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      05-11-2014, 05:56 PM   #45
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Fitted them today. They fit really well. Ignore all the bubbles and haziness of the lens. The bubbles will come out when I get better at pouring, and the haziness is will come out with a wetsand/polish. The fit is nice though. Now to do the other side. Thanks SF for donating the lens.
Wow this is the first successful Euro conversion I've seen on the forums. Nice job man. How many hours do u think it would take you in labor to convert a set?
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      05-11-2014, 06:07 PM   #46
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You could just "code" out the ambers.
I think he meant Amber Delete as in amber reflector delete, not the amber turn signal parking light delete. Can't "code" out a reflector, wish I could too.
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      05-12-2014, 04:59 AM   #47
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Wow this is the first successful Euro conversion I've seen on the forums. Nice job man. How many hours do u think it would take you in labor to convert a set?
I think if I did a few sets it wouldn't take more than an hour a piece to take them apart, replace the lens and reseal them.

I'm not going to get into that though. I'm starting residency in July and will in be in a hospital for 100 hours a week for the next 6 years, so I will have literally no time to do it.

I was big in the supra community and started a company making LED taillights (www.toxicauto.com). I'm going to give the molds to the guy who's now running the company to make these corner lenses for people. He might be willing to perform the labor if people want. We used to do it all the time on supra headlights and taillights (together we've probably disassembled and reassembles a few hundred sets).

We'll have to buy a set of headlights to practice taking them apart. I'll post something up when I know more. I'll be in LA this week so wont have time to work on the lenses, but I'll post pictures as soon as I do.
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      05-27-2014, 10:59 AM   #48
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Just an update, still working on these. Bought a passenger headlight yesterday so I can make the mold for the other side. Going to meet with the guy whos running my business now. He is better than me at taking apart headlights and does a bunch of custom carbon fiber stuff, etc. He will be making these in pairs in the future. So long as we find a way to take these apart better than I could the first one, he will likely offer to install these for people if they want. I'll keep this thread updated.
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      05-28-2014, 11:38 AM   #49
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      05-28-2014, 12:35 PM   #50
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awesome job on the headlight.
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      05-28-2014, 02:51 PM   #51
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