...just don't. I've had a few members on the boards ask about my headlight tint, which is nothing more than "Smoke" colored XPEL, seen below. It will be leaving my R in the not-so-distant future. It will remain on, however, for this weekend's major meet.
Somehow I've gotten away with not driving my R in the rain at night since I had the headlights done. Lucky. Let me put it this way...I had street lamps and fog lights guiding me on the way home tonight - nothing else. I wasn't sure that my headlights were on, and when I turned them off, I noticed not much difference. My decision was made to get rid of the tint when I failed to turn into the correct driveway at the somewhat local bulk food store. No damage, no accident, just a situation which proved to me that it's time for the XPEL to go.
Tinting your headlights is great if you're only going to drive during the day, or at night if you never plan on seeing bad weather. I admit, it was a silly thing to do to the car, but I don't regret something which I liked getting at the time. Hindsight always being 20/20, I obviously would not do it again. As for XPEL - it's a great product, and I'm convinced it's already saved me money for a new headlight assembly. That being said, get something BESIDES the smoke color!
My current plan is to have the XPEL removed, and having a custom tint applied JUST to the turn indicators, or around the entire housing leaving the actual high beam area untinted. Heck of a lot cheaper AND easier than getting those position lenses done...
Somehow I've gotten away with not driving my R in the rain at night since I had the headlights done. Lucky. Let me put it this way...I had street lamps and fog lights guiding me on the way home tonight - nothing else. I wasn't sure that my headlights were on, and when I turned them off, I noticed not much difference. My decision was made to get rid of the tint when I failed to turn into the correct driveway at the somewhat local bulk food store. No damage, no accident, just a situation which proved to me that it's time for the XPEL to go.
Tinting your headlights is great if you're only going to drive during the day, or at night if you never plan on seeing bad weather. I admit, it was a silly thing to do to the car, but I don't regret something which I liked getting at the time. Hindsight always being 20/20, I obviously would not do it again. As for XPEL - it's a great product, and I'm convinced it's already saved me money for a new headlight assembly. That being said, get something BESIDES the smoke color!

My current plan is to have the XPEL removed, and having a custom tint applied JUST to the turn indicators, or around the entire housing leaving the actual high beam area untinted. Heck of a lot cheaper AND easier than getting those position lenses done...
