Custom 3rd brake cover

[HoosierZ]

On a couple of my previous trucks, I made custom covers for the 3rd brake lights by molding fiberglass over the light. I decided to do the same for my 2016.

 

Made this for my 2008.

 

 

I started by wrapping the light in aluminum foil. The foil got torn on the sharp corners so I taped over them and added another layer of foil.

 

 

I did 3 layers of fiberglass cloth with resin over each layer and let it sit for a couple hours to cure.

 

 

This is after initial trimming and sanding. I'm still undecided on what I want the design of the cut-outs to be.

 

[OldBlue61]

Cool idea. I haven't worked with glass in a long time, but that's good idea.

[HoosierZ]

Finished trimming the edges and cut out where the lights are. It's now ready for my painter.

 

 

[JimCost2014]

Pretty cool, nice work! You should try some for the tail lights.

[HoosierZ]

Pretty cool, nice work! You should try some for the tail lights.

Thanks. Thought has crossed my mind.

[HoosierZ]

The wife saw it and now wants one for her 2017 Colorado. For whatever reason, GM made the light much larger on the smaller trucks.

[JimCost2014]

Just to mess with you.

[bmblank]

I wonder if anybody has modeled this sort of thing so I might be able to add my own design and 3d print it.

 

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[Black Denali Canada]

3D Printers FTW ! lol

 

To answer I haven't seen a model of that yet but if you are any good on a design program it wouldn't be crazy hard if you have the part to work from.

 

 

 

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[Darth_Vader]

Couldn't you just do this with some thick mil vinyl? I haven't worked with vinyl in over a decade but I am pretty sure we had some stuff that was thick enough to block the extra light.

[bmblank]

I'm pretty comfortable with SOLIDWORKS, but all those curves and compound curves... It's hard to get it to fit JUST right.

 

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[HoosierZ]

Got a cover made for the Colorado today.

 

[Black Denali Canada]

I'm pretty comfortable with SOLIDWORKS, but all those curves and compound curves... It's hard to get it to fit JUST right.

 

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This is true !! Maybe 3D scanner ;)

 

 

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[bmblank]

I have access to a faro arm that has a scanner on it, but we didn't pay for the software to convert to a solid model.

 

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[Black Denali Canada]

Is that part of solidworks ?

 

 

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