Boser hood: Need help
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Boser hood: Need help
Hey guys, plan on doing this as my lip kit gets redone- the picture below is how i want the hood to go over headlights. I cant find an eyelid that matches that design. Having the pieces pre-cut and then attached to hood would be so much easier for the job. Anyone know where i can find an eyelid like that??
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I'll ask the guy working on it if it would be easier to start from a current eyelid design. I heard you can get a big metal piece and attach to hood from bottom and cut it out to go over headlights. Sounds like the eyelid process would be easier though.
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The eye lids needs more of a slant towards the grill to give it that "mean" look.
Your best bet is to just have a piece of metal cut and weld it to your hood, sand it down, and paint.
That's the easy part. The hard part is what's been said above. Our lights are setup different than some of the VW's and Audi's you see rocking this style.
You would be the first if you figured this out... but I don't think there is a way to make it look right - sitting flush.
Edit: Perhaps a very VERY thin piece of metal, but then you may run into issues of it getting bent. You'll need a soft buffer on the back of some sort to keep the lights from getting scratched also.
Your best bet is to just have a piece of metal cut and weld it to your hood, sand it down, and paint.
That's the easy part. The hard part is what's been said above. Our lights are setup different than some of the VW's and Audi's you see rocking this style.
You would be the first if you figured this out... but I don't think there is a way to make it look right - sitting flush.
Edit: Perhaps a very VERY thin piece of metal, but then you may run into issues of it getting bent. You'll need a soft buffer on the back of some sort to keep the lights from getting scratched also.
You can always have a vinyl piece on your headlight as a buffer for the piece welded to the hood if you feel you really need to get it that flush...
I wouldn't suggest using a thin piece of metal. But it's going to take more than just a little welding and sanding since the piece has to go over the headlight and you want the hood to be flush. All in all, it shouldn't be too hard to make.
I wouldn't suggest using a thin piece of metal. But it's going to take more than just a little welding and sanding since the piece has to go over the headlight and you want the hood to be flush. All in all, it shouldn't be too hard to make.
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Find someone with an english wheel. They can form the filler piece to the curve of the headlight. Roll a bead on the edge for you and then just grind and weld it to the hood
Frankly I think boser hoods and stick on eyelids everyone does looks super ghey, but props on custom work if you go that route, Ive done my fair share of metalwork and bodywork and know how hard it can be when making parts from scratch.
Frankly I think boser hoods and stick on eyelids everyone does looks super ghey, but props on custom work if you go that route, Ive done my fair share of metalwork and bodywork and know how hard it can be when making parts from scratch.
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I think it will look fine going over the headlights without indenting them b/c eyelids don't look that bad the only thing is the gap between the hood. If anyone can post pics of eyelids on G (from a good angle to see how much higher they sit than the hood-that would be great.) Thin piece of metal should do the job. My only real problem is the design of this piece. I like the way the pic above looks but HomieG35 might have a point, so here are the other two pics of boser hood. Which do you guys suggest?
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