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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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From: MOFN, AL, 70 miles from George
Lightbulb Protect those new Headlights

I recently had my headlights replaced, under warranty thank God. Considering the extreme high cost of these items, I remembered Andrew had xPel protective film applied to not only them, but most of the front of his Alabaster Coupe.
I went to the website:

http://www.xpel.com/

and found the head/foglight kit for our cars cost $69.95. I figured, after watching the install video that I could easily manage not to screw it up too bad. Then I decided to find out how much it would cost to have a dealer apply it. Here's the good part:

The guy drove 30 miles from Columbus Georgia, installed all 4 films and it cost me-$69.95!

After I had the headlights replaced the car sat in the garage for a week before I had the work done. The dealer told me I had the choice of 2 film thicknesses: .008" and .100".
He told me that either works great, but the thicker one was more prone to looking ratty around the edges than the thinner. The thick will protect against large rock strikes while both protect against what I am more worried about: sandblasting. I played with the extra film for a few minutes and found that it is some pretty tough stuff! You can't poke a BIC pen through it! It's perfectly clear and can not be seen at all. In a nutshell:

Warrantied for 7 years (transferable)
Easily replaced when it gets all of the damage the lenses would have taken.
If it's dealer applied, it's a lifetime warranty to original owner.
A great way to protect those expensive new lights!

I looked at LaminX too. It was $10 cheaper with no installers within 75 miles. I know one of our benefactors carries it (TVTDesign), but this was stupid easy. I gave the guy a beer when he was done.
 

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