Ok folks..eyelids came last nite. They are from ebay-fibre customs. I believe its a friend of The Law. Anyway-SUPER nice product and seriously arrived in like 4 days so A+ for that guy.

Anyway-I have an 02 sterling mist SE w/angel eyes. Thoughts and opinions on painting these to match or just clear coating(they are flat black now).

Thanks!

 

IMO paint them the body color. It will come out great!!

 

... yeah dont even hesitate, paint em your body color. and clear coat it.

 

match the body. its the whole point of eyelids, to make the headlight opening appear narrower.

 

+1 on body color

 

I think it depends...

For a black max, carbon fiber eye-lids would look pretty decent too...

I'm trying to figure out what to do with these myself.

 

agreed definitely match the body

 

sweet-i think i just needed a bunch of people to say one or the other-ima paint em this weekend...hopefully.

 

Pink and yellow polka dots always work too...LOL

 

paint em body color.. you can pick up a rattle can to match for like 25-30 bucks online.. and one can could prob do half a dozen pairs ...oh yeah.. i have them on mine.. just not in my pic..

 

not to thread jack or anything, but what site would you buy from? the can of paint that would match the car?

 

i wouldnt buy online-theres a great local auto paint shop about 10 mins from me here that is a vendor on a local forum, quoted me $21 for an aerosol of KT3 base. not sure where online to get the oem base.

@mist max2000-do you have an online supplier?

 

definitely paint to match the body paint, will look a lot sharper

 

k..ill have some pics up tomorrow of the paint job and hopefully installed. Thank you all for the input!

 

I just ordered some myself, and plan on painting them the body color.
I bought the matched paint from NAPA, $20.

I have the clear protective film on my headlights, and it is pretty hefty stuff maybe 1/16" thick. Does anyone know if I will be able to install the eyelids over this without removing oe trimming the film?

Thanks...

 

Yup..i put them on this morn....there was probably about 1/8th inch clearance-def not an issue. pics coming(uploading)

 

Great! Thanks... looking forward to the pictures.
Any install tips?
They look pretty straight forward, but you may have little suggestions for this or that?
Thanks

 

we have the same color car man... go ahead and paint em...
No paint


Paint

 

Nice! They give the nose an aggressive almost angry look...

 

exactly what im going for