Putting Eyelids On R34, Not Sticking, Using Double Sided Tape! Help!

[DRFT31]

Hey guys,

Ive bought some eyelids for my r34, all painted ready to go. Cleaned the lights put the eyelids on the lights firstly they wouldn’t stick at all with the 1st double sided tape that i bought from bunnings warehouse, then i went back and bought 3m tape holds up to 1 kg lol. Cleaned the lights once again with hot soapy water, they stuck on for a day then just started to unstick 1 day later. There must be something on the lights which isnt completely off eg polish, what do you guys recommend to clean the light completely don’t want to cause any damage thou.

Thanks!

[Granthem]

Hey mate, Try just using normal water to clean the headlight, then towel dry it. Rub it alot so that there is nothing left on the surface. Then use Packmate double sided badge tape from Supercheap. Cover the whole underside of the eyelid, and be careful when fitting, just sit the eyelid on and check they are both level, cause once you push down on this stuff its not coming off easily!

I thought the same idea, to clean the headlight, and for that i tried a small bit of metho. DONT USE. it started to effect my plastic. So thats when i went for the towel and normal water solution. They are still on months later and not going anywhere, and can withstand 160kmph + speeds

Packmate is the brand, trust me get that. Not 3m. I spent heaps on the 3m stuff too, and it was useless!

[KIRAS]

i know this might sounds weird but i use silicon on both my 33 and Impreza! i used double sided tape (and the good stuff) and in hot and wet weather it came loose, and the corners snapped when someone walked past it and brushed up aginst it!! And it looks bad when they are not fitted! Plus the tape is thick and the eyelids stick out and look bad!

if you put a few drops of clear silicon right along the eyelid and tape it down with electrical tape (the soft gray one as that tape comes off with ease and wont pull off the eyelids!!) Do it at night when its cold and your not going to drive it!

Its not hard to remove and they look 1000 times better when put on that way!!!

[Granthem]

here are mine using automotive badge tape for reference

Edited February 18, 2008 by Granthem

[KezR33]

here are mine using automotive badge tape for reference

That looks awesome, seriously makes the car look a whole lot meaner. Love the rims too.

How do you go about getting these lids? Can you buy them from somewhere, or do you just mock up your own?

Thanks.

[Granthem]

Cheers dude, people like carmate etc sell them, or check ebay!

[Sheng]

i bought i think 3G or something from bunnings, worked as a treat

[R34NRG]

got any front views of that car sheng?

[GTX-R34]

I used the stuff from Bunnings too, make sure you get the Automotive pack for exterior surfaces, tape is dark grey and about 10mm wide. Have had mine on

for a month now and have stuck realy well. The trick is to clean both surfaces with Prepsol (wax and grease remover) to gaurantee good adhesion. I used a

strip on the top and bottom of both lids. When using Prepsol you will need two rags, one to apply and one to remove. Good luck, can't go wrong if done

properly.

[HKS_R34]

those carbon eye lids look farkn nice. Where did you get them from?