Stardustsparkles
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- Your Mercedes
- E-class 2016+
Heya, new here. Going to say straight up I don't own, nor have any immediate plans on owning a merc, not in the financial position to do so for quite a while, but my cousin has recently taken me out in his recently acquired MB 3.0 turbo diesel 2017 estate (can't remember what class, but damn it looks sleek) and my gosh does it fly. He's a proper car geek and knows so much about cars, and typically hunted down one with as many optional extras and a few rare ones too (can't remember for the life of me, but I think one was adjustable air suspension? I had that on my Lexus rx350 which was nice to have).
Annnnyway... One thing I can say, is mercedes hands down have the sexiest rear lights! The e-class stardust rear lights, what a simple but yet innovative idea!
I do own a 97 Toyota celica though. Which has been overhauled with an engine conversion and is my pride and joy. Which leads me on to why I'm here.
I'm currently making a set of rear lights for it. You might be thinking 'oh, they'll look tacky/thrown together looking like I'm striving for a Blue Peter badge'...
If they do, they won't be going on it. I got high standards. My taste in style might be different, but I know the difference between good quality and different tastes! They're mostly already made, except for the indicator portion. Which is where these stardust lights come in. I was wanting to get someone to 3d cad/print an insert and replicate the stardust physical properties into this insert which would then be installed on the modified light housing indicator section, but he's letting me down massively and I've lost confidence in his abilities. So, I'ma be making it myself. Out of carbon fiber for the insert faceplate (all you probably see is words so far with no clue what I'm on about, I'll link a pic so you can understand where I'm going with this) which will then have the actual 2016+ s213 outer rear light stardust reflective pieces modified to shapely fit in the profile of the indicator section. (I could probably explain this better if I had a better brain that worked coherently and could pull together descriptions clear and concisely).
Design intention for indicator section:
The red is an led fiber optic tube light as a side light providing visibility from the side)
Current progress:
The outer lip will likely be painted white. That is blue weave carbon fiber.
I'm really hoping this turns out as I'm imagining, because I really want to have stardust indicators!
(apologies to those that think my idea is horrendous )
Annnnyway... One thing I can say, is mercedes hands down have the sexiest rear lights! The e-class stardust rear lights, what a simple but yet innovative idea!
I do own a 97 Toyota celica though. Which has been overhauled with an engine conversion and is my pride and joy. Which leads me on to why I'm here.
I'm currently making a set of rear lights for it. You might be thinking 'oh, they'll look tacky/thrown together looking like I'm striving for a Blue Peter badge'...
If they do, they won't be going on it. I got high standards. My taste in style might be different, but I know the difference between good quality and different tastes! They're mostly already made, except for the indicator portion. Which is where these stardust lights come in. I was wanting to get someone to 3d cad/print an insert and replicate the stardust physical properties into this insert which would then be installed on the modified light housing indicator section, but he's letting me down massively and I've lost confidence in his abilities. So, I'ma be making it myself. Out of carbon fiber for the insert faceplate (all you probably see is words so far with no clue what I'm on about, I'll link a pic so you can understand where I'm going with this) which will then have the actual 2016+ s213 outer rear light stardust reflective pieces modified to shapely fit in the profile of the indicator section. (I could probably explain this better if I had a better brain that worked coherently and could pull together descriptions clear and concisely).
Design intention for indicator section:
The red is an led fiber optic tube light as a side light providing visibility from the side)
Current progress:
The outer lip will likely be painted white. That is blue weave carbon fiber.
I'm really hoping this turns out as I'm imagining, because I really want to have stardust indicators!
(apologies to those that think my idea is horrendous )
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