Seedy Al Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So, I'm currently gearing up to try get my ms110 crown wagon re-vinned hopefully the start of next year, Today while driving home I was thinking about what stuff I might need to do/ it might fail on. It dawned on me my damn right hand tail light has a crack in it, and knowing how these re vin places are I'm sure the will be cunty enough to fail it. Has anyone ever had a lense repaired/ remade before? or even attempted to make it for them selves? I remember years ago reading somewhere that did it in Levin. but I cant find it, or even I remember where I found it. Damn annoying really, these tail lights are going to be unobtainable...... Also found a place in Christchurch....... but from the picture I saw of a repair they did it looked like complete junk....... Any help would be most great! Cheers Allan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I know of people that have had them repaired at plastic welder places. Not a invisible fix by any means and not sure how picky revin is. Semi ling post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Is there a hole or just a crack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 just a crack. but I am sure I have seen them fail on cars similar you can kinda see it in this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 If it's just a crack I'd pull it off and seal up the back of the crack with super glue. It needs to not let out white light or let in water for a wof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 i cut a hole and filed it square, i found a piece of tail light on the road and filed it square, glued it in the hole and it looked ok, never failed W.o.F.  Never made my own lenses yet though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 It does not let out light or take in water........ maybe I should just take it off and ask inspector before I book it in and see what they say...... Also, looking for suggestions on places for a revin. Vinz in lower Hutt seem pretty hit and miss a lot of the time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm also keen to see if anybody here has moulded their own lenses. My 260c wagon has un-obtainium lenses on the back. So far I only have time as space to search for other people on the net who have done it. Brocky41 had some Chinese bloke on Facebook that was making them for 330 Cedric. They looked pretty good, but no photos of the process. You can buy kits to make the molds and cast the lenses. Aluminite. Com or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I had new rx2 ones made but they are not curved. Go see grayleys plastics petone. They may be able to help. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M M Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I found an instruction page on how do mould your own a while back, I'll see if I can find where I saved it. Wanted to give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 How far off is 3d printing from doing a lens, would it even be possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgweiser Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 VINZ Parliament St is pretty chur, got me through a couple of similar age things lately with not much trouble. Â All the VCC car guys drive ti VTNZ Levin as the guy there is a champ with old stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 yeah guess will just use vinz lol close enough to justify driving on the street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 How far off is 3d printing from doing a lens, would it even be possible?I don't think there is any way to produce a surface that's smooth enough or transparent enough.I think you should put tape on the outside of the lense (over the crack) and then fill it from behind (so the tape prevents the epoxy from dribbling out and gives a smooth outer surface. Then peel off tape and polish the shit out of things with wet and dry/abrasive polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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