Lens mounting

[kingsredarmy]

I was wondering how did y’all mount the lens on your helmets? I tried the studio creations method with the abs tabs and I snapped two of them. I

 

 

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[BikerScout007]

Hot glue on the sides, none on the top and bottom.  Seems to work well and gives a little bit more air circulation.  

[Aradun]

Here you can see the gobs of hot glue along the edges and just a dab where the lens touches the faceplate in the middle.



And here you can see the natural gap between the lens and the faceplate as per the originals.




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[bobafett4ever]

On 7/1/2020 at 12:37 AM, AradunFF said:

Here you can see the gobs of hot glue along the edges and just a dab where the lens touches the faceplate in the middle.



And here you can see the natural gap between the lens and the faceplate as per the originals.




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Can I ask, was your visor already bent/flexed, or was it flexible and you just glued it in and it stayed flexed in that position?

[Aradun]

It’s flexible and very thin. Think along the lines of something a tad thicker than card stock, so it flexes naturally. As you can see from the photos above it is merely tacked in place with hot glue along the entire outer left and right side of the lens with a small tack spot at the top and bottom of the lens where the bridge of the nose would be.

 

You don’t want to tack the entire lens flush against the face plate for two reasons:

 

1) even though the lens is flexible, forcing it to mount flush will place the lens under too much stress and while I don’t think it will be enough stress to crack the lens, the stress will make it very difficult for glue to hold it in place.

 

2) the fact that it doesn’t sit flush is a benefit as it allows a little air circulation around the lens, which helps reduce potential fogging issues, plus given how hot it gets under that bucket you want as much circulation as you can get.

[bdgr]

Surprisingly, I initially used blue painters tape for mock ups, but it held the lens so well it is now "permanent".  Haven't had any issues or the need to replace it after years and years of trooping.