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Originally Posted by lsmalley
The glass lenses are horrible with sand damage and light output is reduced by over 50%. I've had clear vinyl over my lights for about 3 desert heat summers and zero yellowing, zero chips. Also, say for some reason something does happen to the vinyl covering....all you need to do is remove the headlight housing and remove the old vinyl and put on a new covering. You can get like 4 sq ft of it from Wal-Mart for less than $7. This vinyl cover is the second most important thing that makes my headlight output extremely clear. The other part is the clear lenses them selves. The attached photos show what the glass lenses, which are already distorted (fresnel) to begin with vs clear.
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No sand here but my '99 300D spent a lot of time at Edwards AFB. I bought it while stuck on a trip to Rosamond and got to experience a heck of a sand storm while I was there!
The film the PO used might have kept the sand from etching the plastic but it turned crispy brown almost black at the top leading edge due to UV.
But I can't argue with success so what brand of film are you using? I may have to go back to the high desert
and want to be protected.