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Old 08-09-2012, 10:26 PM   #11
12 yaris
 
Drives: '12 Yaris LE Lagoon Blue Mica
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: York,Pa
Posts: 344
Guys and Gals,
This really quite simple.I have seen eyelids for the sedans,I believe they do
not cover the top of the head-light surround the way I would like them too.
Anyone who has read my posts should know I have messing with cars for 35 years,paint work,restoration,cosmetic modifications,etc.
A good portion of todays cosmetic mods are simple peel and stick if you will,
another persons idea...
I strive( and always did)to come up with my own ideas,(you would be surprised what you can do with lead filling,plastic body filling etc)...
I admire George Barris,among others for their visions of customized vehicles.
What I did with my head-lights and tail-lights you can do also.In order to do this you first need the attitude,Do I want my car to look like anybody else's?
This is what I did,I purchased pin-strip tape and made my own designs on the headlights,then I masked off areas that I did not want painted,then I
simply painted the lights,peeled off the tape to see if I liked the results.
If I didn't fine I removed the paint with laquer thinner.
When I finally found what I wanted I sanded the headlight with 1500 paper so the paint would adhere used pin-stripe tape for the design,masked,cleaned the area to be painted and painted the base color
then cleared.
Then I thought about the tail-lights,they sure look hideous on the 12's
I saw that some were available for 500-600 bucks.I choose not to spend a
nice chunk of change on something that someone else might purchased,so I did the same thing for my tail-lights and saved about 450-550 bucks...
So far this is the only blue-lagoon mica Yaris I have seen...
I really do not want to capitalize on this,I would like to see people come up with your own ideas.
Dare to be different,use your imagination...
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