jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

Got this put on tonight, will prob post some daytime pics also:

BuBbABFP

iTrader: (3)

that is siick man!! did u buy it or u custom made it?

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

Thanks!!! I made it

Runn

looks familiar

2001FireBird

JSNONE & Runn, both of those look really great. How'd you go about doing it? Must've taken a lot of work with making board and soldering all those LEDs. Nice job.

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

Mine was a little easier than Runns' I used red neons behind the plate at the top and bottom, where they can not be seen

wssexorz

iTrader: (5)

so do you just cut out the bird in the front or how is that made? looks badass but wondering how it looks in day

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

Heres some daytime pics:

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

You get a clear cover, put on a decal, paint over it, then peal the decal of

1sloLS1

iTrader: (1)

where do you get the clear one at

Runn

afterthoughtsauto sells them, I must have bought over 10 already..

wssexorz

iTrader: (5)

i really like it .... i would love to try it but i don't know how mine would look with a clear front .... beings i have a darker color car ... :hmm:

98 SNAKE EATER

Very nice


Here's a tip:


Because your paint is very shallow (you can see where the light shines through above the bird and around the corners), you can either paint the back of the cover black or do what I did and put mirror vinyl behind the cover itself and on the bumper


This will only allow the the light to shine through bird (not the cover) and the mirrors will make the light twice as bright





Rick

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

It actually does not shine through above the bird, I thought the same thing when I saw it, it is actually just the neon reflecting off the top because it angles out. As far as the edges go I plan on putting some black foam, like weather stripping around the edges

Runn

paint it like this instead, looks like stock with the led-lights of...

jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

howd u paint it like that?

98 SNAKE EATER

Here are a few of mine













And here's one I made for coachreed (the guy who first started making these clear covers)

http://community.webshots.com/album/25790086yVxlLZLIou







Rick


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jsnone1

iTrader: (11)

so was your first decal, the one you painted over, larger than the one you put over the clear bird?

98 SNAKE EATER

The first few covers I made, I used standard sized decals, painted it, then added a slightly smaller decal before shooting the clear....


However, the last few I've made, I just mask everything myself with masking tape, paint, remove, clear, then scuff, add smaller decal, then clear again....


The scuffing allows the light to be defused so it glows rathers than shines and handling dry clear is much easier than paint alone....









Rick

98 Raptor TA

iTrader: (9)

man, i just thought up a good idea. Take the clear cover, then spray some of that lense black out spray on it (the stuff people use to black out tail light and stuff) just spray enough to make it look black instead of clear, then cover up the bird with an overlay or whatever and paint it, then remove the overlay or masking, then when you have the light off, the bird would look black instead of clear, but with the light on, it would still shine through. On a white car like mine, the bird looking black with the lights off instead of clear would look way better in my opinion.