OEM-style foglight project

[motohead623]

Been tossing around the idea of making some foglight lenses and driving some LED lights behind them for an "OEM+" look/performance without paying a whole butt ton of money for poorly performing 25-year-old units. I don't know what the beam pattern is for the OEM lights, but from what I've gathered, it's pretty poor. I can do a LED array for a certain look, or an actual LED foglight unit for more function, depending on what can be achieved.

I guess I could cut out my bumper and use that as a contour for the lens; However, I'm thinking that using an actual foglight lens might be a better starting point.

However, buying a set of expensive foglights in order to avoid having to buy a set of expensive foglights is stupid. Is there anyone who has a cracked, broken, or otherwise mangled set of lenses that they have laying around that they might be willing to part with and donate to this project?

[Jarrett]

The foglight lenses are fluted on the inside and will require quite a bit of sanding and polishing in an are that doesn't have easy access. I don't know what 3D printing is capable of with clear acrylics, but getting a clear lens would be the best option. I will say that having the OEM mounting points would be a plus, too.

[illinois_erik]

on the back of the bumper cover is a template for what to cut out. other than that, make yourself your L & R plugs out of bondo and mdf, get your contours just right, or borrow some to use as molds and vacuum form some new lenses

[motohead623]

Yeah I was thinking about vacuum forming acrylic; I have a bit of experience with the material, so we'll see how that goes. 'm going to have to play with thicknesses and see what works best; I also have a few ideas as far as style goes. As for creating bondo molds, I'm really not that desperate at this point; I'm going to see if anyone has a set of throwaway lenses that they're willing to part with on the cheap.

As of right now, I'm thinking it will be too complex to fabricate a separate light bucket; maybe factory mounting points could be incorporated if I can integrate them into the plug, so that the lens flanges would mount up to the factory points; that way, it could be a single piece with a single step process. maybe a second piece formed to fit over the back to protect the lens from getting dirty.

Either way, I'd really prefer having a lens as a starting point.

[Fleetw00d]

PM'd about driver side fog light assembly.

Edit: I'm losing my mind - figured out I sent it to someone else a few months ago. I apologize.