Lamin-X Headlight protection 👍

[Hettie's Crew]

Giving her a good clean up today I noticed the Lamin-X protection I put on in 2018 appears to have done it’s job well so far.
The off side headlight has three definite marks that indicates possible stone strikes with a couple of very slight splits appearing and one scuff. Nothing on the near side and no discolouration apparent.
A little tricky to apply in the first place and not cheap but very pleased with it.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Forgot to add, because of the size and shape of the Hymer headlights I had to order the sheet from the USA on their main website. There are companies that sell it here but it appeared to be cut to size for specific model cars.
I couldn’t find anyone here selling sheets of it at the time, plus it was more expensive here in the UK.
As the sheet had to be quite large to cover the Hymer headlights, I used the off cuts and did the fog lights as well.
A much better option than risking a broken headlight at the ridiculous prices they are.

 

[Lenny HB]

A much better option than risking a broken headlight at the ridiculous prices they are.

Unfortunately most of the problems with the Almod Eyes is caused by stress not stone chips and nearly alway the nearside headlamp, often goes while the van is parked on the drive overnight.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Unfortunately most of the problems with the Almod Eyes is caused by stress not stone chips and nearly alway the nearside headlamp, often goes while the van is parked on the drive overnight.

True but I’ve always been paranoid about stones hitting them.

 

[Lenny HB]

Does it mould easily ovecurved & odd shaped surfaces as the Hymer plastic headlamps are £870.

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[DavidG58]

Does it mould easily ovecurved & odd shaped surfaces as the Hymer plastic headlamps are £870.

I fitted mine myself, with almost zero practical skill doesn’t look brilliant from very close but fine from a metre away

quite a curve on the glass lights

bought mine from U.K. think I paid about £70, compared to the near £3000 I had paid for two lights price was academic

but as Lenny says it’s more stress than chipping, but best to reduce the odds of stone damage

I am convinced it was bad fitting as much as bad lights, I had my second fitted by a car body shop friend who said tension was critical , so far so good, been nearly four years since second one broke

 

[Detnor]

Mine came from https://funkmotorsport.com/product/hymer-motorhome-lamin-x/
Had the near side shatter when on the drive on the previous vehicle, nothing whatsoever to do with heat from running lights or road chips, all to do with stress against the bodywork.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Does it mould easily ovecurved & odd shaped surfaces as the Hymer plastic headlamps are £870.

You can get it in different thicknesses. From memory I think I used 2mm because it’s a flat surface.
There’s plenty of YouTube videos showing more complicated headlight shapes being done.