I have been contemplating doing eyelids on my G6 for a month or more, and I finally decided to make some.
First you're going to need to get the proper supplies:
Boxcutter = $1.99
Pinstripe = $3.99
Scrap Black Vynil = $1.00
Scrap Vynil in the color of your car = $1.00
As you can see, it'll be a little over $8.00 after tax.
First I started out by cleaning the headlights with windex, and let them dry for a few minutes. Then I tore off a piece of pinstripe that would be long enough to lay down the design I wanted. I laid down 2 different designs originally, one on each headlight, and spent time deciding which I liked best. Then I tore off the one I didn't like and duplicated that line on the other headlight.
After that I cut an appropriately sized piece of the black vynil and laid it smoothly over most of the headlight, trying to avoid bubbling.
(Note: You want to use black underneath the color coded pieces so that the light does not shine through the vynil. Black is the most "light-fast" of all the colors.)
After the vynil was laid I trimmed it to the size I predetermined with the pinstripe, and removed the excess.
All of this is fairly easy and took about 30 minutes up to this point.
Here's a frontal view:
After this step you just add the color coded vynil on top of the black. Before you lay the color coded down, it is recommended that you use soapy water over the black vynil so that you do not pull the black vynil up after all that work.
For those of you with a Liquid Silver Metallic G6 use either Avery Vynil colors: Silver Grey, or Silver Metallic. Silver Metallic is prefered, but harder to find.
First you're going to need to get the proper supplies:
Boxcutter = $1.99
Pinstripe = $3.99
Scrap Black Vynil = $1.00
Scrap Vynil in the color of your car = $1.00
As you can see, it'll be a little over $8.00 after tax.
First I started out by cleaning the headlights with windex, and let them dry for a few minutes. Then I tore off a piece of pinstripe that would be long enough to lay down the design I wanted. I laid down 2 different designs originally, one on each headlight, and spent time deciding which I liked best. Then I tore off the one I didn't like and duplicated that line on the other headlight.
After that I cut an appropriately sized piece of the black vynil and laid it smoothly over most of the headlight, trying to avoid bubbling.
(Note: You want to use black underneath the color coded pieces so that the light does not shine through the vynil. Black is the most "light-fast" of all the colors.)
After the vynil was laid I trimmed it to the size I predetermined with the pinstripe, and removed the excess.
All of this is fairly easy and took about 30 minutes up to this point.
Here's a frontal view:
After this step you just add the color coded vynil on top of the black. Before you lay the color coded down, it is recommended that you use soapy water over the black vynil so that you do not pull the black vynil up after all that work.
For those of you with a Liquid Silver Metallic G6 use either Avery Vynil colors: Silver Grey, or Silver Metallic. Silver Metallic is prefered, but harder to find.
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