I saw a bunch of people have made eyelids or Koji'd their headlights. What did you guys use to make the eyelid? Is it just window tint? If so, what reflectance? Was the tint on the inside of the headlight or outside of the headlight? Is there any special prepwork that has to be done? If someone knows of a tutorial somewhere, I would appreciate it also. Thanks for the help. Tom Okay, I found this http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14169. I didn't want to do it the Koji style, but just the eyelid that goes straight across. Does anyone know if its done just the same way, just with less taping off for the rounded part? i.e. just tape straight across instead? I don't think the glass is painted in the tutorial, just the reflective interior of the light. I am not looking to paint, because it won't be transparent black. Should I go back to the original theory of tint?
http://www.wrxatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5493. Are you the same black car pictured on the fourth post? That is exactly what I am looking for. Did you clear yours before you applied the film?
So did just buy a blank sheet, or did you use a precut for the 03 bugeye and then made the extra cut for the eyelid? What size sheet did you use if it was blank? Really cool ride by the way. The all blacked out looks evil.
it was a large rectangular sheet... a friend used it for his tail lights and i use the left overs for the eye lids... i lined up the flat side at the bottom so i could get a nice straight line and not worry about taking a blade to the headlight... then after it stuck on, i cut off the excess from around it... wasn't too hard to do thanks ... it's looking kinda timid at some junkyard somewhere now... but the reincarnation is going to be even more evil looking :evil:
Yeah, I remember the thread now about the accident. Sorry about that, I don't wish that on anyone considering all the work you probably put into it. Thanks for the help though.
no problem at all... i was going to salvage those headlights and offer someone for a trade with stockers... but one of them had a nasty scratch so i didnt think it was worth it
+1 for the rockblocker setup! There is another method that I am not all too familiar with that involves actually painting the outside of the light. Perhaps someone will chime in?
thats what im gonna have done on the STi... i know 2 people who have done it and the finish is :jerk:
Yeah if you wanted to bake them...I've got plenty of experience with that... Then again the eyelids would look great on your car [hijack] I saw you parked next to fike other day, car is lookin good[/hijack]
I would really like to bake them I think. Then do the eyelids afterwards. I am very apprehensive about putting the lights in the oven though, so I would appreciate the help. Thanks for the compliment!
I'm gonna get the JUN eyelids that are fiberglass peices that stick onto you headlight....they look cool and you can still see the turn signal as well!!!
They are cool. The eyelid was too high for me though. If you compare the way milos looked in that link to the JUN's you can definitely tell the difference. The JUN's only partially cover the turn signal. This way will cover the whole turn signal, but it will still be visible since its a transparent film.
one think i heard about the eyelids was they look good in pics... but since they are plastic, they rise up above the lights and the levels dont look even up close
u can put a tranperent blue film or silver limo file in front of the eye lids.. i'm thinking abt baking my headlights then putting blue trans film on it make it look full blue headlight but white light.. will that burn the film?
As long as you are not using like window tint on the headlight you should be fine, you need to use something specific for plastic (not glass, a la tint).
I'm not sure you'd want to bake and do eyelids. Baking and painting already makes the turn signal less visible(if you paint the reflective part black, which I imagine is what you want) and then a tinted eyelid on top of that, probably would barely be able to see it. I think baking and painting definitely looks the best, but either way I'd say just do one, not both.
Yeah, I am going to use the Meguir's plastic to get the plastic bulb cover on the front clean. Then I am just going to make an eyelid with either the rockblocker or the lamin-x. I haven't figured out which was cheapier yet.