So I've been out of the country for a couple of months and honestly haven't done much to the car in awhile. Had a couple of pending projects that I had started but didn't finish so thought I would actually finish one of them.

Our Lexus's come with a fresnal projector lens and well I wasn't very happy with the output so decided to swap in a clear tsx projector lens cause it is actually clear. Well so off to the bake booth/oven it went.



Here is the clear lens in the housing. I did this lens mod on my 2GS retrofit as well and loved the output.



With the headlight out I also wanted to make some eyelids. I couldn't find any eyelids for sale at this time and well hey how hard could it be to make right. lol.. it's a pain!!! Well first step was to mask off the headlight to create a mold per say. I used some silicon spray lube so the resin would not adhere to the tape.



I would've done this in fiberglass too but I didn't have any, but I did have some raw carbon fiber left over from another project. I cut 4 strips, the taped border is so the material doesn't fray.



I used 2 overlay-ed strips on each headlight. Put one strip down, resin it, roll out all the air etc and then lay another strip and do the same.



So that created the form to build from. Next I had to shape it. Trimmed off the excess and taped it up to the headlights to decide on the shape. I used some vinyl tape to help me draw the lines from the factory body line on the fender to the hood. This is what I came up with.



Trimmed off the excess again and this is how everything looked .





Sanded it down, enhanced the lines a little more and a good coat of primer and this is what I was left with.



It's thin, strong, flexible and looks good on the car IMO. Will have some pics up after it is painted and on the car.

 

Looking good!

 

Make and sell the eyelids...

You'd have a ton of people on here wanting them to 'cover up' their faded headlights LOL

..... and they look great, a decent profile without cutting into the light output!

 

pics of the lighting output with the new lens. do you have before and after pics?

 

I agree with 01LEXPL. I'd definitely order a pair.

 

Thanks man.

Dont have any before and after pics, didn't really take any but you should be able to google it, fresnal lens vs clear lens. People have been doing this for awhile now for other cars. I did it on my last retrofit on my 2GS... you can check it out here:

http://www.flawlessfitment.com/2012/...-lexus-gs.html

Funny enough that's why I wanted eyelids, definitely not making them individually, takes way too long but I guess I can see if anyone can make a mold and get it made in ABS or Polypropylene.

 

wow! awesome work

 

Can't wait to see the finished eyelids and new output!