Rectangular headlight and tail light lenses

[Soul2012]

Have you given any thought to having your lenses 3d printed?
I know it can be done but I have not tried it as yet.
I guess mainly because I do not have the correct filament in yet.

[Tgrzes]

I read an article about a month ago about some “clear” filament and they said it was more opaque than clear, so I really haven’t given that much thought. I’ll do some more research there. In the mean time, today I made a silicone mold and tried casting them in clear epoxy. It looks promising so far, but I won’t know for sure until I pop them out of the mold tomorrow. Thanks for the 3D print suggestion!

[Tgrzes]

My first attempt casting one of the stock Globeliner tail lights in clear epoxy resin. Definitely room for improvement, but it might work. I need to refine the silicone mold process a bit and figure out how to eliminate tiny air bubbles, especially on the headlight which was really bad. I also ordered some dye since I’ll need red, blue, green and amber.
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