Turbo /S2 foglight covers

[sulzeruk]

Hi all, I am getting the foglight covers finished in the next couple of weeks. They are moulded 3mm polycarbonate so very impact resistant. They are held in with 1 small bracket that attaches via the screw hole for the inner trims with stainless steel fixings. They fit in 5minutes and are easily removable with a thumbscrew for cleaning.

Price will be £48 posted per pair for PCGB forum members.


Alasdair

 

[Diver944]

They look much nicer than any other foglight cover I've seen - nice work []

 

[Frenchy]

These are as good as the originals from Australia which Porsch a Part used to sell, the lenses stand proud of the foglight and stone hits generally get swallowed up by them and not the lenses at $180 a pop !!
Jim.

 

[944 man]

Sweet.

Al: can you get the same firm to make Carrera GTS style headlamp covers? I can make them using an oven, a metal original and a sandbag, but its a massive pain in the arse and my fairy cakes dont taste right for weeks afterwards!

 

[sulzeruk]

Yep, no problem Simon. I am going to get them to do covers for the foglights on 3.2 Carrera 911s as well. Probably worth doing a range for the Porsches! Every foglight seems to be telephone numbers now.
Alasdair

 

[944 man]

Just in case I wasnt clear, and reading it again it is a little ambiguous, I mean the acrylic/polycarbonate transparent covers used where rising lights are replaced with a fixed lamp under a transparent cover.

3mm acrylic would be best as its more scratch resistant, but polycarbonate would do too. Theres an eBay vendor who sells GRP buckets for about £75, which is overpriced but better than making them yourself, but he doesnt offer a lens.

If you could come up with the buckets too then thats be even better...

 

[sulzeruk]

The company is a thermo/vacuum moulding company so can do anything like that.
Alasdair

 

[944 man]

Excellent. I will buy the first pair you make that fit properly. Can they make the buckets too?

 

[PSH]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Just in case I wasnt clear, and reading it again it is a little ambiguous, I mean the acrylic/polycarbonate transparent covers used where rising lights are replaced with a fixed lamp under a transparent cover.

3mm acrylic would be best as its more scratch resistant, but polycarbonate would do too. Theres an eBay vendor who sells GRP buckets for about £75, which is overpriced but better than making them yourself, but he doesnt offer a lens.

If you could come up with the buckets too then thats be even better...

Polycarbonate would be better than acrylic for what you need Simon as it will take some very heavy impacts without cracking. However if you wanted acrylic then that can be vac-formed just as easily, however it's likely to disintegrate when hit by a stone at speed.

I'd stick with polycarbonate for longevity.

Pete

 

[T3rra]

Is it not worth doing a complete front set? Indicators as well? I understand there not as much cost or take as much time 2 replace, but still have just as much chance as getting hit.

 

[944 man]

ORIGINAL: PSH

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Just in case I wasnt clear, and reading it again it is a little ambiguous, I mean the acrylic/polycarbonate transparent covers used where rising lights are replaced with a fixed lamp under a transparent cover.

3mm acrylic would be best as its more scratch resistant, but polycarbonate would do too. Theres an eBay vendor who sells GRP buckets for about £75, which is overpriced but better than making them yourself, but he doesnt offer a lens.

If you could come up with the buckets too then thats be even better...

Polycarbonate would be better than acrylic for what you need Simon as it will take some very heavy impacts without cracking. However if you wanted acrylic then that can be vac-formed just as easily, however it's likely to disintegrate when hit by a stone at speed.

I'd stick with polycarbonate for longevity.

Pete

An old chesnut Pete. A myth seems to have developed that acrylic is as fragile as eggshell and that itll break into deadly shards if you so much as look at it.

Whilst acrylic isnt quite as resistant to impact as polycarbonate, theyre both many, many times tougher than glass (impact resistance typically 20+x for acrylic & 30x for polycarbonate). Acrylics main advantage is that it is FAR more resistant to marring whereas polycarbonate is very soft and it scratches easily. Acrylic doesnt yellow either, which polycarbonate does and another benefit in this application, is that it is optically superior too.

Remember too, that the canopies of figher aircraft are made from acrylic, not polycarbonate as were the original lenses.


Simon

 

[PSH]

I'm coming around to your way of thinking Simon, I had dismissed such materials as Plexiglass due mainly to cost but on doing a little research, it seems this product in the sheet thickness's that would be used for forming the lenses are not a lot different in cost to normal acrylic. Using this new info then yes plexiglass would be my preferred material, it's ultra clear and very tough. It will be plexiglass that's used in aircraft canopies, along with submarine windows and large aquariums. We use it a lot in the film industry, any time you see an explosion on screen there will be a sheet of plexiglass placed in front of the camera for protection , I'm used to purchasing it in large 1/2"-1" sheets which gets very expensive. In the thickness needed for these lenses, say 3mm it should be able to withstand most impacts except very large stones at high speed, even so it may only sustain a mark or cut from this due to the angle that the lens will be in relation to the forward motion of the car.

So to sum up plexiglass gets my vote..

Pete