This was the NAUGHTY CORNER

Ahahahahah, that's brilliant Astranaut.

I must admit, I decided to make these out of metal purely to nudge myself a few millmetres away from pure Halfords Bodgery. I thought to myself "At least if somebody mutters 'look at this towny halfwit and his stupid evil eyes mod' and then has a fiddle with one he might go 'oh no, wait, these are quality evil eyes, made of proper metal... I have a newfound respect for this craftsman'.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

HMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Interesting Jim. I did consider the fact they would potentially be air pockets but decided I was overthinking it and don't ever go fast enough for that to be a concern.

I'm curious to know how Josh fixed his eyelids on. On the one hand mine are likely to be more prone because I've brought them right down to the crease line and therefore they're bigger. On the other hand, because of that fact these are bolted in to place at four points via the headlight fixing points. So in theory they should be stronger... but then again getting rammed full of more air than than they can reasonably accommodate can only lead to stress.

Maybe I need to duct the headlamp surrounds and use this flaw to my advantage... as a kind of organic induction kit for my carb.

Welllllp, a first proper look in daylight and I'm now satisfied that this isn't a good look. The entire thing would depend on smoothing over the gaps and match-painting. Doing that will leave the eye lids prone to air pressure, and also its sods law that a day after doing it a bulb will blow.

Leaving them how they look right now just looks like a curse word home bodge, so I'm taking this one off, and storing the pair of them for a possible future date should I get a brainwave about doing it differently.

FAILBODGE








Edit: Additional.

Could. Not. Resist.

I cant help it... I do like the effect. If I resist sealing them seamlessly to the nose they should be sufficiently vented, although it won't be as neat as I was aiming for.The second one I just fitted was sprayed first to see if it makes much difference. I think it does. I'm going to paint the other one on the car whilst also blowing over the entire front where paint has chipped off round the edges. Once it's all painted, I hope it looks OK.

Need to wait for a dry day now to get it all painted in.











Edit 2: More additional

Just went for a lively trundle to test my eyebrows. Got up to a legal 70mph, maybe 75, maybe 80 but only for a little bit. They stayed on. Also, I think I've solved my engine tick. It became worrying loud just now (or I fixated on it, obsessively, who knows) forcing me to pull over and have a really good mooch. Don't want to tempt fate but I *THINK* it was my exhaust. I tightened up the clamp bolts and it seemed to disappear. Won't stay that way. I think I may need new exhausts AND manifolds. I think it all looks a bit crabby and possibly too far gone to clean up and refit.

Here's a couple of front-on shots. The painted eyebrow definitely looks better than the unpainted. Going to seal the joins for tidiness but then vent the seals discreetly with some orderly needle hole perforations.

Felt compelled to pull in for a shot on the car park at the mecca of this sort of bodge-moddery....

I'm seriously in the haven't got a clue camp here. Half of me is saying, "no,no,no" the other half is, "hang on..."

Maybe I'll get more decided now I've got a cold one in front of me 😊

Now this thread is just making me frown - not because i don't like them - but because my face always mimics the expressions of oncoming cars and their headlight "eyes".

Is it just me that suffers from that?

I like them. I think.

I wouldn't get too hung up on the through-flow of air. After all, we don't know how Josh attached those ones to his car. From memory the headlight surrounds are pretty substantial, and if you've stuck 'em to these well enough I can't imagine them going anywhere. As for the inevitable gap between frown lids and bodywork, why not use some rubber beading. I would link you to the sort I'm thinking of but, meh, work it out.

I can however drop this here. Just because.

Niiiice Rev. Was that one of your former cars?

With regards to filling.... I always reach for my trusty Sugru. It's black, it goes on and shapes like a dream, and dries as a rubber bead. What's more I can lay it in, smooth it, and then punctuate it with little vent holes before it cures.

I know it all looks a bit of a mess right now but once I do the finishing (family are away three days next week) I am confident it will look tidy, solid and consisteng... if not quite to everyone's (inc. My own, possibly) tastes.

Even the f*ck up on Ming's Beard might lead to a further improvement as I plan to discreetly add new symmetrical fascia pieces to each side, and this will allow me to extend out a bit further and also wrap backwards.

I really need to get all this silly dress-up nonsense done, get the windscreen rubber swapped, have a paint blow-over and then get back to maintenance and mechanicals. I've really enjoyed messing about with the interior and the appearance, but that's enough now. I have a cooling system to overhaul, a speedo cable to replace and a dripping sump plug to scream at.

I haven't met enough Scimitar owners to make a reliable comment. I've met four in total, and none of them have beards. So from my perspective your Scimitar / Beard Venn diagram is at best fanciful. At worst it's... It's... It's ... Eh, I don't know what the worst case scenario would be. Sorry, I started the sentence without any specific destination in mind.

Fake news. At worst, it's fake news.

That hat really works though. You look significantly taller than the Collossi. They look like pygmies in comparison. If you ever go for a job interview as a policeman, you should stand on tiptoe and wear that hat. It gives you an imposing stature.

Are those collosi Jim & Phil then?

I never knew they had beards.

Are you sure they actually have beards? I suspect the beards are attached to the flat caps. I refer back to my Chins-Am innovation, now in Beta testing.