Eyelids for less than $10
 

I was a little suprised when I saw that eyelids for the 8 where $150 or something. So, I decided to get a little creative, I made my own!

It was pretty simple and I took some step by step pictures on how I did it.

This is the end result.....

Neat duct tape...

:D

Go down to your local sign shop and pick up a 2 feet of Vinyl Calon II. (they will know what this is) It's like a giant colored vinyl sticker, but it's made for outdooor use.

You will also need:

Windex (or water)
Razor blade
Tint squeegee
paper towels scissors
scotch tape
a tape meassure

Cut the vinyl down the middle to make two peices.

You want the outsides to be stright.

Hold up the one of the pieces over the lens to get an idea of how you would like it to look. I made mine 2 1/4 ".....

Here I am meassuring where it looked the best.....

Hold the tape measure to the top of the lens and place a small piece of tape at 2 1/4.

Do this at least times.......

Peel the backing off the vinyl, this stuff is pretty forgiving and not too tough to work with....

Now obviously, the tricky part. One thing about the vinyl is you can put it down and lift it back up a few times. line up the bottom of the vinyl with the top of the pieces of tape....

Do not apply any pressure yet!!!!! You will get tons of bubbles!

You will get some rinkles. "LAY" the vinyl down from top to bottom...

it will look like hell at first......

The glue on the vinyl will not affect the paint or the lens....

Then spray everything with windex (or water)...

The more wet the vinyl is the easier it will go down with the squeegee. If it's not wet enough, it can rip...

Now, using the squeegee, hold up the top with one hand while pushing up with little strokes with the squeegee....

Take your time, you will get a lot of bubbles if you rush it...

Again take your time, push from the center out, working towards the corners......

Remember, keep it wet during this process. You will get a few small bubbles, you can take the corner of your razor and make a little prick, the push the tip of the squeegee in a circular motion around the bubble and it will disappear...

Then take the razor and trim aroung the lense, you don't nee to press to hard to cut the vinyl and you definitely don't want to dig into the lense. Use the squeegee for a guide if you have trouble making a straight line...

There you can see one of the bubbles I was talking about, it is now gone and can't even tell it was there. Keep triming...

Peel away the excess

Work out the last remaining bubbles and rinkles, clean with windex and a towel (press pretty hard with the towel to get good adhesion )

And wa la....

Finished product....

one more...

Oh and by the way, the shop I went to had several hundred colors including metallics. I got siver metallic and it's pretty much a spot on match.

nicely done!
 

dugless...great job! i'm a DIY type of guy and it's guys like u that make the forum worthwhile for me. :D

thanks!

good job. I think I have seen you in ur 8 around Irvine.