Cone8v Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I have a set of pristine twin headlight masks and carriers on my other manta, is it possible to make another copy of them by 3d printing or a similar method. Has anyone here tried it? The ones i found online for sale are all beat up and half destroyed. Can i buy them new anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I’ve never seen any for sale new. Ever. Some folk say they’ve successfully taken them off and refitted but how true this is is yet to be seen and believed. I think 3d printing would only work if you can use a less brittle plastic, as they have to stretch when you fit them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Last new ones I bought was 1990 from the IOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I had to heat up the surrounds with a hairdryer to get them pliable enough to mould round the headlights, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cone8v Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 The 3d printed ones? Haha yeah i figured, saw some on sale on facebook for 400 eu a pair, ill find the link. Are you talking about the plastic headlight masks right? The rectangle shaped ones. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0RDSVpjnNDAH69WbJWM2a3umjAZoPdAsnP2dZnsHQAUF1HktgtctayYaR1nL9ovyAl&id=103227908284578 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Nice play with possible original standard frames with quads inside. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 17 minutes ago, ®evo03 said: Nice play with possible original standard frames with quads inside. Could probably do that with a modded metal frame version as they do have some material that could be taken off, or the whole back of the light modded further back. Guess that’s one advantage of easy access to 3D printing (commercial grade) as prototype manufacturing is easy now. Quite like that though, would give larger selection of light options with inner been the lenses type like on the modern cars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cone8v Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) What do you mean by "nice play". Edited March 21 by Cone8v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 It could be made with old headlight, glass type, and quad round lights, or as Jess said made from new methods, 3d printing. I am free to play with a few square lights for my next project. This is another idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cone8v Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 I see, good luck.ill probably try to scan my only good pair of twin headlight masks for 3d printing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-400 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I remember they were scanned and 3d printed at an episode of Car SOS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cone8v Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Just wondering why no one here has done it, its a pretty rare piece of the manta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Got a spare pair of after market covers if you're going the early two piece version. Edited March 22 by Vince Add photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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