Blackfire Total Trim and Tire Sealant on headlights?

01GreyStangGT

01GreyStangGT

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Anyone used this on headlight plastics? I did the other day on my Sorento and it seemed to go on and off ok. Was wondering if anyone else had done that.
 
Angus said:
Just curious why'd you want to seal your headlights on a 2yr old car?
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That's kind of like asking why you'd seal the paint on a 2-yr old car...to protect it, of course. Not sure if BFTTTS is going to do that or not.

I for one would rather protect my OEM headlight coating and preserve it for as long as possible before having to sand it off and recoat when it fails.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That's kind of like asking why you'd seal the paint on a 2-yr old car...to protect it, of course. Not sure if BFTTTS is going to do that or not.

I for one would rather protect my OEM headlight coating and preserve it for as long as possible before having to sand it off and recoat when it fails.
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Paint yes, I agree with you. But polycarbonate headlights w/ an existing UV coating? I'm not so sure about. If i was going to add anything on top of my headlights it would be a product designed for that purpose.
 
Angus said:
Paint yes, I agree with you. But polycarbonate headlights w/ an existing UV coating? I'm not so sure about. If i was going to add anything on top of my headlights it would be a product designed for that purpose.
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Yeah, but you didn't ask why he used BTTTS, you asked why he'd seal the headlights on a 2-yo car. If it was me I'd use Opti-Lens, but I can sort of see the logic of using a trim protector which theoretically has high-UV protection if you didn't want to buy a lens-specific product. And back in the day (before there were these headlight-specific products and trim restorers) I always put whatever LSP I was putting on the paint on the headlights and taillights--didn't you?
 
Honestly, i don't bother doing anything to factory headlights that still have their UV coating. Once it breaks down, the headlights start to haze, then yes then I do seal and protect them. But until that happens, I see it as a waste of time since (IMHO) there seems to be a wide variation on how quickly OEM headlight UV coating seem to wear off. For example, by parents and brother both own identical 1998 Subaru Outback's - however the headlights on my folk's Outback hazed over/ had to be corrected (my review posted here) but my brothers headlights still look factory fresh. Why? I have no idea. Both are original owners, live in the same general area, cars are DD, sit outside 24/7, and are exactly the same age w/ original headlights. Next chance I get, I'll take a photo of both cars together to further illustrate my point.

Maybe this should be the next poll:

Do you add an additional layer of UV protectant to your non-hazed OEM headlights? Yes/ No

I gotta say, you've peaked my interest on this one.
 
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