What do people use for making helmet lenses?

[Teese]

Other than vac-forming a lens, what do you guys/gals use to make lenses? That is the last bit in finishing my thomas helmet.

[Agent RayBans]

Thomas' "lens" is a lot easier to replicate than Guy-Man's, and it can really be as simple or as fancy as you want. On my nicer Thomas helmet I had a friend cut and curve a sheet of smoked acrylic plastic, which I would say has the best result. On the cheaper/easier DIY route in the past I have bought some window tint film and stuck it onto some clear plastic from soda bottles. Not the best result, but gets the job done.

Hope that helps.

[Teese]

very! thanks. Rep given where rep deserved

[Thomas Bangalter]

What Ray said lol, I used a sheet of PETG plastic, cut it and put LIMO tint on it, ended up costing me about $10 too, not too bad

[Disko Lee]

yeah i used the same , limo tint on plastic sheet i had lying around but im replacing mine soon so might try and go for the smoked acrylic plastic if i can find some in the uk somehwere lol

[Teese]

Does anybody else's helmet get overly hot? I mean I wear mine for five minutes and the lens is fogging up. What do people do for preventing this? Just thinking out loud here, has anyone considered using nylon stretched over a wire frame? That way, you wont have to worry about fogging, and since its breathable, you can stay cooler. Anyone try something like that with good results?

[Thomas Bangalter]

Thomas or Guy helmet? if Thomas, you have the nose holes cut out right? for mine I have 2 mini fans installed in the helmet.

[Dei]

Where did you locate the fans? At the back?

[Agent RayBans]

Does anybody else's helmet get overly hot? I mean I wear mine for five minutes and the lens is fogging up. What do people do for preventing this? Just thinking out loud here, has anyone considered using nylon stretched over a wire frame? That way, you wont have to worry about fogging, and since its breathable, you can stay cooler. Anyone try something like that with good results?

A member on here who goes by the name Daguru has used mesh in the past. I believe he used it not only for "breathe-ability" but so he could see better in the dark at concerts. While I'm sure it did work, as you can see in this photo of him a real disadvantage is that your face is slightly visible through the mesh.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3292224680_dc780cdfe9_z.jpg

If you were going to use mesh, you'd probably have to go as far as to wear a "ninja mask" type hood under the helmet, and paint around your eyes black.

IMO the perks of using mesh do not out weigh how it looks. I myself would rather use a "lens" or visor and install fans like TB suggested. That, and also training yourself to breathe out your mouth might help, too.

[chaz493]

what i did was go to westlakes, bought a piece of plexiglass, cut it to shape, then put it in the oven at about 275 F for 5 minutes, then took it out and formed it around the piece of the helmet that i cut out. then used a light layer of spray tint