My custom tangelo orange pearl widebody 3000gt

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Originally Posted by Markingtime

Nice looking grill. Maybe I missed an earlier post, but did you get the grill from Skillard in Oregon?

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It looks good but I would want to cut out holes for the fog lights.

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Originally Posted by FRR35H

looks hot mate! love the colour and kit combination. and that GTR spoiler looks the goods!
up until now i was heading towards the CIANCI TORINO bar, but seeing your V2 bar im considering that,
your progress is evident there was a lot of work put into the car.
im interested though in your DIY Evil eye hood. have you got a guide on how to do it?
i remember reading a guide once but god knows where i did and what happened to it.

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There is really nothing to it. Sand the area on your hood by the headlights down to metal. Tape the hell out of your lights. fiberglass 2 layers over the hood and down the lights. Let it cure over night, take a ruler and draw a line accross the fiberglass for evil eye, cut the excess fiberglass. Use body filler to blend the hood and fiberglass together. Take your time, dont cheap out and use bondo brand garbage and it will turn out perfect.


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Originally Posted by Psychotron

Yeah sorry I posted that link trying to use my phone here it is again hopefully it takes. The making of Tangelo 3000gt pictures by caseymccomas - Photobucket

That really sucks you did all that work to find out they are overlays, when I first got the fender set I could hardly find any pictures or information about installation, My pictures are kind of random because I was too busy doing all the work and not really concerned with taking pics but there are a few in there

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lol the headlight, I was working on something like it a while back but I put it on the back burner to other stuff on the car. I knew somebody would do it before too long. How did you cut those?

Here's pics of one I was working on but nowhere near finished.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/DSCF8775.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/DSCF8767.jpg

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

lol the headlight, I was working on something like it a while back but I put it on the back burner to other stuff on the car. I knew somebody would do it before too long. How did you cut those?

Here's pics of one I was working on but nowhere near finished.

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My evil eye is actually part of the hood, with an "eyebrow" inside the light, but its interresting and easier to do evil eye the way you started to do it, no paint that way I guess. I drew a design on one of the lights, used a dremel to cut it out then sandpaper and files to smooth out the plastic edges. To make both sides match you just lay one over the other.

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...7-26161557.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...7-26165056.jpg

Here is some visual aids for those looking to make their own evil eye hood

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC01251.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC01258.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...t/DSC01423.jpg

I have a few green inserts so that one was a test but I plan to cut them and grind/sand the underneath to sort of a sharp edge then paint the underneath black. The rest will be pretty much a robo mod. I'll probably work on it again next year. It's been a long time since I messed with it though.

thanks man,
one thing i still cant get my head around is that when you close the hood, does it hit the lights?
how do you get it to not rub on them? Ill be making mine out of CF eventually, for a CF hood. but thats the only thing im not sure of,

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Originally Posted by FRR35H

thanks man,
one thing i still cant get my head around is that when you close the hood, does it hit the lights?
how do you get it to not rub on them? Ill be making mine out of CF eventually, for a CF hood. but thats the only thing im not sure of,

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It lays over the lights, it doesnt rub because the hood and the lights dont move when the hood is latched.

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the eyelids on the headlights look more curvy and flow better than the sharp angle on the hood. just saying.

Yeah I like the way you cut the eyelids. I never noticed them in the pics of the car. I just happened to see them when I looked at your photobucket. I knew I couldn't have been the only one that has thought about doing it.

Where did you get your smoked turn signals? I was looking for a set.

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Originally Posted by Psychotron

It lays over the lights, it doesnt rub because the hood and the lights dont move when the hood is latched.

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sorry what i meant to say was, when the stock hood is closed it looks as though it sits flush with the headlights. with the evil eyes, they sit on top but the flow of the hood is not altered at all. do you have a close up pic of the lights and hood to see the gap between them?

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

Yeah I like the way you cut the eyelids. I never noticed them in the pics of the car. I just happened to see them when I looked at your photobucket. I knew I couldn't have been the only one that has thought about doing it.

Where did you get your smoked turn signals? I was looking for a set.

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i think 3sx used to sell them. either way, if you do a proper wet-sand & clear-coat overtop of nightshades...the end result is superlative.

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Originally Posted by IPD

i think 3sx used to sell them. either way, if you do a proper wet-sand & clear-coat overtop of nightshades...the end result is superlative.

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Or since you need to use real clear out of a gun to make it worth your while and have long lasting results you just mix in a little black with your clear and bypass nightshades all together.

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/...-03-135720.jpg

...if you can mix it in the right amount that will still pass inspection/safety.

Night shade is fail

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Originally Posted by IPD

...if you can mix it in the right amount that will still pass inspection/safety.

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Right, Inspection. Whatever that is, we dont have it here, but if you care about that sort of thing, you will have more problems doing that with nightshades, it lets less light through than clear with black in it. In my case we used a junk tail light out of a dumpster at the body shop to practice on, guess not everyone has that luxury.

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Originally Posted by IPD

...if you can mix it in the right amount that will still pass inspection/safety.

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Right, Inspection. Whatever that is, we dont have it here, but if you care about that sort of thing, you will have more problems doing that with nightshades, it lets less light through than clear with black in it. In my case we used a junk tail light out of a dumpster at the body shop to practice on, guess not everyone has that luxury.

Beautiful car.

i never thought about mixing clear with some black to tint the lights.
ive used nightshade many times, i usually get a good finish. what i think would look hot, is to strip the tails all together and paint the inside of them black so its a black backing but red bulbs or LED like this:
http://www.getprice.com.au/images/up...ail-Lights.gif