Headlight shield (was RE: Euro high beams?)

[pbureau@attbi.com (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

yeah that sheild is good for small stuff, I just had my right high beam
busted (and I mean busted as in I can sick my finger through the lens from
the hole of the impact and a rock that loosened itself from a truck dead
ahead of me, I actually saw the rock, and heard the "TACK!", I pulled over
...

I just got another one from dirk, brand new, need to install it.

I like the idea of the lense sheild, but what breaks lenses are high
velocity rocks, not the craps that fades th lense front. and as much as that
plastic film (4mm thick) can try, a rock at 100+ MPH coming right at you,
wil crack any headlight you got.


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=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Greg Davis -
=>DriversFound.com
=>Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:58 PM
=>To: Dan Williams; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Headlight shield (was RE: Euro high beams?)
=>
=>
=>
=>> went through all the trouble of buying a beautiful set of lights
=>from Dirk
=>> and what happens?  Within a week debris from a trucker who hadn't
=>cleaned
=>> his bed in five million years smashed my left high beam lens.  Left
=>a
=>> perfect dime sized hole!
=>
=>That's why the first thing you do to the nice Eurolights is add
=>headlight shield. There is an adhesive backed vinyl (3M??) that is
=>marketed for protecting headlights.  I've been using it for 5+ years
=>without a problem.  The only chip on my lights is where the shield
=>didn't cover.
=>
=>You can get it pre-cut from Virtual World Parts:
=><http://www.parts4vws.com/catalog/product_detail.asp?PartNumber=10871S
=>E>
=>
=>Or get it from Griots Garage and cut it yourself:
=><http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=10227>
=>
=>Cheap and easy to install!
=>
=>Greg :) 1985 Scirocco 2.0L 8V
=>http://www.DriversFound.com
=>http://www.GAKMotorsports.com
=>
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