Re: high beam indicator light
Posted by HH56 On 2011/10/27 15:53:56
Brite is red, turn signal is amber in 51-2.
The original was an opaque or at least non-transparent color. When using clear cellophane, you may also want to use a very thin white styrene sheet to go between bulb and color. It may not be as bad on the 51 without it, but on other cars with larger openings the bulb filament shines through and that outline is very apparent. It also has a very shiny and thin look when light shines or reflects thru which I didn't like. The bit of extra matte white made all the difference.
I got these sheets for a different year car at a hobby shop but the .012 thickness of styrene is borderline. If you can find styrene at .010 or less, it would work better. Couldn't find a correct amber shade here so that was made with a layer of yellow and orange to get fairly close. Yellow was just too yellow and didn't look at all right. The .010 thickness on colors is good. Reasonably stiff and easy to work with.
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The original was an opaque or at least non-transparent color. When using clear cellophane, you may also want to use a very thin white styrene sheet to go between bulb and color. It may not be as bad on the 51 without it, but on other cars with larger openings the bulb filament shines through and that outline is very apparent. It also has a very shiny and thin look when light shines or reflects thru which I didn't like. The bit of extra matte white made all the difference.
I got these sheets for a different year car at a hobby shop but the .012 thickness of styrene is borderline. If you can find styrene at .010 or less, it would work better. Couldn't find a correct amber shade here so that was made with a layer of yellow and orange to get fairly close. Yellow was just too yellow and didn't look at all right. The .010 thickness on colors is good. Reasonably stiff and easy to work with.
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