks too good!

 

read much kid? its photoshop

 

The s4 tails have been ignored too long... lol.. The center bar looks good with the split colors (red/clear) my goal was for the center to be all red... So you guys can do what you want I am glad that the door has been opened for others to modify these lenses..

 

question is: would it be hard to retain the center bar? I have never taken S4 tails apart? It is all one piece right?

(read much kid? its photoshop)
No way man, I do it old school with Windows Paint. Everybody should have that sorry excuse for a program.

 

Yeah, they do. I want some.

 

so what ever happen do u still have them did u finish them? I will mock them up on my car if you want for ya.. hell I may buy them..

 

I think i might go to the junk yard an pick up a pair of S4 lights to play with, this idea rocks, but ya clear and read looks way nice.

RRTEC what did you use to adhere the lexan?

 

I used an easy mix epoxy... i still have the lights and am going to hold onto them.. i think I have found a car locally that is going to test fit them.

 

Still want to see these installed on a actual FC.

 

Correction: it's MS PAINT!

 

Nice work, my tails are cracked and I had been lookin for some nice tails now I will just attempt it on my own haha. And I am with everyone else someone get this man an FC so we can see some pix of em on a car!

 

I'm guessing some1 might have asked but if they did i missed it but where did you get the lexan from?

 

it is posted earlier in the thread.. the link is there.

 

RRTEC:
Could you do a "Re- Cap?"
You mentioned heat in referance to manipulating lexan... could you explain?
How did you apply the heat?
What tools and methods did you use do this?
What kind of Red Tinting and, where could we find this Tint?
How much and, where did you get the Lexan?

Thanks...
FC-S4

 

Sure.

Remove all the screws off the housings
Preheat your oven to 250deg
Put the light on a pan and close the door, set the timer for 9 minutes
Watch closely.

When the alarm goes off pull out the fixture, (you should be able to touch it with your hands) and then use a large screwdriver to GENTLY seperate the lense..

Go to http://www.estreetplastics.com/Trans...Sheet_s/57.htm and buy some Red lexan or clear or whatever color you want....

Use a dremel to cut the lexan to shape, I would use a peice of cardboard as a template.. It is pliable enough to not heat the lexan, but I used a hairdrier to help cure the 2 part epoxy that I used to adhere it to the housing....

I think that about covers it.. You can buy Clear lexan at hoomedepot, and tint can be purchased at lots of places locally (or go to a tint shop)....

 

I wanna do something to mine now...

 

So im about ready to order some lexan but I'm wondering this, If i was trying to do the way murray posted, to get a seamless color split, should I just get some smoked lexan and then get some of the red candy apple mode paint? Sounds like the easy way right?

 

w=exactly what the **** i was talking about, hats off to you sir.

 

you would have to start off with clear lexan first because when you paint over the smoked color it will probably make it a lot darker...