Re: [DML] Re: Nose/Eyebrows

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

I looked into doing this about a year and a half ago and after removing
the headlights, I couldn't get the aluminum bars in. I searched the
archives and found exactly the "right" size, but still couldn't figure it
out.

I sent my car down to DMC Garden Grove and they said that they've only put
the aluminum bars in with the facia off the car. The also said that you
can only reinforce straight facias, and that first you have to get the
eyebrows out. To do this, they said that they'd have to take my facia off
the car, and send it to a shop that would dip it into some sort of warm
liquid. The facia would then "remember" its shape and straighten out. Only
then could it be reinforced with aluminum and reinstalled into the car.
They quoted well over a thousand dollars for the job, when a new facia is
listed by DMC Houston for 650 dollars. Hrmm...

Has anyone here actually straightened out their eyebrows with a heat gun?
Did you do it on the car? Were you able to get the aluminum braces in
while on the car? I'd love to hear that this is a DIY project.

-Christian



On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:

> You remove the headlights and epoxy a THIN piece of aluminum to the
> underside of the facia to keep it straight (it has to be thin because
> there isn't much room with the headlights in). You might have to heat
> up the facia and hold it flat till the epoxy sets so everything lays
> flat when cured.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
>
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "geek321y <tecno@xxxx>" <tecno@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a sure fire way to fix the eyebrows on the nose
> over
> > the bright lights or do i have to relace the nose