Making Eyelids

mikeb818 · Post by **mikeb818** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:56 am

So my friend is about to make me a vacuum table in woodshop class. (i hope). and i am going to start making eyelids. hope it all works out. should be pretty dope. i will keep everyone informed!

mods if this needs to be moved go ahead and move. idk what section this would go in.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:20 am

i plan the same...

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:08 am

and here it is:

You wanna have eyelids?
You are bored from the short- or s-style?
Wanna create your own unique idea?
But you don't wanna fiberglass?
No problem - a vacuum table is your best buddie for that!

You can take your headlight lense as template and make your own eyelid.

Sure - it is way too big now.
But THAT is the trick - you can cut it now with a sharp knife to every style you like!
(Haha - please don't do it while it sits on the lense....)
Just paint and install it with double side tape and that's it!!!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:42 am

LOL Carsten that's the super stoner eyelid!

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:26 am

haha. yeah it looks like somehow

Hmmm, okay, i think that should help to understand my idea:
The golden line is the old known s-style.
But let's assume that i wanna have another shape, maybe for MPx projectors - so i can cut them like i wanna have it....
(that is just an overdone example)

Yeah - and if you like the old s-style i have another point for you: my idea is cheaper than fiberglass....

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:38 am

very insterested in a set of these....

how much are u guys going to be looking to get for a set of these?

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:43 am

i wrote in my projects thread (huuu, today is doubleposting day):
i think 20$ for a set is nice and decent.
but shipping would be another 20$ from here...

At the moment they fit just for the 2003 plus - the shape of the 2000 headlights is different.
need to find an ugly blind set headlight lenses soon...

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:13 pm

alright, i just saw that in your other post... lol, the shipping is the part that sucks, i would of jumped on a set honestly....

mikeb818 · Post by **mikeb818** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:50 pm

damn jenni just stole my thread! lol its all good.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:53 pm

yeah sorry, you were just half a day too fast.

But you could beat me by shipment...

mikeb818 · Post by **mikeb818** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:51 pm

haha i dont even have my table yet

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:16 am

see you don't need it anymore - i can just sell you a set eyelids....

ltr450r · Post by **ltr450r** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:23 am

I would definitely buy a set of these for the Halo projectors... Since they have that bulge in them

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:26 am

hmmm, i guess it would make no sense th make the eyelids THAT deep - if you don't wanna cover the blinker completely.
As you can see - the cut is definitely over the boob!

But - i will make next week a "boob-edition" before i sell the MPx headlight end of the month!

Addicted2Boost · Post by **Addicted2Boost** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:29 am

lol @ stoner eyelids

ltr450r · Post by **ltr450r** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:29 am

well for me i have the led's on the side as the turn signal so covering the top blinker wouldn't really bother me.. i might would have to take it out or something so it wouldn't get to hot or anything... I am not a fan of the short eyelids so i wanted an s style that went around the boob

Caraudioholic24 · Post by **Caraudioholic24** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:59 am

Me wants a sets of BOOB style as well maybe 2 sets. Let me know. but it needs to match the hood line of a reg neon not the srt

mikeb818 · Post by **mikeb818** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:38 am

jenni can we get a night shot of those stoner style eyelids. interested how the light output is

Caraudioholic24 · Post by **Caraudioholic24** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:03 am

What Light output LOL

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:47 am

Caraudioholic24 wrote:What Light output LOL

Cut little holes where the light should come out lol.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:38 am

Dude, you should just make an entire headlight cover, then cut out little designs like a Jack-o-lantern. Fuck yea, I would buy that.

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:43 pm

UriahRR wrote:Dude, you should just make an entire headlight cover, then cut out little designs like a Jack-o-lantern. Fuck yea, I would buy that.

whats the purpose of headlights again

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:01 pm

smiley wrote:
whats the purpose of headlights again

To attach your nipple rings to, what did you think they were for?

Silly kids.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:28 am

haha - very funny.
Hmmm, i cannot make a regular style cover anymore - cause i cut the headlide lense in 2 pieces.
But the idea is nice for a showcar - headlight complete cover with a "dodge ram" cutout....
But that is much easier to realizy with vinyl (cutout the logo with a plotter and stick the vinyl on the headlight....)

But i can make covers for the boob-lights.
But really - "standard" version would also work, if you cut the s-style directly around the boob!
Problem is: I am not really sure if i wanna open the modern headlights - cause they are alsmost sold...

I cannot "follow the hood-line" cause i make them with vacuforming and so they sit very tight on the headlight.

00Neon RCR · Post by **00Neon RCR** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:52 am

is that stuff you're making them out of similar to heat-shrink lol....

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:36 pm

no
it looks like in those pictures, i know.
It will be 1mm PVC
Will post more pictures soon...

Jeepin' · Post by **Jeepin'** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:33 pm

Very cool! Good work.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:44 am

ha, finally i made some sets

The material is 1mm styrofoam plastic. Very easy to handle, still flexible and easy to paint.

the form

after vacuforming

that piece was too long in the oven

a finished pair of my eyelids

Now they only have to be cut in the right shape and painted colormatching.
Cutting is easy with a carpet knife.

mikeb818 · Post by **mikeb818** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:28 pm

whats up with the bubble in the left eyelid (one on right)

Caraudioholic24 · Post by **Caraudioholic24** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:29 pm

Thats from the screw head holing the lens on the table.

Jenni Im sending you a PM.