Where to get an Eyelid

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:10 pm

Hi guys,

Does any one know where I can get a set of eyelids for the fto?

If you do could you please let me know.

Thank you,

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:55 pm

funky is doing a special at the moment, properly going to end up costing you around $120-$150.

http://www.funkyproduct.co.uk/item.php? ... eNumber=97

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:25 pm

LOL!

sorry, but I've got to have a bit of a chuckle here. fto12345, I've seen you post a number of questions in the last day or two, the answers to which were already on this forum, some posted quite recently. If you had used the

Search button above you should've been able to find this info. Remember, "search twice, post once"

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:50 am

hahaha....
Laugh all you want ruchi cause it doesn't bother me a bit...

I'm using this site for an info not to be taught on how to use the internet.
Although thank you for pointing out that I could use the search button.

But i'm sorry cause I already know all the info that's out there...
I was hoping for someting different then the usual funcky product and topmix stuff!
That's all...

Beside, I don't know what kind of silly questions I have been asking but if I have made you feel uncomfortable then I'm sorry.

You don't need to be sarcastic on a public web site man~~
I'm sure you're smart but you don't need to hit some one with a smart comments like that. If you know what others don't then do what every other person does on this site, post the link and say here it is...there is nothing wrong with a helping hand without being smart about it!

Thanks, and I will try and make my questions more direct like does any one know where to get eyelids apart from funcky products and topmix?

Remember "Think twice, speak once!".

Thanks!

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:17 am

If a new topic is started everytime someone wants to know something, then this forum just gets messier and the information more diluted, making it harder to wade through. fto12345, you've been around long enough to know that. From your messages it looked like you were just being lazy.

Rewording the question, like you did above, provides a totally different perspective and you would get totally different information back, posting it in an existing topic that already covered this issue, such as the one from just a few weeks back, would have been even better, as this would keep all the information together making it easier to find and follow, and would help others in the future.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:22 am

I was making mine out of styrene plastic, 1 mm thick or 0.5mm... you can get it from architectural modeling shops... it looks much better than vinyl stickers and you can paint over it...
but i havent finished it yet

maybe this long weekend.... its gonna be stuck on using double sided tape....

Post by **smorison** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:51 pm

ok boys back on topic

Adriano: those look pretty good.

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:16 pm

Sorry I didn't mean to get out of place...

Yes back to the topic..

That looks great..

Just an idea though maybe looks a little better if you had the outsides of the headlights covered as well the part of the headlight that gets covered by your bonnet...you know how you can still see the bit of your headlight....

I think the ones that are made out of fibreglass or plastic all have this extended part that covers that little bit of the headlight...I think..

But either way it looks great!
But I still would like to know where you could get one either in plastic or fibreglass.....

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:18 pm

And I totally agree with you ruchi...

Sorry for the misunderstanding of what my question was asking....

Thanks for picking that up...

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:24 pm

I've got to agree with fto12345, I think it looks a little odd that you can see the gap between the eyelid and the bonnet. I much prefer the look of the other ones where there is no gap.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:28 pm

fto12345 wrote:Just an idea though maybe looks a little better if you had the outsides of the headlights covered as well the part of the headlight that gets covered by your bonnet...you know how you can still see the bit of your headlight....

I think the ones that are made out of fibreglass or plastic all have this extended part that covers that little bit of the headlight...I think..

But either way it looks great!
But I still would like to know where you could get one either in plastic or fibreglass.....

yeah i know what you mean... guess with the styrene sheet you can't do much coz you cant really bend it as such... i wanted to do that too, and have a bit of 'bulge' off from the bonnet gap to where the eyelid ends...

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:18 pm

stop being riceboys and just keep it clean

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:27 pm

haha...
G1, maybe we could rice up our cars so much that when it's qite dirty it'll still look very nice!!! Just a thought!

Btw, I wonder if the technique on vinyl stickers will work with the styrene sheet although you'll have to be more careful as the styrene will be more fragile.
What I'm getting at is with vinyl you can apply some thing like a hair dryer and stretch it or bent it or what ever you like. I wonder if this will work with your material, although it'll have to be a very very low heat, otherwise, it'll all cringle up I guess, but if you do it right you might be able to mould it using the heat treatment and then stick it!

What do you guys ruchi and ariano think?

Might work?

Worth a try with a bit of the spare you have at home maybe???

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:38 pm

hehehehhe.. bit of creativity...

unfort. it wont work... you can try to heat it up to try and bend it, but i doubt you'll get a consistent bend.... its only ideal for flat surfaces, and surfaces that are not too curvy, like the headlight... it was flexible enough to follow the curve .... depending on its thickness...

i read an article in one of the autosalon magazines on how to make a DIY boot install using fibreglass 'paste'

for the boot cover, using cloth to form the shape then applying the fibreglass material on top of it and setting it dry... but lost the magazine

i guess if you want an eyelid like how you've described this is one way of doing it... but would be very fiddly...

or simply just pay 200$ to get it done properly

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:00 pm

If I was to do this, I'd probably use vinyl

It helps that my brother-in-law does vinyl printing / signs for a living

He attacked my car recently with chrome Mivec stickers and pin-striping to match some of the other chrome highlights on my car, the sides look good, but I'm not sure about the bonnet, still working out if I like that.