I made myself a set of custom eyelids with some 3M Di-noc carbon fiber vinyl. It is pretty straight forward and takes some patience.
You will need:
Thick vinyl
Exacto blade, or razor blade
Manilla folder( for the pattern)
Tape
Time
Patience

I will be using my own pattern for this DIY , but feel free to be creative and make your own!

1)First you need to start by printing out the pattern, I printed the two halves out on a manilla folder because it is more rigid than paper and it definitely helps out when you are making revisions.

2) Tape the pattern together and make sure it is lined up correctly.

3) Once you have it taped up you can go outside and see how it looks on your headlight. I made a couple of revisions to mine because I had to get it just right.

4) Get it the way you want it then place the pattern on you vinyl and cut the eyelids out, don't forget to flip the pattern to do the other side eyelid.

5) This is where the patience comes in, placing the vinyl on your headlight...It took me a couple tries to get it on right, but I eventually got it on right. Don't foget to thoroughly clean your headlight before installing the vinyl!

Well this is my DIY, I hope it was clear and made sense!
The first pattern is for my eyelids and the second pair is for the ones I based mine off of. The ends are not cut to the headlamp, they are left long so I could come back and trim it down, and I tucked the excess under the headlight lense on the edges.

Instead of cutting the vinyl just heat it up so you can mold it instead of trying to mate the seam

Instead of cutting the vinyl just heat it up so you can mold it instead of trying to mate the seam

What do you mean? I cut it a little farther up on the lense so I could tuck the excess under the lense. But I guess the heat would work too...

Thanks for that detailed instructions.

Thanks for that detailed instructions.

Thanks! Are you sure it wasn't too wordy?

Thanks! Are you sure it wasn't too wordy?


Nah...

Nah...

Ok cool!

any pics of it?

any pics of it?
Yeah! Here are a couple good shots of them

Yeah! Here are a couple good shots of them


what kind of hid kit do you have?

I just bought the lights off eBay. The fogs and headlights are 10,000k but it doesn't look like it in the sun. They look awesome at night!

Yeah! Here are a couple good shots of themnice diy i think im going to make some eyelids just by looking at how sexy those headlight look

rx8_504 post your result I want to see what it looks like on a red

Wow that looks really good, I might have to try this. I've been meaning to get some Di-noc for some other things I'd like to try anyways.

thanks!

great! Thanks for the DIY, I will do it ;).

how does this affect night time driving?? if at all

how does this affect night time driving?? if at all

Nope! they kin of cover up the parking lights a little, but the way the projectors are orientated it does not obstruct the field of vision!

Great DIY,

3M 1080, should be equivalent to the Di-Noc, I will give it a try. I like the KEI version in the original template. I'll give it a try.

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