I did an auto dimming mirror install last weekend.
That left some holes where the original mirror was mounted.

I machined an aluminum mount for a repro emblem I had.


Close up of ground down emblem in the polished block

View from the driver's seat

Close up of installed emblem...Polar White, of course!


Sure looks better than that gap in the headliner! What do you think?

 

Very nice!

 

Now that's slick! Good job that.

 

Now that's a sweet solution to your problem! Handy with a milling machine, eh?

 

Yeah...and welding, fiberglass, silicone/epoxies, moldmaking, woodworking, electronics, hydraulics/pneumatics, radio control, computers, cad design, metal fabrication...I do special fx for feature films and commercials. I have access to cool machines, tools and use a lot of different materials and processes in my work.

Always trying to think up new things for my xB!

 

Nice Work!!

Looks like a factory piece.

 

another cool thing you could do with that is mill out the bB logo, and find a white EL sheet to cut and fit behind it.

 

^ Very true. There is power available there now. That might look really cool.

Hmmm...bB dome lights!??

 

man i like it great job

 

Yes! Do it!

 

a dome light like that would be really cool too see...

 

The EL sheet wouldnt put off alot of lite, it would just illuminate the area that is exposed. i guess if you take the bB emblem that you have now, make a mold of your dome light cover and fab one up, it would work out fine. i'd leave the incadescent bulb in there for the most light, or even retrofit a 4" white cathode to make it as bright as possible.

 

Very clever...

 

We used 2" cathodes in an effect. I could parallel six or eight of them across the width.

Using the EL would be cool as accent lighting.

 

You should make those and sell them.

I need one of those too for the exact same reason.

 

You and that CNC machine=SWEET!


John

 

you're so lucky. If I have that talent and access to those cool machines, my interior pieces would be covered with polished alluminum.
do you have access to chrome plating or vacuum metalizing?I need my interior pieces chromed :D

 

We send out chrome and vacuum metalizing. Nothing in house for that.

Chrome is ez, everyone does it. VM is harder, only two or three places do it. Also, the minimum is very high. We used VM on Terminator endoskeletons.

 

talk about terminator, I use to have an endo model and bought a metalizing can paint to paint it. then buffing it looks like polished metal, but it only last for a while, I guess humidity makes it dull.

 

that looks clean...