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sandblasting glass spottie lenses?

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sandblasting glass spottie lenses?

Post by marin »

a mate gave me some old spotties, and suggested that i could make them into reversing lights by sandblasting the lenses to diffuse the light coming from them. Anybody got any ideas about this?

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Re: sandblasting glass spottie lenses?

Post by bogged »

marin wrote:a mate gave me some old spotties, and suggested that i could make them into reversing lights by sandblasting the lenses to diffuse the light coming from them. Anybody got any ideas about this?

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I just run a hella 181 on the rear without sandblasting, works ok...
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Post by marin »

thing is, they are 2 oldish rectangular cibie oscars, which aparently are known for the their real spot quality, with bugger all spread. I'm not looking to buy any spotties, just use what i have.

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Post by gqswb »

Spot or not they will light up the back area of your truck fine. Its not a laser beam.
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Post by droopypete »

gqswb wrote:Spot or not they will light up the back area of your truck fine. Its not a laser beam.
Don't you mean "it's not a fricken laser beam"?
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Post by gqswb »

although :idea: ........ A laser "beam" would be a nice mod to any truck. Being able to cut your own track would be very handy sometimes.
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Post by MARKx4 »

sandblasting glass is no problem. Most of the glass with logos that are clear and surounded with white is normally sandblasted.
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Post by munga »

why not swap someone for something more suitable? they are good spot lights, so why root em?
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