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Old 07-14-2005, 11:37 PM
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I bought eyelids on ebay and they sucked. peeled off and they were soft. probably would chip easy. So I ripped them off and and had my paint shop paint the headlighst in the same fashion. I also had them paint the mirror turn signals. Got rid of the pumkin eye look and trimmed it down to just a strip similar to mercedes benz. Now I can put on the 3M protection on the headlamps. It will never chip.
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You could also get the eyelid overlays from BlueBatmobile ($15). Much cheaper than anything ebay has for the same look. Might even be cheaper than your body shop did it.
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i got cf ones but i dont even know
if im gonna put em on
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pics!
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i put my cf eyelids on and they didnt fit right. i did not but from bluebatmobile.
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that guy on ebay used some of my pics for his auctions, really ____ed me off! My eyelids are $15 shipped, he charges $7 for shipping! and from what I've heard, his stuff doesn't even fit right, and I hear the color is off on some kits as well. I'm in the process of selling on ebay, but you'll know it's me, I'll have Bluebatmobile Vinyl Overlays as the headling.

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Speaking of eBay... you should look into Paypal.

I'll probably be looking for some eyelids from you later, Bat. Especially for $15. Question though - are the color matched? I see the red in the gallery, if I ordered a set for my SSM, would I get the same silver? Or are they really close?
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Originally Posted by Blue Batmobile
that guy on ebay used some of my pics for his auctions, really ____ed me off! My eyelids are $15 shipped, he charges $7 for shipping! and from what I've heard, his stuff doesn't even fit right, and I hear the color is off on some kits as well. I'm in the process of selling on ebay, but you'll know it's me, I'll have Bluebatmobile Vinyl Overlays as the headling.

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yeah i noticed the pics were the same/similar and the guy's from SD so that's why I asked you if you had a partner in the business (I picked up the red brake overlay, black eyelids from you a week or so ago....still need to install them =P)

contact ebay with your website info and maybe some things to show how long you've been in the business and i'm sure they'll pull his listings
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Originally Posted by Blue Batmobile
that guy on ebay used some of my pics for his auctions, really ____ed me off! My eyelids are $15 shipped, he charges $7 for shipping! and from what I've heard, his stuff doesn't even fit right, and I hear the color is off on some kits as well. I'm in the process of selling on ebay, but you'll know it's me, I'll have Bluebatmobile Vinyl Overlays as the headling.

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did he just linked to your pictures? if he did, you can have some fun by changing them to fat nekkid women pictures.
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no, he actually uploaded them onto his webspace. Just ____es me off that he used something of mine to represent his product. He didn't even bother to ask me.

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Painting the headlights directly is a bad idea. I did this onmy 99 Mercury Cougar when i first got it and it looked great but started chipping shortly after. Anytime you have an exposed edge of paint it will be proned to chipping. I'd definately stay away from the pressure washer at the car wash as well.



I ended up buying new OEM headlights and then painted them on the inside.

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