should i bore u with another build thread?

**KI11Z** · 31-03-2010, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Water Boy

Nice work on the hectiva

Looks like she has some rad camber going on the back there...

But please put your number plate in the normal spot, its not like there is a FMIC or oil cooler

BTW I do like the front lip and sill covers....

I didnt want to offset it either for that very reason so I made it silly and crooked it; It looks stupid and boring in the middle, so

besides it'd be hindering more airflow being where it is rather than being on the bumper anyways so it'd be a pointless move for a front mount!

**KI11Z** · 31-03-2010, 11:42 AM

Dear Ray:

Originally Posted by rayray086

1. Buy a pair of plastic lenses
2. Mark the outside of the lens with a circle using a Sharpie where the projector is.
3. Use 60 or 80 grit sandpaper in a circular pattern on the inside where you marked, careful not to wander into the other fluted areas
4. Progress to 220 grit until all deep scratches are gone
5. Progress to 400 grit with water grit until you see a uniform haze without scratches
6. Progress to 1000 grit with water until it looks clear with water
7. Progress to 1500 or 2000 grit and get as smooth as possible. When dry, they should look about like Scotch tape.
8. Use Megiar's PlastX to polish until perfectly clear.

I just noticed the first thing to do was to source plastic lenses!
So this can't be done with glass??

Originally Posted by rayray086

A solution would be to source a set of FK Vento/Jetta headlights and used their lenses instead, as they are clear to begin with, no flutes.

a pretty major expense to only use the lense

Originally Posted by rayray086

Either way, you could possibly try and extend the end cap of the housing?

Tiz exactly what i'll be doing!

**rayray086** · 31-03-2010, 01:15 PM

Our current lenses ARE plastic actually. Some polycarbonate compound, but I'm pretty sure they aren't glass.

**KI11Z** · 31-03-2010, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by rayray086

Our current lenses ARE plastic actually. Some polycarbonate compound, but I'm pretty sure they aren't glass.

hmmmm, i'm not sure, my other lense shattered like glass and when you try pry them open they chip like glass? could the vento be different?

**Mrk_Mickey** · 31-03-2010, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by KI11Z

hmmmm, i'm not sure, my other lense shattered like glass and when you try pry them open they chip like glass? could the vento be different?

Ditto man, I've got a chip in mine and it's fractured like glass. It's cold like glass too....lol

**rayray086** · 31-03-2010, 07:46 PM

I've got nothing to substantiate my claims except that if they were glass, they would be a lot heavier! Are there any markings on the lenses? If they were polycarbonate, they should have some designation code for the type of material used.