S3 One Piece Rear Light Replacements?
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:06 pm
Dear fellow S3 owners
I am a slightly worried man. I still have the original one piece Vauxhall rear lights on my car in good condition. I am told if anything happens to them there are no spares anywhere. Anyhow I have been wondering if it's possibe to make a mould from a lens (Possibly a surround too) & then resin cast some spares, in case of need. My memory is that there was a commercial kit to do this a few years ago that now seems to be unobtainable. www.CFSnet.co.uk however seem to have the necessary stuff, albeit clear resin only so it may be feasible.
I have two questions:
1: Has anyone else tried this?
2: Has anyone got a lens I could borrow for casting purposes? There is a glued in reflective sheet behind the reflector which I would need to remove to make a cast & I was hoping somebody already had one where this had come off &/or which had been cracked/broken, but was repairable in shape only.
Obviously if this works I'll make some extras, but don't send me orders, I'm just working on the feasibility.
Geoff
I am a slightly worried man. I still have the original one piece Vauxhall rear lights on my car in good condition. I am told if anything happens to them there are no spares anywhere. Anyhow I have been wondering if it's possibe to make a mould from a lens (Possibly a surround too) & then resin cast some spares, in case of need. My memory is that there was a commercial kit to do this a few years ago that now seems to be unobtainable. www.CFSnet.co.uk however seem to have the necessary stuff, albeit clear resin only so it may be feasible.
I have two questions:
1: Has anyone else tried this?
2: Has anyone got a lens I could borrow for casting purposes? There is a glued in reflective sheet behind the reflector which I would need to remove to make a cast & I was hoping somebody already had one where this had come off &/or which had been cracked/broken, but was repairable in shape only.
Obviously if this works I'll make some extras, but don't send me orders, I'm just working on the feasibility.
Geoff