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Posted By: Smed Clear light status>>>>?? - 07/27/00 11:22 PM
Hey guys, was wondering what the latest was on the rear clear lenses were for the 98+ tours??

Ciao
Posted By: Chris Hightower Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 07/28/00 06:35 PM
I know I'll take a pair. Until then, I am working on making some like the Altezza and the Lexus SUV. I'm going to get some old ones off a junk yard and rework the insides. Then just bend and glue some Lexan over it. Poof! You have clear taillights.
Posted By: JFolker Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 07/28/00 07:19 PM
APC is still bull****ting....Saying 3months. Might as well call them Sean Hyland...
Posted By: Corbett Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 07/28/00 08:22 PM
there's a guy in cali that will custom make them for 500 bones. I'm sending mine their this winter if APC doesnt have any by then

---- Envy
Posted By: Chris Hightower Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 08/07/00 05:37 PM
Last year I did a LOT of research into getting copy's of my lenses made clear. I found that due to the high number of prisms in out taillights, making the mold itself would be a B1TCH!!! By that I mean $40,000 for a pair conservatively. Appearantly it takes something like 10 tons of pressure just to make them. That is just for the outer lights. Forget the center pieces between the lights for both generations. Once the mold is made, they are REALLY cheap to make. Something like $10!! The people that I talked to said that if I where to have the mold made, then I would own it. I would then send the mold to a molder and say "make me 200 sets of these things please." Each set would then be really cheap. I would still own the mold. If we could get the mold made, we could sell it to an aftermarket part maker for about what we paid for it. We could split the cost of the molds.
I have already been through all this, but we can try again since it looks like enough people want them.

Chris http://crush7.dyndns.org/mondeo
Posted By: Leo Daidone Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 08/11/00 11:46 PM
NVMY98SVT. Does the guy in Cali have a shop? I'm interested in a set for my car.
Posted By: Semaj Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 08/15/00 11:23 PM
WTF, how come contour owners have to buy their own feckin mold...? I dont think Civic and Integra owners had to pitch together like this for stuff... but I guess that's what makes us a tighter group......
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[This message has been edited by Semaj (edited August 15, 2000).]
Posted By: Chris Hightower Re: Clear light status>>>>?? - 08/16/00 04:08 PM
Here's a rendition of what my Altezza lights will be looking like.
http://crush7.dyndns.org/altezzatour.jpg

Chris Hightower http://crush7.dyndns.org/
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