fiberglass eyelids
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: April 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Topic: fiberglass eyelids
Posted By: pmpdoutexpo
Subject: fiberglass eyelids
Date Posted: March 22, 2006 at 10:10 PM
hey guy im new to tis site and i just got a question about some fiberglass work im trying to do my buddys eyelids for a tiburon and and having a hard time doin it what the best way to go about doing them.
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Posted By: placid warrior
Date Posted: March 22, 2006 at 11:50 PM
when u pop open the hood u should be able to see the top of the light case. Could u tape off the top and front of the light and then glass it and build onto that? Even better would be if u could use existing bolts...just unbolt the bolts u want to use then tape off everything and when the FG is hard and the tape is removed just mark where the hole is and drill through the glass and bolt it on.
Posted By: 05honda
Date Posted: March 23, 2006 at 10:35 AM
Ill agree with placid....but, make sure you tape around the holes before you drill them, If tape them youll have a better chance of getting a clean hole...I learned this the hard way and cracked my body kit....good info placid and good luck pmpdoutexpo.
Posted By: turtleturtle
Date Posted: March 23, 2006 at 11:45 AM
05honda wrote:
Ill agree with placid....but, make sure you tape around the holes before you drill them, If tape them youll have a better chance of getting a clean hole...I learned this the hard way and cracked my body kit....good info placid and good luck pmpdoutexpo.
< language=> I also want to do this. I have Eclipse Projectors on my Avenger and they are almost correct looking, but I want to make eyelids so it makes the headlights look as though the car came that way. I was thinking of making a mold of the top of the hradlights and then fiberglassing them. The Eclipse Headlights are slanted while the Avenger is flat on the top. I want the Eclipse lights to me flat on top like the Avenger ones were. ------------- "...am I not Turtley enough for the Turtle Club?"
Posted By: austincustoms
Date Posted: March 30, 2006 at 7:01 PM
To avoid cracking the fiberglass, and get a clean hole, drill backwards. It takes longer, but so much better. I use this all the time for drilling through plexiglass.
Posted By: pmpdoutexpo
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 1:10 PM
thanks for the info and i will be workin on them this weekend and will post pic os the process as i do it
Posted By: placid warrior
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 8:36 PM
sweet man..looking forward to pics
Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 9:29 PM
Do they not make them for that car, or are you lookin to do it yourself for customization purposes, just outta curiousity.
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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!
Posted By: pmpdoutexpo
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 10:15 PM
they do make them but im gonna do it for customization purpose plus i like workin on that kind of stuff i just recently built a full fiberglass system in the back seat of my buddys tiburon that the eyelids are for
Posted By: pmpdoutexpo
Date Posted: April 08, 2006 at 12:34 PM
having problem doing the eyelids i am using fiberglass cloth and resin and hardner. we cut strps about 2 inches bigger than the eyelid on each side and then soaked them with the resin we used about 4 layers of fiberglass cloth on each on and after they stoped givin off heat they were still very flimsy and when i cut them to the shap the edges were fraying. any help with this is greatly appericiated because wee have to get them done for a show that is commin up
Posted By: Sessland
Date Posted: April 09, 2006 at 6:38 PM
sounds like you didn't have enough hardner mixed with the resin.
If you can, start over. I found it was way easier to start again rather than trying to fix or "improve" what I already screwed up.
Posted By: pmpdoutexpo
Date Posted: April 10, 2006 at 2:02 PM
well i worked on them this weekend but teh weather was doodiety and i dont have a garage so it was pretty difficult but i managed to figure it out once i got the body filler on the fiberglass it thickened up and became stiffer now they are all sanded and primed jusat need to be painted.
Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: April 26, 2006 at 1:22 PM
wut happened to pics, are they finished??? If so slap some pics on here so we can all see how they came along.
Posted By: playr747
Date Posted: May 04, 2006 at 2:21 PM
Dont use cloth, use mat. Make the sahpe bigger than you need then shape it to the desired result. That should take care of the fraying. Take your time most important.
Posted By: placid warrior
Date Posted: May 07, 2006 at 5:35 PM
i just made some eylids for my carif the link doesnt work i'll try something else.
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