Help with Heatwave Blurs for Airplane Engine

Hey everyone,
I’m trying to create a heatwave blur effect for my plane engine’s exhaust, similar to what ItsSkelly used in one of his projects. I reached out to him, and he mentioned that he achieved the effect by making a cone with bumps, but I’m struggling to find or recreate the perfect cone for this. Despite going through multiple Devforum posts, I haven’t found a solution that works for me when it comes to scripting this effect.

If anyone has experience creating heat haze or blur effects, I’d love to hear how you approached it or if you have any tips or scripts that might help! Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

This is what I’m trying to create: Video.
Also I’m using the transparency method where you make the transparency above 1 and add highlights to the Glass Part.

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I think what your looking for is the Glass Highlight effect.
This effect is the one you see in the Video, however this effect only works on higher render quality. (5 or higher i believe.)