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Date:         Wed, 5 Dec 2012 08:27:36 -0600
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight protectors
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAHTkEuJz7bfuNZoeeN8s_xaifDwYS0HRrxC1TiDkO_s3+BmL+Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Don, I have the lexan - but where did your velcro dots come from - or what brand were they., Sources here are different and difficult at times.

Thanks,

John

On 12/4/2012 10:02 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > I didn't read the "thread" except for the subject so maybe this has been > mentioned... > > My Vanagon hasn't had problems with broken headlamps but if it did I > would do what I did on one of my dirtbikes, a KTM that saw lots of rocks > thrown up by other bikes ahead of me on fire roads and down in Baja. It > had a flat lens, like my E-code lights in the van, so this would work on > the van also. I had some 1/8" Lexan left over from a boat I was working > on so I cut a piece to cover the headlamp. You can easily work Lexan with > home shop tools. You can cut it with a jig saw and smooth it with a > sander....I have a band saw and a router I rounded over the edges with... > I used some of those industrial strength stick-on velcro 'dots' to hold the > lexan lens shield onto the outside of the headlamp...Removable for cleaning > and it never came off during riding or crashes. That thickness of Lexan > is supposed to be able to withstand a 22 long rifle bullet fired at it....I > know it repelled the "roost" on some pretty wild motor excursions. You > could probably use 'smoke' Lexan if you wanted the 'blacked-out' custom > look....The lens cover on my moto was smoke and I couldn't tell any > difference in illumination with it on or off the bike. Lexan is neat > stuff that I find many uses for in my van and boats. >


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