05ML500 USD $68.95 for pre-cut headlight covers. Put in your vehicle
to see what they have
https://www.xpel.com/product/332454
On 11/6/20 8:11 AM, ned kleinhenz via Mercedes wrote:
<< I have read about people doing roughly the same thing, but using
several coats of thinned urethane spar
<< I have read about people doing roughly the same thing, but using
> > several coats of thinned urethane spar varnish instead of film for the
final
> > protective coating. IDK if this is any better than the clear coat you
> > used though. <<
The XPEL is like a super saran wrap type plastic
I would be really careful about this. I say that because I have a pair of HID
headlights on my S210 wagon that the PO did the spar varnish or urethane thing
to, and when they got cloudy I tried to polish them and couldn’t get through
whatever it was that they sprayed on it.
-D
> On Nov 5,
Spar varnish does block UV for about a year, maybe two if you're lucky. The
marine guys I know repaint every year.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:59 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I do believe some vanishes block UV.
> Mitch
>
> On 2020-11-05 16:36, Allan Streib via
I do believe some vanishes block UV.
Mitch
On 2020-11-05 16:36, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
Thanks!
I have read about people doing roughly the same thing, but using
several
coats of thinned urethane spar varnish instead of film for the final
protective coating. IDK if this is any better
Thanks!
I have read about people doing roughly the same thing, but using several
coats of thinned urethane spar varnish instead of film for the final
protective coating. IDK if this is any better than the clear coat you
used though.
I wish automakers would just use glass for the headlights. The
I remember a recent thread about correcting foggy headlight lenses. I have
some recent experience to share. Last spring I had two 2006 model year
cars with headlights that had yellowing, becoming brown lenses. One car is
a Sienna minivan and the other is an E320 CDI.
About 7 months ago I
