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Purchased a pair of R34 eyelids from MFX about a month and a half ago; finally got them painted and fitted today :D Decided to go DIY as the initial cost of the item didn't warrant a professional spray job. Besides, the item is so damn small it's going to be near impossible to funk it up~

Ingredients:

2 x MFX R34 Eyelids

1 x Can of Automotive Spray Paint (Nismo White)

1 x Can of Laquer

1 x Brick (to hold eyelids up above ground)

1 x Old Newspaper (to keep my driveway spotless)

Process took 2 days as I only began work Saturday evening. Applied 2 initial coats of white and left to dry overnight. Came back from a small meet-up today and finished it off by applying a final coat of paint followed by 2 coats of laquer.

Voila....

Eyelids fitted using double sided adhesive tape; had to be cut to size. Because these eyelids "flex" to a certain degree, fitment was clean and easy as you could bend them to the shape of the headlight :)

Photograph'os:

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Still not sure whether I'll keep em on for good... a little undecided atm! Maybe they'll grow on me so they'll stay on for a month or two :) Good thing is that the adhesive is only on the plastic housing of the headlight which means removal is a piece of cake!

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I think you are 100% correct.... the East Bear ones look much more aggressive! But could that be because of the front bar it is partnered with? Could be a "package" feel rather than the single piece feel...

Anyways, thanks for the feedback guys :)

IMO, look's more aggressive yes.. but still needs more covering the light on the other hand - if you got the r34 GTR style grill it looks a whole lot better! I recon even without the lids.. just looks badass

Edited by ignuz

ignuz; I agree that the GTR grille would look awesome no doubt, but the amount of work + money to get that look is not justified in my books. There are just too many parts that need to be replace in order to achieve that look - and only so that the eyelids look more agressive, proves my point even more :D

oh :D Pictures don't mean anything anyway... always looks different in person :D

oh and also.. i can't tell if you've already done it or if it even can be done.. but if you take the lids off and just tint the glass a bit.. make it darker i think that would look alot more aggressive even without the lids.. that white on black look :D

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stan... those eye lids are alrite... the "Angry" C-West ones are ghey... I got a set and had em on the car for 3 days and couldnt hack it. Stock is the best... R34 headlights give the R34 that uniqe beefy look so why cover them up??

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