Easy reflectors for round headlights

[ChrisBcritter]

I was looking around in the jewelry section at Hobby Lobby for some useful items; in particular something that could be used for headlight reflectors. I spotted these little earring clips:

After examining them, they looked promising so I bought a pack. Pictures tell the rest.

Step 1:

Step 2:

And there you have it. 1/4" may be pretty close for single beams, but for round quads they should be filed down to size. Maybe for spotlights too if you filed them down a bit more. The inside is more silver than chrome but some metal polish should help that.

Hope this is useful for somebody!

 

Edited October 11, 2016 by ChrisBcritter

[BigTallDad]

Kewl!

[ChrisBcritter]

Just did a little measuring with some of my models, and it looks like single light setups will work fine - they will need to be filed down a bit to fit most quad lights. Headlight lens sizes vary quite a bit on kits, even when they shouldn't, so your mileage may vary...

[torinobradley]

I found these a while back. They are bearing cups or something for building fishing lures.  They have a hole on the crack and in the bag we're the little disks from the hole. Here is a cup, lense, and disk:  

 

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will have to look at those earrings next visit to HL

 

will have to fix the link when I get home, sorry (mobile).

Edited October 20, 2016 by torinobradley

[ChrisBcritter]

Hope you don't mind me fixing the links. Nice job!

Edited November 2, 2016 by ChrisBcritter