AOW162435

Michal,
I used electrical tape to get a perfect edge all around, and followed the raised contour of the front of the lens. I can take a pic to better show this if needed.


Andreas

mcpiaseczny

Do you mean on the edge that is glued to the housing? From the pictures on page 1 it doesn't look like the outside of the glass is painted. Don't pull the lamps out if you can't take pictures otherwise!

I had another idea, which is to use black glue instead of the white silicone for a better finish. I have a whole tube of 3M weather stripping glue. That should be more than tough enough. I might just consider this exercise as practice and do the whole thing again on my other set of lenses... as soon as I ship all that stuff I found new homes for :P

AOW162435

The front of the glass lens has a ridge that goes all the way around. I taped right at the edge, and then painted everything behind it (including the housing) black. Instead of a regular primer which would allow the gray to show through, I used an adhesion promoter (clear) followed by the black.

Here is a crude depiction of what I mean:






This pic should show the black in the background:






Andreas

mcpiaseczny

Ah, makes sense. Thanks, Andreas. I'll try this on my other set of lights.

AOW162435

For a finishing touch, I ordered a set of clear film pieces for the fog lights from Xpel. The pieces were $10 + shipping and went on without a hitch. You'll need to call Xpel directly and reference the headlight & fog light kit I have in the link.

The pieces come with directions and took around 10 minutes to install.

The glass lenses I used for these fog lights were perfect, so I wanted to keep things that way.


Andreas

bart1

Jolly good show, ****! :/

AOW162435

Simon,
Please stop hijacking Bart's RL account.


Andreas

Chris W UK

Firstly, my 1st post on the 993 forum, hi to all...only taken 3 years to get here!

Excellent job, very impressed! Its interesting this looks totally different on light/dark cars especially silver being sensitive to it. I'm in the process of trialling a few ideas based on this using some old fogs. The glass is heavily pitted and has a big stone chip.

I am trying black sealant which I haven't seen done before, and the 'chrome' paint.

I am also planning on getting a housing vacuum metallised. Any ideas why they didnt do this in the factory?

My 'hope' is that I can get this side/fog to closely match the headlight.

Here is the result so far...not the money shot just yet!

http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s...glights049.jpg

JPP

Thanks Andreas, what a great resource!

JPP

What is this stuff? Does it leave the surface tacky or does it somehow 'etch' the surface?

AOW162435

I understood it to be a clear primer.


Andreas

Floodj

They look great, what an improvement.

NP993

You guys are really going to special-order paint for the inside of the fog light housings? There's no way in hell anyone is going to be able to tell the difference between shades of silver behind those pitted, Coke-bottle-thick fog lenses. Seriously people. Seriously.

(I used chrome paint from my local hardware store -- it's even more reflective than "Polar Silver.")

AOW162435

Easy there, Tiger. I had some extra Polar Silver left over from another project.


Andreas

Full Boost

I gotz Mad Skillz too!!