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Old 08-20-2010, 04:09 PM
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Mkk guys soo this was the other lil "mod" I was talking about in one of my other threads that I was planning on getting together...eyelids. I saw that punk life on here had made some for his car & I really liked it so I thought why not make them for mine. Well when I decided to do the lugnuts I thought hey, why not try to do the eyelids now instead of waiting til later so I went to Hobby Lobby & got some bigger sheets of black vinyl & since I'm sick of doing nothing all day, since I'm not suppose to drive or really do anything on these meds, I decided that I'd try to make them while I was watching Invictus about 10 min ago lol so I put them on in the garage really quickly, since I'm not suppose to be out in the heat either & eyed them up...they look good in the garage. Sooo I backed-up into the drive way & looked at them...I still like the idea but I'm thinking that maybe the vinyl isn't a deep enough black to look good on the car =( but maybe it's just the angle of it in my driveway since the front of the car is higher then what it usually is & all orrr it could be the drugs making me think it looks bad lol who knows

Soo here is what I need to know, my rents are gonna let me go to a hugee car meet tomorrow since it's at night & it won't be as hot & all, so I need to know if I should keep them on the car orrrr take them off for now & look for a darker black vinyl to use as the eyelids orrr should I just take them off in general for now orrr should I make them bigger/lower. I need opinions, suggestions, comments, etc ASAP

Here are some pics that I snapped really quick...








 
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:14 PM
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I think it looks good. I tried this and the vinyl didn't lay down good, too many bubbles.
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:20 PM
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Mk cool, yeah mine have a couple bubbles in them but I'm gonna try to fix it later when the storm passes & it ain't so hot out. I was racing a storm so I had to do it kinda quick lol
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:28 PM
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6 of one half dozen of the other for me. They don't really make that much of a difference if you ask me. On/off I'm willing to bet 95% of people that don't own a Monte wouldn't know the difference.
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:44 PM
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...Hi `Brittany, I like them, but can you get them to `wink LOL that would be a cool `mod LOL

*I've heard a small needle & a hair dryer can removed the bubbles in vinyl....

I would test on pieces of vinyl first...
Thanks 4 asking/posting...Let us know what U `do ~> OK

Wish U & Reader's a `Happy ~> `Now : )
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:52 PM
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I think they look good but they arent dark enough to match the car.
 

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Old 08-20-2010, 05:26 PM
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lol that would freak me out if I saw a car wink so idk about that. && I know it's not a huge difference but I'm just looking for cheap lil mods to do until I got the money to do more expensive ones. Yeah I figured they weren't dark enough but idk where to find darker vinyl =( I guess I'll have to PM punk life to see if he has darker stuff
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 07:16 PM
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I like the lids..is thata gloss black vinyl?
Next time you have a bright shinny HOT day face the car to the sun and take a fine tip sewing needle and ***** the lower outer edge of each bubble...the heat will draw out the air and shrink the vinyl to the surface.....
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 07:22 PM
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I think it looks pretty good.
Nice little unnoticeable difference. I in the other hand, need to find smoked headlights cover for cheap.
 
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Old 08-20-2010, 07:36 PM
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They look like mine :-) I like the style but you need a gloss black instead of what looks to be a flat black!
 


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