So back in March, I was thinking about retrofitting led strips into my door mirrors. Found someone selling a set of coupe mirrors, but found out that they dont fit on a sedan. I created a thread here about this http://www.6thgenaccord.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40917
Toyed with the idea of putting leds for a Hyundai Genesis but decided against it since the curvature probably would not match and it would look like poo. So I decided to go totally custom. I picked up a corner light for a Nissan Quest so that I could cut out the lens to make the led lens. I didnt take pictures of all steps, but you will get the idea.
I cut out the shape I needed and heated the lens in my toaster oven and gently bent it into shape. I created a backing with regular plexiglass to make the backing for the led strip. Then cut out the hole in the mirror and glued the backing along with the led strip. Glued the outer lens then put some plastic edging material that is normally used to line your fender and door edge to prevent door dings so that it will have a "finished" look and also hide the cut/join groove.
Now onto the pictures!
Let me know what you guys think! Be honest, if you think it looks like poo and hand made, then say so!
Toyed with the idea of putting leds for a Hyundai Genesis but decided against it since the curvature probably would not match and it would look like poo. So I decided to go totally custom. I picked up a corner light for a Nissan Quest so that I could cut out the lens to make the led lens. I didnt take pictures of all steps, but you will get the idea.
I cut out the shape I needed and heated the lens in my toaster oven and gently bent it into shape. I created a backing with regular plexiglass to make the backing for the led strip. Then cut out the hole in the mirror and glued the backing along with the led strip. Glued the outer lens then put some plastic edging material that is normally used to line your fender and door edge to prevent door dings so that it will have a "finished" look and also hide the cut/join groove.
Now onto the pictures!
Let me know what you guys think! Be honest, if you think it looks like poo and hand made, then say so!
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