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Any updates on this?

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I am still waiting on the OEM reflector piece to get 3D scanned. It is taking forever. I need to call the guy and follow up. I hope he didn't lose it...

 

Once the reflector piece gets scanned and I have it in CAD. I am going to manipulate the back so the backing of the OEM reflector is the back and then I have to modify the shape of the JDM CAD Vent to match the size of the OEM reflector. Essentially I will have to mend the JDM vent as the front and the OEM reflector as the back. If you look at the JDM vent piece now, their openings are clipped in. Our OEM pieces are screwed in.

 

So these vents if I'm looking at them correctly replace the reflectors that I have in the rear of my bumper? If so I'd be in as well.

 

Yes sir. Adding on to my above comment. The whole OEM reflector comes off, my JDM replica vent will screw into the existing OEM hole. It will not clip into the bumper like the JDM vent

 

Why don't you just cut them out so they actually work?

 

I did it to my 09 Lego and my 99 Lego I grafted 09 Bumper parts on...

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/30R16_zps33490a7d.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/DSC_1602.jpg

 

It is hard to see your 09 Legacy. You said cut them out. You mean dremel out the bumper and have a big hole in the bumper?

 

Right now I have a vinyl piece over my opening

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/IMAG5158_zpsa0c175b0.jpg

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Anybody have the technology to do this? Doesn't discojon have a 3D printer? There has to be a few people on here that could help with CAD.

 

I do and I'd be willing to print them. I looked into making these once but IIRC there was bumper foam behind the vents or something that wouldn't allow them to be functional.

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I do and I'd be willing to print them. I looked into making these once but IIRC there was bumper foam behind the vents or something that wouldn't allow them to be functional.

Yeah, these are all for show. Even the JDM ones are just for aesthetics, I believe.

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Hey all! I have been so busy. Since starting this "project", I have since gotten a new job, new place, got engaged AND got married. LOL so things have been hectic. I will have some free time I think soon so I will continue this project.

 

I do and I'd be willing to print them. I looked into making these once but IIRC there was bumper foam behind the vents or something that wouldn't allow them to be functional.

 

Discojon, I will message you. I found a member that could scan them for me but that is it. I would need to have the CAD modified to fit. do you have those capabilities? Otherwise, I need you to scan as an STP file so that I can modify it. The scan I got made took forever and he only made it as a PRT file and I cannot modify it.

 

Check through my thread, I have some pictures of what the USDM opening looks like without the reflector

 

Yeah, these are all for show. Even the JDM ones are just for aesthetics, I believe.

 

Yes, I have a JDM piece and it is just for show. The vents arent even cut out. It is a solid vent piece.

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For those of you catching up on this and havent looked through the thread:

 

This is a JDM vent held up to my USDM bumper opening. No cutting or trimming will make this fit since the JDM bumper is shorter, the curvature is different. The JDM vent is supposed to be recessed more so the JDM would have to be extruded out more.

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/BumperVent.jpg

 

A Picture of the JDM vents:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/BumperVent2.jpg

http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3436809&postcount=46

 

Installed JDM examples on JDM rear bumpers

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/Exhaust_K2Gear3.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/DSC00746.jpg

http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3458755&postcount=72

 

I have contacted Ravspec and other companies, they are not willing to take this on because it is such a small part I believe.

 

I have tried contacting manufacturing places but they want metal molds made and it wouldve been in the 1000s to make the molds.

 

So, I am in the process of trying to 3D scan them, modify the part in CAD and 3D print it possibly. I got a 3D scan done but the place i went to took months to do it and when it got down, it was in an un-editable format.

http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=200297&stc=1&d=1458055315

 

I also tried to make a mold of it and try to CAD that but it is alot harder than it looks.

 

These have been my efforts to try to make a mold and also a view of the opening and the difference in curvatures and how it really is not as easy as it looks:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/1IMAG3861_zpsa5rao3jm.jpg

 

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/3overlay_zpsn49ajjql.jpg

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/4rough%20draft_zps1qqm2nte.jpg

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I tried to use some clay to make an outline of the USDM opening and use the clay mold to measure distances, angles, etc but it was not exact enough.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/6Mold_zpsublxpyct.jpg

 

Here is a picture of the JDM Vent next to the USDM reflector. You can see the size difference here

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/5Us%20Reflector%20VS%20JDM%20Vent_zpsgwkoyawe.jpg

 

Lastly, This is the back of the USDM vent, then JDM vent, then the clay mold I made of the USDM opening. As you can see, the JDM vent is shaped much different and it clips into the shorter JDM rear bumper. The opening is more shallow so the angle of curvature is much more extreme. The USDM reflector is recessed in the USDM opening and it is held in place by a screw and plastic nut. My plan is to have the JDM vent 3D scanned, the curvatures pulled out to fit the USDM opening and then have a screw in the back of the Modified vent so that it screws into the existing USDM reflector hole

 

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/8US%20Reflector%20Vs%20JDM%20Vent%20vs%20US%20Mold_zpsiptxhy0d.jpg

 

 

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z314/imprezsing04/9US%20reflector%20VS%20mold%20VS%20JDM%20Vent%202_zpsibyrt2vd.jpg

 

I hope to have some progress in the next few weeks with the scans/CAD etc

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