1952 GL update thread

[chug_A_bug]

nice job...
I'd say go with the black anodizing but keep the hardware in silver stainless.

[Bug@5speed(US)]

Pete,

Wow, very nice ride.... I especially like the LM's beautiful.

Any thoughts on making a run of our style uniball setup? Food for thought.

Can't wait to see the finished product.
VR
Alex

[petevw]

By unanimous decision i'll be anodizing the plates black.

I have stainless button heads, and have ordered some polished/chromed button head fastners too. The stainless button heads i have look dull. Should have it all together by the end of the week. We'll see how she looks.

Dave, i like the rubber u-channel idea for around the panel. I'll see if i can find some locally.

Post pics of your uniball setup Alex. Don't think we've seen them.

Pete

[Bug@5speed(US)]

Pete,

I was typing too fast, OUR should have been YOUR..

I only have the GWD, spring plates, on 944 alum arms.

My mistake.. truely sorry for confusion
Alex

[petevw]

Headlights: Made some adapter plates to get the FX45 projectors in the H4 hole. Tons of trial and error, that lead to this:





The Carbon backing plates, bezels, and adapter rings are done for the projectors. Adapter rings for the bezel to projector i made out of UHMW. The Bezels were ground down to sit flush with the backing plate. I need to fit/trim the thin carbon sheet i have for the inner headlight housing(where the turn signal light goes).



Have the Slim ballasts and modified D2S bulbs so everything can fit in the bucket. When mocking it up, found the fender buckets have been smoothed out. Went over to my friends house to check out his '61 rag headlights. Ahh......the fenders need mounting tabs! Bent up some thick shim stock and was starting to get it radius'd and figured it would be too much time/work. So do we cut them out a set of other fenders? Couldn't find a decent early pair as donors, so ordered a pair of replacement buckets. Should be here in a couple weeks.



I had bought speedster headlight grills, figuring it would fit over the glass as i've seen pics of this done before. It doesn't. I may grind the flange down to try and make it work, doubt it will. Went to a stained glass workshop to enquire about grinding down the lens to fit inside the grill. The glass shop foreman gave me the "go-away" price of $250 a lens.
Got in touch with a guy in Norway that has done this. He spaced out the lens into the fender from the headlight ring, using a fan belt as a spacer. I don't have room to do that. The projector is so close to the rear of the fender bucket, that i had to get custom ended D2S HID bulbs from a Taiwanese manufacturer to get it all to fit.

What should i use for a lens? Early VW fluted, VW clear, 911 glass?
I've also seen yellow 911 lenses from France. Pretty cool.....

Pete

[Wally]

Pete,

Don't forget that you (big) wheels need room inside the fender as well. They may touch anything that protrudes too much out of the headlight bucket..?

Personally I like 911 lights/glass in an early style fender

Walter

[chug_A_bug]

nice work with the CF...
I love the way the yellow looks on the 911's go that way it's something really
Different

Chris.

[Xellex]

I guess those projectors are going to be used with xenon (HID) bulbs, so as far as I know the only recommended lens is the "clearglass" one.

[NO_H2O]

911 glass.

[petevw]

Originally Posted by Xellex

I guess those projectors are going to be used with xenon (HID) bulbs, so as far as I know the only recommended lens is the "clearglass" one.

The projector will be very close to the lens. So the fluted lens should not affect the light beam.

Using the fluted, will make my details hard to see.

911 headlight glass looks like this:



OEM yellow French lenses:

[petevw]

The trans issues with the super, took me away from the split for a couple weeks. That's all sorted, so back to the '52.

Got the "clips" back from the anodize shop. Did them satin black with chrome fastners. Picked them up before work on Thursday, and assembled them afterwards getting both doors done. Here's the 4am, sleepy, blurry phone pic:



Pete

[NO_H2O]

That came out looking very nice.
Is that 5 bar treadplate you have on the floor? I have been looking for a sorce for some 5 bar. Need to make some interior door panels and other stuff for my wifes Pinzgauer.

[Humble]

Wow, those came out beautifully, a very nice touch

[volkdent]

How did you end up choosing FX45 projectors? Are they Bi-Xenon? I'm asking as I will soon have one of the Bi-Xenons of my recently damaged 335 and I'm wondering if there is a size difference that makes the FX45 projector a better choice.

Jason

[Steve C]

Hi

Pelican parts sell clear Porsche headlight cover. http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...vers%2C%20pair

I'm not sure how optically clean they would be.

Steve