Re: 3M Film for Headlights

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

But those of us without headlight washers (4kq owners) should be, what,
okay?

I think I've give it a shot...

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Eric Renneisen wrote:

> Mark Pollan <Mark.Pollan@mci.com> wrote:
> 
> > In the interest of protecting the Euro headlights I want to 
> > get some of the 3M film for them.  Griot's has both 20 and 40 
> > mil.  I recall (I think) some concern about heat buildup using 
> > the heavier film.
> 
> I'm not sure which thickness I used, but I cracked both lenses 
> on my 80W H4s one cold day when I used my headlight washers while 
> stopped at an intersection. 
> Heat from bulb + no cooling airflow = hot lens 
> hot lens + cold water = bad
> 
> Eric Renneisen
> '90 CQ 20V  -  my 'racing-iron'  ;^)
> Chattanooga, TN
> 

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