It appears that rooms in the St Charles area are going to be getting tighter as time goes on. The Bloomington Gold has now sold out most of its rooms and are looking for more hotels as well. Just a reminder if you need a room PLEASE BOOK I am getting two to three calls a day asking for rooms yet we are not seeing that in bookings at the Hampton. Rooms at Pheasant run will not suddenly reappear so please book now so if we need more rooms I can get them. Ken -----Original Message----- From: doctorDHD@xxxxxxx To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: gekko@xxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:55:47 EST Subject: [DML] Re: Faded tail turn signal lens Craig, I once thought about doing this and did find the correct color at Joanne's Fabrics, but when I looked closer I found 2 problems: 1) it seemed that only part of the turn signal lens was accessible from the rear. That is there was the lateral section which seemed seal off from the rest. 2) On my lenses there was a milky white appearance which I didn't think would get any better by tinting the inside and tinting the outside seemed like too much wok because of the black lattice. I waited and waited and finally bought a complete set of all lenses, bulbs, and headlight when they went on sale after the DMC Texas meeting. D² & 6530 Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 07:49:24 -0800 From: "Gekko@TDS" <gekko@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Faded tail turn signal lens I may take heat from the purist DMC crowd, but here goes: Many D's have this problem: One taillight lens has the original orange section for the turn signal on one side and the other is faded, almost as clear as the backup lens. I'm told that Delorean used two different vendors to supply their lenses and one used a dye that didn't bond as well with the plexi-plastic lens, allowing it to fade, over time. For the most part, replacing the lens with a (now about $125.00) expensive NOS or good one from a wrecked car was the only choice. I figured that since my car is not a garage trophy and will never need to be a perfect as a concourse show vehicle, I should look for a way to save and use the otherwise perfect lens. At a local (chain) crafts store named "Michael's" I bought a transparent paint that's painted on glass panes to produce a looks-like stained glass. I didn't find "orange" but a rose-red and yellow combined to make a really close orange which I painted on the inside of the lens. It takes 10-20 hours to fully dry and took three coats to get a density that approximates the original, but at a savings of $115 and an outward appearance that's very near original, I'm very happy with it and I've saved using up the dwindling supplies of replacement parts. Just a suggestion! Craig Werner 07181 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/