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Don't bother covering pitted lenses
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Originally Posted by MBeige
So it's best to get new lenses, and then use the protector film, and pointless to add the film to lenses that are already pitted?
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I would agree with that statement. My '96 E300D foglight lenses were badly pitted, not surprising given their low-down location under the bumper.
The left lens was broken when we got the car so I replaced it immediately. Here is a picture of the new left lens after installation (but before X-pel).
The right lens was pitted but not broken so I left it until I was ready to install the X-pel film. At that time I bought a new right lens. Fortunately, the new left lens had not gotten damaged in the meantime. Here is a picture of the old right lens. It is probably the original (11 years and 250,000 miles). The focus is not as good as the first picture but you get the idea . . .
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95
Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .343,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 148,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 177,300 (2026 projected)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 668,300
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970
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