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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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Yesss...bought some carbon fiber and fabricated some eyelids

Tell me whatcha think..





Oh and had plenty of carbon fiber left, so I decided to make a fuel lid cover

Old Apr 5, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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i have two thoughts...
1. this belongs in drag co. i'll move it..
2. you nned to do some thing about the light coming through the side of the headlight...(pic #2 shows this bad...)

looks good, keep up the modding.
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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so far looks good.. ^^^ what he said on #2
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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^^me three!
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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I love it...

Where did you get the carbon fiber?

-THE DON
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 04:15 PM
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you need to move them over a lil bit , unless you did that on purpose. If so then leave it , i dont like it like that though .. it would be better if ya moved them over a lil
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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I like them,
but yes...moved them closer to the hood

nice job!
Old Apr 5, 2005 | 11:25 PM
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cool.
Old Apr 6, 2005 | 01:17 AM
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Yeah I noticed that too when I put them on. I originally had a problem because the template I made went to the contour lines of the headlight. I didn't want to move it over too much because it would be sticking out. I was thinking I could use some black vinyl to cover up that part of the headlight
Old Apr 6, 2005 | 01:19 AM
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oh and btw the carbon fiber I bought was the Hayame stuff, high quality. I got it at Super Autobacs in Stanton off the 22.
Old Apr 6, 2005 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by sup1r1man
oh and btw the carbon fiber I bought was the Hayame stuff, high quality. I got it at Super Autobacs in Stanton off the 22.
They have Autobacs in the US?! OMG I love that store! (If it's the same autobacs as in Japan)
Old Apr 6, 2005 | 01:40 AM
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Yes, So cali has a Super Autobacs store in Stanton.
Old Apr 7, 2005 | 03:41 AM
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Crazy....
Old Apr 7, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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i went there once last year...i almost fainted when i walked in...me and my friends stayed on the second floor and watched an entire video they had on...lol
Old Apr 13, 2005 | 06:55 AM
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I fixed the eyelids with some black vinyl...they look a lot better thanks guys

Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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still lookin good...
Old Apr 15, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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I'm thinking about making more carbon fiber eyelids and selling 'em.

I'm not sure if it's worth it, what do you guys think?

If so, how much would you pay for them?
Old Apr 15, 2005 | 03:38 AM
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make it so the CF wraps around the headlight to block the light from coming thru
Old Apr 15, 2005 | 05:28 AM
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I was thinking about that, but I need to find a way to heat it so it'll bend more :-/
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