well last night i was up till like 4 in the morning working on painting eyelids on my car... here is the result...







so what do you guys think?

 

Not too big of a fan, the colour varies too much. But thumbs up for the clean job though!

 

Go to a dealer and have them order you 1 can of GM color match spray paint that way it will match dead on.

But other then the color not being 100% props on a awesome clean job!

Let me know if you need the part # for the paint from GM.

 

i didnt realize they had color match spray paint i though it was just the brush on bs... how much is it?

 

im not much of a fan of painting on my car.....i would have gone with some color matched vinyl ones that i could take off if i wanted to. other than that..not too bad, but like they said..get some color match spray

 

Most people don't know we have it/can get it. Here ya go, part # 12346642 and its between $7 -$10 for a can. Now the cans are small like the size of a Testors model spray can, 5oz. But its as close as you'll ever come out of a spray can.

Good luck hope this helps you.

 

I'd like to get the vinyls from ebay. I am leasing my car and don't feel comfortable painting my lights.

 

If u didn't sand the top of the headlight, it will peel.

 

yeah it looks good, im not a fan of that style of eyelids, but looks like you did a good job.

 

paint thinner is your friend... and i did buy the vinyl ones from ebay... they suck big donkey dick , there is not way that the go on smooth and look good close up. also on ebay are stock headlights for like 40 bucks so if you eff them up your not screwed.

i kind of wanted to go lower so i think that i will eventually order some color match paint and redo them.

 

thanks i appreciate it.

 

i bet if the car was cleaner the eyelids would match better...jks
looks tight

 

me too i painted mine





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...did you try soapy water, a towell, and a plastic putty knife....thats what we use when we install them professionaly around here. i have been doing vinyl for forever and when i test fited the black color match eyelids on my car they looked like great quality paint....all of this also depends on the quality of the vinyl medium. my company doesent offer them on ebay yet, but i might take some pics of the test ones pretty soon so you guys can see them....you cant tell they arent painted on...they look great!!!

 

I would like some eyelids for my LS. I've been thinking about getting vinyls, but I don't know if they have vinyl to match the Blue Granite color...suggestions anyone?

 

they way they were cut it just seemed as if there was now possible way it would go on smooth so i just said **** it.

 

eh...depends on how they cut it on the plotter....ours have gone on perfect every time so idk

 

that would be 536 in the oracal catalog...we took the time to go to the dealer and hand mach the colors.

 

The easiest way to use vinyl and still have it match is to get plain white vinyl and put it on.
Then you mask off the area to paint it, paint it remove masking and TA DA!! Vinyl eyelids that actualy match the cars paint!

I did this on my old Cavi. cause I wanted them but did not want to paint them directly on the light. So I put down white vinyl and painted it. Years latter when I traded it in on my Balt I simply peeled them off and the lights were just like new.