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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 11:56 AM
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Help: what is this material?

What's this plastic type material that has the blue light behind it?? Is that just how fiberglass dries (kind of transparent and foggy) and what can you paint it with so the light will still show?

Or can you use plexiglass and paint it a flat silver or white..will the light still shine through?

Any help is greatly appreciated
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 03:40 PM
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that is cool as fuck!
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 03:52 PM
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Hellzz f*ck'n yea.. It's the alpine M3. It was as the HIN at atlantic city. I want at least one piece of my interior looking like that.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 05:08 PM
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That looks tite!!

If I were you, I'd ask Streetz about it.. I'm sure he know..
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 06:03 PM
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It is white, just the glow from the neon in the backseat, or where the backseat was. Alpine's website has more pictures.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by Woodsdaddy
It is white, just the glow from the neon in the backseat, or where the backseat was. Alpine's website has more pictures.
I know the stuff on the dash is reflecting the blue. I'm talking about the blue light on the driver side door.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 08:33 PM
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I'm guessing it's a etched while plastic of some type with white lights behind it. The etched plastic distributes the light behind it making it look like it's entirely illuminated. I'm also guessing he did some creative placement of the lights so that the light showing through was consistant. I can picture in my mind how it's probably done, but I'm having a hard time explaining. Hope this helps.

-Aaron
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 09:34 PM
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What ever it is; it cool!
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 11:09 PM
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It's plexi glass. But it's been "frosted" to perfection. It's backlit with custom EL lighting.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 11:33 PM
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Originally posted by StreetEffectz
It's plexi glass. But it's been "frosted" to perfection. It's backlit with custom EL lighting.
How do you frost? Is this something you can do for me, Ron?. Thanks.
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 09:06 AM
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I would think the hard part is bending the plexiglass.
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 09:52 AM
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Sure, I can do it, no problem at all
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 11:16 AM
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Sure, I can do it, no problem at all
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 08:31 PM
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I think you can frost it by sandblasting the backside of the acrylic. You'll need to use a fine compound though...
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Old Nov 28, 2001 | 10:14 AM
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That looks awesome but why are the gauges in the middle
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Old Nov 28, 2001 | 10:47 AM
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It's the Alpine M3. go to www.alpine1.com. I NEED this setup..hahha.
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