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Kamei Replica Eyelids

Abstract - Eyelids have always been a matter of taste. I admit, it takes a while to get comfortable with the look. Now I can't go back, stock just looks strange.

Purchase - Came free with my replica Hamann Roof Spoiler (LINK)

Parts - Kamei Replica Sedan Eyelids

Installations - With most body pieces, make sure you have a good body shop. A bad body shop will yield very bad results. I had my Kamei Eyelids painted at Ricks Auto Collision. I was not there at the time of the installation but they explained to their procedure.

Since the eyelids came primed all they needed to do was sand, prime, paint, and clear coat. If this procedure isn't followed, the paint will have a hard time sticking, the final product will be bumpy and not smooth, the paint will chip easily, etc.

When installing, be careful not to break the clips that hold the headlight trim. They break easily and are a pain to align if broken. The installation was easy. The kit comes with glue and double sided molding tape. I feel all this is unnecessary. I used plan old every day double sided foam tape and mounted it on the headlight. Because you must remove your eyelid if you want to take out your side market, gluing it to your headlight could be hard to remove.

Impressions - At first I felt it looked ugly. It grew on me over the weeks and now I really like it. Lots of people like the Hamann eyelid look. I think the Hamann version looks awkward and funny, I guess it is vice versa for them. If you don't think Hamann is aggressive enough, go for Kamei's. I also purchased the coupe version of the Kamei's hoping that it would look more aggressive and make it fit on the sedan, but the two are actually the same degree of aggressiveness but different headlight shape. I wish the Kamei's dropped more towards the high beam and less when it fans out towards the low beam.