Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Clear Lights

["Mark Peele" <scirocco_s@hotmail.com>]

I guess it was my day to be a moron :)
>
>When Jim said " then buffing them out clear." He meant smooth enough to
>overcome the frosting created by the sanding smooth to remove the 
prisms
>process. What weve all been sayin in one way or the other is that the
>color goes all the way through.
>
>TBerk
>
>Mark Peele wrote:
>> 
>> The sigs and rear lights are coloured plastic.
>> >
>> >Is the paint just on the outside?  If so, why couldn't you just
>> >sandblast it off?  Same goes for if it is in the inside I guess?  
Just
>> a
>> >thought.
>> >
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>> >85 Scirocco 8v
>> >http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/6866/
>> >"This is a fine world and worth fighting for" -Ernest Hemmingway
>> >I also agree with the second part.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Jim Buck/BahnBurners!" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I've thought about "candying" a set of MK2 taillights by carefully
>> sanding off
>> >> the ridges molded in to them then buffing them out clear.  I know
>> it's doable
>> >> and would look awesome.
>> >>
>> >> jim
>> >>
>> >> Riley McDowall wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > At 6:32 pm -0700 14/2/99, Owen wrote:
>> >> > >There are clear signals made in Germany for the roc, but no 
clear
>> rears.
>> >> > >However, they apparently can be custom made, which would be 
cool.
>> There is
>> >> > >a guy on the Corrado list having a set of clear rear tail 
lights
>> made up
>> >> > >right now.  Don't ask me how they do it though.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would imagine you need either the original tooling or some 
pretty
>> good
>> >> > copies of it.  Plus all the injection-molding equipment, etc, 
which
>> is I
>> >> > guess why there's only one company in the world making S2 clear
>> turn
>> >> > signals :)
>> >> >
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