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Super Jenius
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Syracuse, NY
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Headlight cover film
What brand is preferred by the Pelicans?
It seems very spendy for being just adhesive vinyl... other suggestions? Regards, JP
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11-07-2008, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I don't know what brand my AMG has on it, but it's worth every penny. A weekend drive with the BMW club let to multiple chips on the windshield that I had to fix, but not a single visible chip or crack in my headlights or front end. The front end of my car looks new at 100k.
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11-07-2008, 05:21 AM
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I just got the big sheets of 3M stuff from McMaster and did the cutout.
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Super Jenius
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Syracuse, NY
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Rick --
that might be the way to go... I want to do the cut-outs anyway. Matt -- I agree it's worth it; I've put it on all the new lights I've put on the cars, but I've got a new set of euro lights (headlights and driving lights) for the iX, so I was soliciting brand opinions. I used to buy it at an auto-supply place near me on Long Island, but a survey of the local places up here resulted in nada, so I'm hitting the web and doing some research (read: asking car guys on Pelican). I know some of the stuff is 5 mil, some is as thick as 40. But $60 for 2 sheets seems spendy. I suppose a reason to go for the spendy stuff is it's available in tints, and if I wanted to yellow-film the low beams and clear-cover the high beams (which I think looks good on white e30s) a spendy film may be the better option. JP
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11-07-2008, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Fullerton,Ca
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If any of you try this on a C6 corvette, The heat from the lights will crack the lenses if you cover them with film.
The light housings run about $1175 EACH! I "protected" mine with the film. Mid America made good on the damage
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Don't put non-DOT headlamps on a car registered for street use.
Use Hella Vision Plus lamps, $54 each. Spray bomb yellow for zee fransh look!
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11-07-2008, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
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http://www.rockblocker.com/
I used these guys for fog light protection on my old Mazda. Good quality and the fit was perfect. |
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11-07-2008, 01:34 PM
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11-07-2008, 03:29 PM
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Only Porsche
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