turbocad's custom dual/quad headlight mod
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Goma29
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- Arroyo Grande, CA.
Turbocad6...Are the clear sidemarker covers available to buy? I have a pair of headlights that I will mod soon.
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
The wind in that picture needs to blow harder! 
raymond
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- Location
- Netherlands
- Car
- FX35 RWD
these paint ones reminds me of the aston's headlamp shrouds (kick-a$$ color scheme).
This is the color scheme and Set-up ( Not talking about the Dual Core ) i like.....very very much. Keep it in mind John :.smile:
yeah.. it does look badass... plus the clear side marker makes it looks even better..
john is is possible to photoshop this headlight to this setting-----> blackout+clear sidemarker with silver/greyish rings LEDs primary and secondary halo, bi xenon looks+smoked.. i just want to get a picture in my head of how my set will look like when they are done. if possible
john is is possible to photoshop this headlight to this setting-----> blackout+clear sidemarker with silver/greyish rings LEDs primary and secondary halo, bi xenon looks+smoked.. i just want to get a picture in my head of how my set will look like when they are done. if possible
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- Location
- brooklyn, ny
rubare, what do you mean when you say +smoked?... are you talking about smoked lenses? your headlights are almost done, just waiting for another shipment of leds, I'm a few short & a few have been labeled wrongly as white while actually being red, what a screw up there. imagine docs surprise when he lit his up only to find 3 white rings & one red , & this is after I checked them multiple times, but last minute I had to redo one of his & somehow a mislabeled one winded up in his :err: I'm building yet another set for him & will send them to him & he'll just send me that set back... you can be sure THAT won't happen again :frown: so screwed up, I don't have a problem admitting when I screwed up & here I really did big time, I coulda sworn I tested after the final assy even after the redo but I guess it's pretty obvious I didn't :frown:...
all the others, your headlights are pretty close to done too... I'll pm each about the specifics. I really need to get this project off my back so I can start on so many other things I have on the back burner for a really long while now... at this point I'm not even going to bother taking deposits, I'll pm each guy when there set is ready to ship out to them & at that point you can decide if you want them or not still... I'm not worried if anyone doesn't want them anymore & you'd have every right to refuse them at this point anyway... 8 months since the list here has been compiled... I suck
anyway, I'm on these things hard now to get them done... I really need to get out from under this...
, & this is after I checked them multiple times, but last minute I had to redo one of his & somehow a mislabeled one winded up in his :err: I'm building yet another set for him & will send them to him & he'll just send me that set back... you can be sure THAT won't happen again :frown: so screwed up, I don't have a problem admitting when I screwed up & here I really did big time, I coulda sworn I tested after the final assy even after the redo but I guess it's pretty obvious I didn't :frown:... all the others, your headlights are pretty close to done too... I'll pm each about the specifics. I really need to get this project off my back so I can start on so many other things I have on the back burner for a really long while now... at this point I'm not even going to bother taking deposits, I'll pm each guy when there set is ready to ship out to them & at that point you can decide if you want them or not still... I'm not worried if anyone doesn't want them anymore & you'd have every right to refuse them at this point anyway... 8 months since the list here has been compiled... I suck
anyway, I'm on these things hard now to get them done... I really need to get out from under this...
- Location
- brooklyn, ny
here's just a little peak at what I had to do to get clear corners... it looks easy in these pictures but let me tell you this stuff is a bitch to work with...
it took me several tries in this to get an acceptable mold that produced acceptable results...
this was my most sucessful method so far. first, lay them out on a board with clay & the straws are the fill & vent to cast them...
then seal this into a box for a mold pour...
this is what I used to make the silicone pour...
here is the first pour...
partially demold...
then have to make a hard shell for that part of the mold, this is the compound used for that...
and this is with the hard shell made onto this side...
ok, now that all cures, flip it over & remove all the clay & everything & left with this (reflectors reinserted here)...
then were going to set up for the second side...
and poured
make a hard shell for that side too &..
I had a lot of trouble getting an acurate mold of the reflector side, so many tiny little facets & I was getting tiny air bubbles trapped at the peak of each facet, so I had to redo a portion even on like my 3rd attempt, so I cut out the offending areas & repoured yet again, but with the reflectors horizontal to not trap air in each facet, here is the offending part cut out...
heres a few attempts
hers one of the attempts ready for a pour, pour in the center till it vents out of the 2 sides
and the material used to cast these in, it's made in france & supposedly the clearest casting resin out there...
and the end results, as I've shown here before....
as you can see, this has captured every detail of the original & is the same, even down to the reflectivity they have, these clear copies have just as much reflectivity & transparency as the originals, only not amber
at first I wasn't going to show all the steps it took to make these, but then again I highly doubt anyone else is going to go out & spend hundreds of $$ on materials & spend so many hours trying to reproduce these just to have a set of clears anyway, & if anyone was so inclined then hey, more power to you, at least now you have a clue as to what's involved & know that it can be done...
heres a shot of just some of my current mold making supplies for this & the different products I tried... think I spent about $700 in mold making supplies already, I know just my last one trip to pearl art supply was like $450 alone :tonguey: this stuff is pricey & wasting/ruining while learning how to work with it sucks
now the bad part about this is, the mold only lasts so long, & after several castings the mold is no good, have to do it all over again... I got ~6-7 sets out of one good mold & it's time for another mold..., 2 of these sets I've used for testing of smoking methods & compatability, & one set didn't come out well because I had the mold clamped too tight, so the yeild at this point for all these efforts is 4 good sets for those asking about buying just the clears, I won't have any for sale until I finish all these lights & at that point if I still have my sanity enough to produce more I may be able to sell a few sets, or I may just keep them as exclusive to my own lights only, not too sure yet, have to make yet another mold & see how many I can yield out of that one...
it took me several tries in this to get an acceptable mold that produced acceptable results...
this was my most sucessful method so far. first, lay them out on a board with clay & the straws are the fill & vent to cast them...
then seal this into a box for a mold pour...
this is what I used to make the silicone pour...
here is the first pour...
partially demold...
then have to make a hard shell for that part of the mold, this is the compound used for that...
and this is with the hard shell made onto this side...
ok, now that all cures, flip it over & remove all the clay & everything & left with this (reflectors reinserted here)...
then were going to set up for the second side...
and poured
make a hard shell for that side too &..
I had a lot of trouble getting an acurate mold of the reflector side, so many tiny little facets & I was getting tiny air bubbles trapped at the peak of each facet, so I had to redo a portion even on like my 3rd attempt, so I cut out the offending areas & repoured yet again, but with the reflectors horizontal to not trap air in each facet, here is the offending part cut out...
heres a few attempts
hers one of the attempts ready for a pour, pour in the center till it vents out of the 2 sides
and the material used to cast these in, it's made in france & supposedly the clearest casting resin out there...
and the end results, as I've shown here before....
as you can see, this has captured every detail of the original & is the same, even down to the reflectivity they have, these clear copies have just as much reflectivity & transparency as the originals, only not amber
at first I wasn't going to show all the steps it took to make these, but then again I highly doubt anyone else is going to go out & spend hundreds of $$ on materials & spend so many hours trying to reproduce these just to have a set of clears anyway, & if anyone was so inclined then hey, more power to you, at least now you have a clue as to what's involved & know that it can be done...
heres a shot of just some of my current mold making supplies for this & the different products I tried... think I spent about $700 in mold making supplies already, I know just my last one trip to pearl art supply was like $450 alone :tonguey: this stuff is pricey & wasting/ruining while learning how to work with it sucks
now the bad part about this is, the mold only lasts so long, & after several castings the mold is no good, have to do it all over again... I got ~6-7 sets out of one good mold & it's time for another mold..., 2 of these sets I've used for testing of smoking methods & compatability, & one set didn't come out well because I had the mold clamped too tight, so the yeild at this point for all these efforts is 4 good sets
for those asking about buying just the clears, I won't have any for sale until I finish all these lights & at that point if I still have my sanity enough to produce more I may be able to sell a few sets, or I may just keep them as exclusive to my own lights only, not too sure yet, have to make yet another mold & see how many I can yield out of that one...- Location
- Fountain Valley, CA
- Name
- Alex
holy crap john.....that is some amazingg write up
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Car
- 05 FX35 RWD
RTV FTW. Nice work there, & yep, them materials are expensive.
- Location
- Southern California
very nice results, I thought about doing them like you for a NY second lol
- Location
- Westchester, New York
- Car
- 09 FX50
john stop being so awesome.
just kidding keep on doing what you do best
just kidding keep on doing what you do best
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
John, ... now you are IS pro plastic molder.
raymond
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- Location
- Netherlands
- Car
- FX35 RWD
I was reading that with my mouth open......John again and i don't think we can say this often enough......your amazing. The ideas and mods you've done are truely inspiring to keep modding.
Great work buddy, can't wait when your ready...!! :.smile:
Great work buddy, can't wait when your ready...!! :.smile:
SCY7H3
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- Location
- Toronto, Ontario
- Car
- 2012 FX35S AWD
John, you're amazing! The things you do, you should start your own brand name and create mods for Infiniti's!
btw, is there a chance I can buy a set of those clear corners off you? I'm sure alot of us here would like to while we're doing our headlight conversions!
I'll start the list:
1. Goma29
2. Rubare
3. Phantom
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btw, is there a chance I can buy a set of those clear corners off you? I'm sure alot of us here would like to while we're doing our headlight conversions!
I'll start the list:
1. Goma29
2. Rubare
3. Phantom
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GordonFX1987
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- Location
- Eastvale, CA 92880
- Car
- 2007 Infiniti FX35
I want a set headlight....wow..John can you PM me a price ?
- Location
- brooklyn, ny
haha, I think these headlights are going to be the death of me :tonguey:
I keep working on them, & working on them & working on them but there never done
I really am so very close, I sware I work on these at least a few nights a week , a few hours each time, also at least an hour or 2 every sunday evening, sometimes late saturday nights.... I've left work early a few times to get some more work in on these & even taken a day off work at one point to work on these too, just so tedious & time consuming & frustrating... I'm too much of a perfectionist & you really can have no clue as to how much I torture myself with this project... I get verey frustraited when I don't get perfection but I'm now at the point where I'm just going by a grading system to either pass or fail each thing...
the clear corners are also a whole little nightmare project within this overall project... I have redone the mold yet again & am now starting to cast more of the clears... the resin I cast these out of is very slow curing so when I do pour a mold I wind up not being able to even open the mold for a few days at least, then another day or 2 before I can take them completely out of the opened mold & have them not loose there shape... because of this the yeild is pretty low, I'm lucky if under ideal conditions I'd be able to get like 6 sets a month out of the mold, but that's assuming everything else is good... every time I have to redo the mold it's over another week or 2 of just no production on the clears... I know so many want the clears & I wish I could just pop them out one after the other but it just hasn't been happening like that...
heres my latest shot... I am so close, but I know I've said that before too but really, I am I'm putting off so many other things that I just don't want to even touch till this is project is done & satisfied...
and now with this next picture I think I should hold a contest or something: "how many FX mods can you spot in this picture?"
I keep working on them, & working on them & working on them but there never done
I really am so very close, I sware I work on these at least a few nights a week , a few hours each time, also at least an hour or 2 every sunday evening, sometimes late saturday nights.... I've left work early a few times to get some more work in on these & even taken a day off work at one point to work on these too, just so tedious & time consuming & frustrating... I'm too much of a perfectionist & you really can have no clue as to how much I torture myself with this project... I get verey frustraited when I don't get perfection but I'm now at the point where I'm just going by a grading system to either pass or fail each thing...
the clear corners are also a whole little nightmare project within this overall project... I have redone the mold yet again & am now starting to cast more of the clears... the resin I cast these out of is very slow curing so when I do pour a mold I wind up not being able to even open the mold for a few days at least, then another day or 2 before I can take them completely out of the opened mold & have them not loose there shape... because of this the yeild is pretty low, I'm lucky if under ideal conditions I'd be able to get like 6 sets a month out of the mold, but that's assuming everything else is good... every time I have to redo the mold it's over another week or 2 of just no production on the clears... I know so many want the clears & I wish I could just pop them out one after the other but it just hasn't been happening like that...
heres my latest shot... I am so close, but I know I've said that before too
but really, I am I'm putting off so many other things that I just don't want to even touch till this is project is done & satisfied...
and now with this next picture I think I should hold a contest or something: "how many FX mods can you spot in this picture?"
SCY7H3
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- Location
- Toronto, Ontario
- Car
- 2012 FX35S AWD
WOW!! That room is like an Infiniti x-mas!! I'd be like a kid in a candy shop!! I see LED mirror covers....struts...front grills...oh man someone hold me back! haha
What if you made two or more molds for the clears? Then you'd have double or triple the volume coming out...plus you can put these clears out on ebay to sell and make alot of Fx owners quite happy =D You can patent the design lol
Oh, just a note, when I was doing my headlight mod, i realized that nailpolish remover takes off the chrome paint quite easily and doesn't damage the plastic...might be useful if you dont' want to sand the chrome....
What if you made two or more molds for the clears? Then you'd have double or triple the volume coming out...plus you can put these clears out on ebay to sell and make alot of Fx owners quite happy =D You can patent the design
lolOh, just a note, when I was doing my headlight mod, i realized that nailpolish remover takes off the chrome paint quite easily and doesn't damage the plastic...might be useful if you dont' want to sand the chrome....
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