Headlight Armour

[benough]

If you are a keen DIY guy you may have quickly learnt that it doesn't always go well.

I did with trying to spary tint my rear tailights. As a result they looked crap. I had a detailer buff them out as best he could but they look kinda weird.

My brother told me about these. Sure they are a bt pricey but if you sell it or want to go back to stock then these look hot!

http://www.headlightarmor.com/06-09-volkswagen-gti-v-r32-smoked-taillight-kit.aspx

[Greg Roles]

Mate until you break something, how do you know what's possible?

Hate to tell you, but I have a similar high quality set of headlight / tail-light tints, and have to say with the curve of the Golf headlight at least, it would take a professional to do a decent job. I gave up after a good hour of hairdryer, soapy water, and multiple swearing laced attempts.

The film is top stuff, but applying it to a curve from a flat sheet, yeah well....

[BarneyBoy]

The film is top stuff, but applying it to a curve from a flat sheet, yeah well....

There is self-adhesive vinyl material available that is used for car wraps - it's deformable in 3 axes (you know, x y & z - axes doesn't look right for the plural of axis, does it?). It's pretty amazing stuff, but unless you're applying it in 25 - 30 degree temps, it's a real bitch to work with.

But you can push and pull it to amazing shapes and still return it to 'flat' by applying some heat. Once it's in place, you hit it with about 85 degree heat and that 'resets' its memory and forever more stays in its new shape.

Having said all that, I've never heard of a transparent variety of wrapping vinyl. But then again, anything's possible I guess. I'm actually surprised it's being sold as a DIY product - unless you've been taught how to apply it, I'd never recommend a novice to give it a shot...