HELP QUICK!! eyelids
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:25 pm
these are a fucking bitch to put on i need help lol 
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:31 pm
That's probably because you're puting on vinyl ones. Do it the right way and get fiberglass ones, they look way better and install is a sinch.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:36 pm
i tryed vinyl ones. I gave up after an hour and no progress. itll turn out shitty no matter what you do
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:40 pm
ugh what a waste of $20. lol im just gonna flat black them then. haha paint. if anything will just sand them off when i get fiberglass
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:47 pm
I vinyled my old car.... actually dan did most of it... but it was like putting on a vinyl windshield banner or something.. some soapy water.... place it where you want.. movei t to the perfect spot... squegee the rest of the water out.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:48 pm
Vinyl FTL.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:26 pm
I had vinyl, now have fiberglass.
FG is much easier, but vinyl is do-able.
FG is much easier, but vinyl is do-able.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:57 pm
Vinyl will eventually destroy the headlights. Don't do it.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:57 pm
LowNSlow wrote:I vinyled my old car.... actually dan did most of it... but it was like putting on a vinyl windshield banner or something.. some soapy water.... place it where you want.. movei t to the perfect spot... squegee the rest of the water out.
oh god that is a beautifull neon
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:34 pm
i have fiberglass but whats the deal with the vinyl killing the headlights?wiggyx wrote:Vinyl will eventually destroy the headlights. Don't do it.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:40 pm
I've lovely glass ones that need to go on, just as soon as they get painted.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:49 pm
My guess; the vinyl acts as a heat sink (as little to no light can pass through), and over time you get the old spiderweb cracks from the stress. This doesn't happen with clear rockblocker or light tint films, so the opacity must have something to do with it.Ntyvirus1 wrote:i have fiberglass but whats the deal with the vinyl killing the headlights?wiggyx wrote:Vinyl will eventually destroy the headlights. Don't do it.
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:08 pm
Yeah, vinyl can be done. Mine came out real well. Have some patience and a hairdryer. 
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:36 am
My S2000 had vinyl on the headlights since around 2002...
Previous owner in his rice days...
After removing them and using the 3M kit that goes on your drill.
Previous owner in his rice days...
After removing them and using the 3M kit that goes on your drill.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:16 am
WAIT! Your S2K has lambos? Ehh...
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:04 pm
John post up the shot of what they looked like BEFORE you took them off. I put vinyl on my headlights and it was relatively easy to do, but the color didn't match so I have fiberglass ones now that I need to paint.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:19 pm
Yeah. this. wow.FAC3L3SS wrote:WAIT! Your S2K has lambos? Ehh...
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:01 pm
HAD.....HAD Lambo doors... before my ownership.
Come on guys, you know me better.
CM, a shot of which car and before what? lol...
Come on guys, you know me better.
CM, a shot of which car and before what? lol...
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:10 pm
vinyl eyelids are a a piece of cake to put on
hairdryer or heatgun will be your friend...mine are vinyl and look just as good a fiberglass ones, plus i wanted shorties and the only place that makes fiberglass shorties is carbon by design and im not paying that price for them lol
hairdryer or heatgun will be your friend...mine are vinyl and look just as good a fiberglass ones, plus i wanted shorties and the only place that makes fiberglass shorties is carbon by design and im not paying that price for them lol
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:07 pm
The S2k before you took the eyelids off.
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:24 pm
maybe shortys are do able but s style arent
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:52 pm
have done s-style too, and i will admit they are a more of a pain to install and they do seem almost impossible
i dont know if your trying to install them with the headlights out or not but i have found that installing them with the headlights still on the car is much easier...
i dont know if your trying to install them with the headlights out or not but i have found that installing them with the headlights still on the car is much easier...
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:58 pm
LilSparkPlug wrote:The S2k before you took the eyelids off.
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:00 pm
Yes, there we go. Reason number 4598435983 not to do vinyl
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:59 pm
I'm kind of an anti-eyelid person anyhow.... 
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:46 pm
Some of them look nice. But not those.LowNSlow wrote:I'm kind of an anti-eyelid person anyhow....
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:05 pm
damn. I was gonna say...LowNSlow wrote:HAD.....HAD Lambo doors... before my ownership.
Come on guys, you know me better.
CM, a shot of which car and before what? lol...
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:45 am
Mine S-Style went on fine. Dead of winter. Just have patience and be sure to follow the steps exactly. Left the headlights on, too. Helps get the eyelids even, and hold the headlights steady.
I even painted them later on, and the paint stuck and matched well. No problems here with vinyl. I will most likely use vinyl on my 00-02s since it can be "shaped."
I even painted them later on, and the paint stuck and matched well. No problems here with vinyl. I will most likely use vinyl on my 00-02s since it can be "shaped."
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:35 pm
They are a bitch. If you buy them you might as well pay to have them installed professionally but after all that its worth prob spending the extra money to get the fiberglass ones...............