just started my eyebrow project

just did the first eyebrow for my car, havent welded it on yet, just used tape 2 hold it on so i could get a pic, do u guys think it should be bigger, longer etc? i dunno, this was my first attempt, lemme know


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They should be bigger than that dude.. The hood you're trying to copy runs from corner to corner.

that'll be a boser style hood...that's what they call em on german cars...translates to mean or something..

That's going to look gay.

that'll be a boser style hood...that's what they call em on german cars...translates to mean or something..

yea and i think the british call em "bad boy" hoods or something along those lines,

SiZ, thanx for the input, i think i'll do it that way instead, gotta love free metal hehehe :D

i'll make another template and see what i think and then post it up for u guys,

the guy who said its gonna look gay, well i dont give a shit, i think it looks awesome and thats all that matters, i was looking for people to tell me if they should be bigger and stuff which is wut SiZ did, hence the fact i thanked him, marked just gave useless info but hes known for that ;) lol, j/p bro :)

back again, heres the 2nd one i made, its longer like SiZ suggested but i cant go any bigger because of the bumps on the glass

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let me know what u think, i'm gonna go out and make the one for the other side and i'll check back when i'm done b4 i start welding
i'm hoping someone, anyone checks this and comments on it!!!

got both done now, check it out and let me know

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I like man go wiuth the bigger one

good enough for me, the welding will begin now!

Looks real good man. You know a file will take care of those bumps. Most people never use them anymore, they are on there for aligning the headlight, but sence you got a big piece of metal behind half of it I'm sure that would throw the alignment off anyway.

nah it looks ugly straight like that, put a small circle dip in it.

Like this

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nah it looks ugly straight like that, put a small circle dip in it.

Like this

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/uploads/158787/llight_lip.JPG

um having it strait floats his boat so why would he care if you think there ugly. Personally i think its hard to judge them without them being welded on and painted. just my $.02

making it straight makes it look corny though. they look like nissan s14 lights like that kinda, but worse. :-/

I say curve it a little....weld it up then bust out the grinder and put a gentle curve into it.... that's my suggestion :)

i think itll look tight as shit. Makes it look like its gonna jump up and beat the shit outta someone and intimidate all who you race. I love it.

man i think you should go back to what to stock not feeling this at all mate!

make sure you leave enough clearence for the metal to miss the headlights as it has been known for the bonnet not to shut or for the headlight to smash when u shut the hood so do it slowly the first time when u shut it

yeah i like it but i think it looks better from corner to corner like this.......

http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/files/1048116597.jpg

i think itll look tight as shit. Makes it look like its gonna jump up and beat the shit outta someone and intimidate all who you race. I love it.

thats what everyone said lastnight, they all think it looks fucking awesome! i'll try to get some pics today after i finish evening things out, but at night they look fucking MEAN!
i love it :)

civic 16valver, yea i know i love the look of that, i wanted to do that but i didnt know about the bumps being able to be filed off on the lights, kinda sucks but oh well, still looks awesome

cool, well get pics up when your all done, goo job your doing this before you FINALLY paint it ;)

Do it from corner to corner and put a curve in it to go around the bumps. Notice that silver car posted up top has a curve to it.

so when are u gonna finish

so when are u gonna finish

hopefully tonight before work, or tommorow i should finish on my spare, i got a bit more done today and took some pics so i'll show u when i get home from school hopefully,

more progress pics, please note it hasnt been sanded yet, waiting for it to cure 100% first

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IMO it looks friggin sick so far!

and now heres some shots with the intercooler infront, i was gonna put it in and test fit it and see what it looked like but didnt feel like takin the bumper off, gives u a general idea on how big it is and how it should look in there tho


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Now thats what will make the car "look mean" is an intercooler in the front of that thing. Also that did you use to fill in rust and holes on that? Cuz im getting into all this autobody stuff now and dont know too much about it. No spray paint i get at the store matches my paint too perfectly. Is there a way to match the colors?

looks lil better now its done but not really my thing still

http://www.iquebec.com/hondafan/2402.jpg
Now THIS is a mean CRX.

take a grinder and curve out the sharp angles and i think it would look fuckin awesome!

take a grinder and curve out the sharp angles and i think it would look fuckin awesome!

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hella sick, make some for all of us, ship to use for free :naughty:

then it t'would no longer be custom, now would it?

hmm, well if u like it alot, then let me know, i can make a set up for u and charge u 5 bux + shipping US for them if u really want, all u gotta do is weld em on and thats it, lemme know

Now thats what will make the car "look mean" is an intercooler in the front of that thing. Also that did you use to fill in rust and holes on that? Cuz im getting into all this autobody stuff now and dont know too much about it. No spray paint i get at the store matches my paint too perfectly. Is there a way to match the colors?


yea i wanna toss the intercooler in for a week and see what ppl say lol, make it look like its all hooked up and shit hehehe,

ummm, i dunno if u could match urs cuz its faded and all prolly if its the original colour, what i used to patch holes and fill dents and stuff was fiber glass (for the holes) and for little dents and stuff i found this thing called liquid metal and i found it to work really well actually, thats what u can see on the hood by the eyebrows, the dark grey stuff, thats un painted, it works good and dries fast once u spread it, the hardens fully in a couple hours or so, but i like 2 give it a full 24 hours 2 cure if i do a thick layer

take a grinder and curve out the sharp angles and i think it would look fuckin awesome!
He needs to fiberglass then sand it. Or even a bondo build up, fiberglass over that, sand sand sand, put about 3 good layers of fiberglass on it to smooth it all out. thats what i would do, so you cant see every weld bend like u can now.

He needs to fiberglass then sand it. Or even a bondo build up, fiberglass over that, sand sand sand, put about 3 good layers of fiberglass on it to smooth it all out. thats what i would do, so you cant see every weld bend like u can now.


like i stated earlier... its not finished being molded and smoothed! i'll let u know when its done

the next thing i wanna do is find someone with a DOHC ZC hood with the bump in it where the hoods rotted in spots and such, and get them to cut me out the bump on the hood for me so i can cut my hood and use it, then it would be a true custom hood :)

If you like it man then do it thats all that matters.Your the one that has to deal with it.I think they will be tight but the headlights suck so bad on the 4th gen civic that I would go to brighter lights.If you havent already

If you like it man then do it thats all that matters.Your the one that has to deal with it.I think they will be tight but the headlights suck so bad on the 4th gen civic that I would go to brighter lights.If you havent already

already did the 9005 conversion

looks to straight and blocky, curve it a little

If you like the straight edge, then I say go with it.....but in my opinion that looks gay as F_ck. If you cut out a nice curve it would look so much better.

PunkAlex - What part of NC are you from? I'm in Gastonia, near Charlotte....

Yeah ive been to gastonia a couple times...Im from smithfield (30 minutes east of raleigh)

BTW 1PhatCX what kind of welds did you use?

i'm in raleigh :)

BTW 1PhatCX what kind of welds did you use?


i used spot mig welds to transfer the heat evenly

Looks very nicely done. Now finish it :icon16:

your car looks pissed, i love it

Has that Silvia look to it. Curve it a little and it'll look mean!

yea ive noticed a bunch of NC 4th gen owners...speak of the devil, theres a 1990 black crx that needs a new engine for $1000 obo (pfftt ill give em 750 if it runs at all, 600 max if it doesnt)....im callin the guy monday

Yeah i figured you used mig...i only have a POS arc welder that wont do shit on cars :lol:

your car looks pissed, i love it


thanx! thats the look i was goin for! :D

newest pics
still more smoothing to be done

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Show us some pictures of it in the dark with the lights on my friend, from a distance too!!!

yeah did it effect your headlights very bad?

it didnt really affect the lights at all, the only pic i have right now is of the front of the car with the highs on, i'm gonna be getting some brighter headlights anyways tho cuz everyone says the sylvanias work really well so i'm gonna try em out


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underneath the lip, paint it or something, just paint it white i guess, a few layers, maybe stop the light from comming through a little bit! just trace it with a magic marker with the hood down, then lift up and thats your guideline for painting.

Looks nice.

the Silver Star bulbs are the best I'v found, but will run you about twice as much as the others.

man thats looking awesome. Gets better and better with every picture. What type of metal did you use to make em, im just curious.

..must be nice when your car is primer and you can just mess around and not have to worry about painting ;) haha..

def. looks cool with the lights on.

i used 14 or 12 gauge steel, something like that, maybe 16, it was a bitch to cut with tin snips tho lol,

thanx for all the good comments guys, and about the painting idea, i dunno if i'll do that or not, well see what it looks like after i do it cuz if it makes it harder to see then i wont do it.

and yea it is awesome having an un painted car hehe

I like it

most people over here put polished alluminium (very thin guage) so it reflects the light back into the headlight giving you better lights and also the light wont show through the paint as bad

most people over here put polished alluminium (very thin guage) so it reflects the light back into the headlight giving you better lights and also the light wont show through the paint as bad

4th gen hoods are steel right? if im not mistaken, you cant weld steel and aluminum..... i may be wrong.....but im pretty sure..