MAde these over the last few days, though I would show them off. They bolt onto the stock headlight top bolts. Give the car a mean look I think.

What do you think?

http://bigs.omfg.net.au/pics/Fiberglass/eyelids/17122007778.jpg
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before after
http://bigs.omfg.net.au/pics/Fiberglass/eyelids/17122007781.jpg
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they look good:)
someone has been spending some time on here
http://www.fiberglassforums.com/

they look fantastic!

Agreed, top effort.
Look great with the VRX kit!

i'm gonna go against the grain and say nope, eyelids on paras just dont make a difference, just makes ur car look like its frowning :P tho i can see the work involved, overall look just got worse...

Pics are dead? :confused:

Well, I'm not usually a fan of eyelids, mainly because people just put sticky tape over their lights.. but yours look very nice and well made.
Good work.

thanks for the comments guys. Yeah smooth, fiberglassforums.com is a good source for the newbies, you will find some of my tech write ups there as well.

speaking of that, what on earth are you doing to your center console?

Part of my carputer upgrade soon to house a 15.4" wxga touchscreen, LED backlit upgrade to give a ultrabright sunlight readable lcd.

go here for a full write up on it.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/worklogs/71024-2002-mitsubishi-magna-vr-x-15-4-ultrabright-lcd-fabricating.html

awww mad!

A+ for the workmanship. Looks like you took the time to do it properly, quality bit of work. Now, having said that, you've ruined all that hard work by bolting a car to them :bowrofl:

Good work but not a fan.

Man top effort, nicely done and look good.

Unfortunately they dont look good when attached to a car however, but a great little project nonetheless.

nice work, thats exactley what im lookin for, i might check out your right up :bowdown:
would you be interested in making a pair to sell?

looks great mate, what did it set u back? time and money.

minus curing/drying time about 4 hours work. Ill me molding these and selling them amoung other things early next year. Your looking at around $40 a pair for these.

pm me ur bank details

=D

Bigs,
Top workmanship, Top quality & Top looks! :thumbsup:

You've been a busy man, I just read your Console Write-up on http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/worklogs/71024-2002-mitsubishi-magna-vr-x-15-4-ultrabright-lcd-fabricating.html a couple of days ago and I was exhausted just reading it never mind doing it.

If you make these up to sell, I may be another customer for you. :D

Bigs,
Top workmanship, Top quality & Top looks! :thumbsup:

You've been a busy man, I just read your Console Write-up on http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/worklogs/71024-2002-mitsubishi-magna-vr-x-15-4-ultrabright-lcd-fabricating.html a couple of days ago and I was exhausted just reading it never mind doing it.

If you make these up to sell, I may be another customer for you. :D

He has really done a great writeup of both his previous dash panel with 7" screen (which I bought from him ;) ) and his 15.4" display, amazing work.

And the eyelids look great, make the front look more aggressive.

Nice work! A+++ for trying something new!

Looks tops mate well done :thumbsup:

Looks bloody brilliant!!! good job there mate. ill see how financial situation is at the time if you sell them. because i sure would be interested.

mike

very well done, but i hate eyelids. The workmanship is very good!

fantastic man. can you make a mould for a second gen as i would love a pair.

Its a bit of a bad time of the year to set all this up, and im going to NZ in a week. Ill be back early feb and ill get onto mass producing these. You cant buy them now sorry. Ill have various composite items available next year for the magna including a sub enclosure which I have already started mass producing. Everything will be setup in the for sale forums and ebay next year.

2nd gen lids are very possible, ill see how everything pans out next year.

Nice work mate!!!.....

I probably won't buy a set of these eyelids off you because they aren't my sorta thing, but major props for effort and committing to making these available to other members in the future, $40 / pair is more than a fair price for them I think.

Having said that - I can see myself buying one of those sub enclosures off you next year some time :cool:

thanks black beard. Yeah sub enclosure will be first up. Also in the middle of fabbing a twin component audio panels for the 3rd gen parcel shelf you might be interested in too.

good work mate...will be looking out for them in the for sale section next year!!

very subtle - but very cool and mean looking.

i especially love how they look to be a perfect match to the car colour - not blacck like most eyelids are these days.

good effort :)

those eyelids look pretty good .. going to make another design by anychance ?

Woah, they look great. Certainly beats the plastic/taped eyelids.

Any chance of a different design? To be honest, I don't like angled eyelids. I prefer the eyelids that are flat across the headlights (like the one in the attached pic). If you were to make a pair like that when you do your run, I'd definitely be interested, even if it cost a bit more due to the larger size.

Thats does look quite good. Not sure how the 3d fiberglass would be going around to the blinkers like that. Ill prolly make another design like that when I get bored of these.

For $40.00 I dont mind grabing these from you when you are all set and ready next year. Thats good work on the eye lids. Reasonable pricing

keep it up.

including a sub enclosure which I have already started mass producing.

Thread?? Pricing/pics? I am needing a new box and many be interested!

Thread?? Pricing/pics? I am needing a new box and many be interested!

Im not setting it up now with the buildup to chrissy and all. Sorting out amc sponsoring now and testing a few sub fitments and small minor things like postage costs etc. They will be for sale in Feb in 'for sale' forum threads. Ill show some pictures and descriptions to give you an idea of what it is.

The enclosure fits in the little cutout behind the right taillight assembly out of the way on all 3rd gen magnas/rada sedans. It will fit most 12" sub sizes. Capacity is aprox 32L sealed. Multiple 50mm double sided velcro strips will hold it to the boot wall (still to be tested). Final product will be carpeted with black trunk liner to match the magna boot or optional paint ready gelcoat finish. They will come with speaker terminals with some speaker wire, no subs included and will be priced at 250$ pp on ebay with a 20% amc discount to bring it down to $200.

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Woah man how did the you get the FG so smooth!

I lay up these in a negative mold, so it will copy the surface of the mold.

make a pair for my rada pls - will pay you

Eyelids will be for sale too, just not right now.

Keen on a set of lids for the TF, keep us posted.

Any thoughts of also producing eyelids for the TL and onwards ?

Any thoughts of also producing eyelids for the TL and onwards ?

I dont have access to one of these models, so until I do I cant make a set. If there is enough interest I can work something out, eyelids would suit the TL headlights well.

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54983

lol, ok but I cant start them till Feb.

thanks for the comments guys. Yeah smooth, fiberglassforums.com is a good source for the newbies, you will find some of my tech write ups there as well.

Forget your tech write-ups - I wanna be there next time you shoot pics for your avatar!! :D

Seriously, I don't do the ricer thing but they look quite schmicko. As already stated; they're rather subtle but change the front end styling markedly! Well made, paint matches, fit looks 1st rate - perfect mod! Might make a ricer out of me yet!

You don't have to make a set - just sell me yours :D Already colour-coded in pacific blue :dancin:

thanks EZ. I still have heaps of the paint left, so if you do buy one another $20 and ill paint and clear coat for you :) but i remember your car as a solid, not a metalic.

thanks EZ. I still have heaps of the paint left, so if you do buy one another $20 and ill paint and clear coat for you :) but i remember your car as a solid, not a metalic.

It'll be a chick car with glitter on her eyes! Who'll notice the difference when they can only see the back on my car :cool:

What, no mention of the next photo shoot?

ill invite you to the next photo shoot then lol

do you think maybe you could make a pair for a TP first gen?

do you think maybe you could make a pair for a TP first gen?

Think about it.
He'd have to get a 1st gen for a while to make these and they arnt exactly easily rented for a day.

Then he'd have to charge for them too, and they wouldnt exactly be "in demand" so they'd be as expensive as buying another 1st gen.

Wouldnt hurt to make some yourself, fibreglassing is fun :D

']Think about it.
He'd have to get a 1st gen for a while to make these and they arnt exactly easily rented for a day.

Then he'd have to charge for them too, and they wouldnt exactly be "in demand" so they'd be as expensive as buying another 1st gen.

Wouldnt hurt to make some yourself, fibreglassing is fun :D


Make some eyy?

How would I do this? I have no experience with fiber glass but hey I love to learn new skills. Actually, I would be wrapped to learn how to make fiberglass stuff. Maybe I could make kits and other things like that. That would be unreal. Well, Do you know anywhere that teaches how to make or use fiberglass?

ANYONE?

online tutorials, diy books, tafe course?

www.fiberglassforums.com

yeah im not going to do a first gen, but its a good first project for a beginner. You can read the write up on me making these ones here.
http://www.fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=4484

thanks dude. Im 16 with not a great income ($340 fortnightly) and no tools. Not even sure If I have the space to do anything... reckon I could do it?

prolly looking at around 100-$150 on supplies to get you started. I can make a shipping list for you if your keen.

Definatly. I've been looking for a way to spend my free time and maybe earn a bit of cash. Might as well try it out during hols and see how I go. If it all works out well, I might do it and earn some cash next year in Y12... Not looking forward to my last year...

thanks much interested in the shipping list if you dont mind.

prices are estimates

4 kg tin of polyester resin with catalyst $40
3 meters of 300g chopped strand mat $10
2.5 kg tin of body filler $30
spray putty spray pak $10
dozen 2" cheap wooden brushes $15
few rolls of masking tape $10
mixing cups, i buy packs of 25 party cups at a clarks discount store for 80 cents
latex gloves pk 100 $10
dust masks $5
sand paper 60-120-180-240-360-400 grit $10
kitchen scales and a syringe for actuate catalyst mixing $20

resin and mat can be bought from FGI (fiberglass international) there should be a dealer near you. scales you can get from big W, syringe from a chemist. The rest from a hardware store. Check your mixing cups can withstand resin before hand. This is what you need to make eyelids. Paint will be more.

thanks mate. Do you have any idea on how to go about making body kits?

thanks mate. Do you have any idea on how to go about making body kits?

haha, dont even think about it. Thats way out of your league.

lol yer but maybe in the future? hahahaha yer I wont touch it but thanks for everything anyway!

What do you use for mould release - just PVA?

I'm about to make up some very different headlights for the car - Triple headlamps (like the old EL XR6's, but with three lamps per side) - Using Hella 90mm modules (2 X highbeam, 1X low per side). Havn't done any fibreglassing for a very long time (only boat repairs) but I need to make a mould using the standard headlamp glass - would carnuba (sp?) wax be sufficient for glass?

if you talking about masking tape release, carnauba wax is fine. For tool molding use pva as well.

Thread?? Pricing/pics? I am needing a new box and many be interested!
some more info on the woofer boxes, ive completely finished one to give a better understanding of them.

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Love the look of the boxes. They seem too fit really, really well.

I love watching someone take nothing and make something from it, especially something solid.

How hard would it be do you think to make those for a TL (well, any third gen I Think) wagon?

Basically extend the wheel arch to the back and upwards as needed to fit the subdoofer.

What do you use for mould release - just PVA?

I'm about to make up some very different headlights for the car - Triple headlamps (like the old EL XR6's, but with three lamps per side) - Using Hella 90mm modules (2 X highbeam, 1X low per side). Havn't done any fibreglassing for a very long time (only boat repairs) but I need to make a mould using the standard headlamp glass - would carnuba (sp?) wax be sufficient for glass?

Hey Heath,

Mister Ply & Wood at Lambton has a scraps bin which can have that soft wood used for mold making - same as what the plastic vac molding guys use. They're good to give it away for drinks money if that.

Very good work mate. I will be interested in these when you come back! :D

Hey Heath,

Mister Ply & Wood at Lambton has a scraps bin which can have that soft wood used for mold making - same as what the plastic vac molding guys use. They're good to give it away for drinks money if that.

I might pay them a visit on the way back from work today then... Cheers for that.