tell me what you think.
I just couldnt justify spending over a thousand dollars on a kit that i didnt like.
so i did it myself.


i have lots of install pix if anybody wants ill post em.

total cost 120$

start to finish 2 days 8 hrs a day

a pain to get air tight

 

Wow, yeah post the proggress pics, what did you use? To be totally honest i love them besides the exposed screw heads

 

looks pretty challenging to get as far as you have, good job.

more fabrication pics would be great.

how's the light output? for $120 i can't imagine it's that great but who knows...

 

wanna make another set? They look great

 

yea my wife agrees on the exposed alumi screw heads. i guess its the racer x in me. might paint black tho.

ok started with a good plastic floor( all attemts were made to keep things lightweight) .


then i fabricated a backing out of sheetmetal.


a good dremel is a must. sry bout my foot.



before all of this i ordered 2 peices of acrilic glass 1/8ish thick 24"x24"( chosen because 1. light weight 2.formable at 3min 350 degrees f/h. 3. less reflection. 4. easy to cut. 5. only 14 bucks a sheet.



http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=10477
all the cutting was done at www.blinketyblanks.com
they have presicion cutting machines they only charged 50$ to cut. and now they have a c5 vette lens saved on there computer cutting machine.

i used the old flip up cover to form the new lens, wax paper will protect the new/ old lens from baking the paint off. cook for 3-4 min @350 degrees, yes i did preheat it wont form at all till the 3 1/2 min mark and then it just collapses like a flan in the cubbard, forming the shape of the old light.


used all weather ultra flat black paint for the inside. fabricated mounts to bolt the beam aiming post's to.


light were some cheap ones i found on ebay, plent bright, on the freeway test.


playing around with different paint designs on a spare sheet. decided to go with the little bmw'ish winged flare at the corner



painted the under side with dupont ultra flat standard spray, painting underside gives glossy appearence on reverse side+paint protection


peel back


finished lens


fittment need minor trimming as my measurements i gave www.blinketyblanks.com were slightly large. used weather striping beetween fabricated lens mount to keep from scratching.

water sealing without looking awful or cheap was a pain

 

Its nothing to write home about, but the way its set up can easily be swapped out with brighter lights, or maybe h.i.d if i feel like the wiring pain

 

sry but this was more than enough fun for me. not the easiest do it urselfer. about an 8/10 on the d.i.y hardometer. home tubbing to clear 345,s was a 5/10.

 

That's really cool and excellent DIY work. Thanks for sharing the details. I've never messed with clear acrylic. Gonna have to get me some of that stuff soon just to play a little. Ideas are already popping in my head.

 

Anybody have any good light sources, that wont cost a million bucks, i guess i could just replace with or add a projector or somethin.

 

Great job. Thanks for sharing the details with us.

 

Awesome, im brewing some ideas myself, great project

 

thanks. they look better than these.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1521826

 

Great job! I like the paint scheme on the car too, got more pics of that rear section?

 

sure do ill post better pictures later . check back

 

If you were able to do all that fab, wiring up for HIDs is a piece of cake. Just buy a set off of ebay. You do have to run new wiring with a new relay for HIDs because of the intial amp draw during startup. To wire up the HIDs just use the writeup thats in the techtips

https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=225&TopicID=1

 

Great DIY work... but the lights you picked look like crap man... get some good projectors in there.

 

im still reasearching on the lights. thanks for the article. I bought a cheap set. kinda temporary untill i can find lights that i like that will fit. Until then these are plenty bright.

i remember an article that a guy d.i.y'ed his lights and he used h.i.d. bmw
but his lights where to big to use in a non hump style lens, which im not a big fan of.
ill find somethin

 

Impressive... very impressive. It takes some real confidence and creativity to do something like that.

 

 

that looks easy enough just have to find the right h.i.d's now