eyelids??

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:43 pm

where does everyone get their eyelids?

these are the only ones i have found but i am afraid what they will look like..
Link

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:37 pm

made my own out of fiberglass..

i like the s style..

but with your black hood the shorties might look better...

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:45 pm

cgneon wrote:made my own out of fiberglass..

i like the s style..

but with your black hood the shorties might look better...

yea i want the s style. i no longer have the black hood. its stock yellow.
how hard is it to do the fiberglass?

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:07 pm

to do it.... easy...

to make both sides match... is tricky.. alot of sanding and dremeling, mine still arent "store bought factory machine made from a mold perfect" and it was my first time using glass, made each by hand.. but they came out fine..

personally i would just buy the ones listed above and take a chance..

by the time you buy all the materials, and a "good" respirator", also assuming u already have access to a dremel, diff grit sandpaper, bondo, paint, primer.

not to mention the time involved in doin them

you will spend more than the 40$ for the ebay ones, and his listing has a 14day return policy..

Guard1an · Post by **Guard1an** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:47 pm

....... but then comes the pride of making your own, not to mention he could make the "S" more or less curvy, and really set his Neon apart, just my DIY'er .02,

-Mike

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:50 pm

tru.. and thats one of the reasons i made my own... this is how mine came out.. the flash shows the imperfections a bit i didnt get em smooth enough. i thought i did though. paint and clear brings it out.

i would redo em, but i used that red 3M auto tape, and umm... i cant get the lids off the lenses without ripping the lens off the car lol...

cant tell during the daytime so much though...

Guard1an · Post by **Guard1an** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:06 am

those look hella clean bro !!!

-Mike

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:51 am

Yea those look good. sounds like a lot of work tho. I thought about vacuum forming but I'd have to make a new table. Ill prolly just end up ordering those and hoping they don't look dumb.

WhiteSRT69 · Post by **WhiteSRT69** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:29 pm

modernperformance.com
carbonbydesign.com

Guard1an · Post by **Guard1an** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:37 pm

you can make a vaccuum forming table for less than $15, as long as you have a shop vac and a spare set of head lights, I think some one had a write up on here on how they did it that way.........., personally bondo glass DONE RIGHT, will look just as good if you know any body that has a can it wouldn't take much either...... just like a good paint job its 90% prep !!!

z3roneo · Post by **z3roneo** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:44 pm

Same here... Made both sets myself..

2low4uneon · Post by **2low4uneon** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:13 pm

are there any sites that sell cf shorty eyelids for 2000 neon according to modern they say
Note these will not fit on 2000-02 Neon headlamps

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:53 pm

Yea I made a vaccum table before but its a hair to small and o have extra headlight lenses I thought about just cutting off the turn signal part so it'd fit.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:35 am

my progress:

http://picasaweb.google.com/LegomanBerl ... lids2ndGen

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:23 am

Jenni wrote:my progress:

http://picasaweb.google.com/LegomanBerl ... lids2ndGen

thanks for that! i think i am sold! what thickness of plastic did you use and what type?

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:17 pm

just got back from pullapart. got some old headlight lenses to use

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:26 pm

Jenni wrote:my progress:

http://picasaweb.google.com/LegomanBerl ... lids2ndGen

thats pretty pro right there...

akirony · Post by **akirony** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:21 pm

Yes that looks like the best way to do them to me.
I know i'm gonna get flamed for this but I had mine night-shadedon. BUT only because I wanted to see howd they look and because my lenses are cracked, scuffed, hazeed and whatever else bad that can happen to lenses. Im going to go to modern when I get some projector hl's.

DetergentCandy · Post by **DetergentCandy** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:56 am

If you're still interested in buying the eyelids...
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