hey guys. some of you may remember WAY back almost 2 years ago! i was one of the 1st tC's with Headlight Armor Stealth Smoke 20% film.

this was my original post back in 9/19/05.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...t+armor+armour
well, why am i posting now you might ask?

Hair line cracks!
the tail lights are fine...i actually chose to remove the film from the tails and do VHT nightspray for a cleaner look.

but...i did NOT remove the film from the headlights because i noticed hairline cracks all around the edges of the Headlight now i know what your gonna say..."Heat issues" and "the film wasnt letting heat out, causing the cracking"
that may be true and i even believe that...but man, that sucks! LOL
No where does it say "warning dont leave these on for over 1 year or cracking may occur"
its looks horrible, so i left the film on there to kind of cover the cracking until i can BUY new headlights to replace these.

so, here is my RE-Review on Headlight Armors Stealth Smoke Film.
Headlight Armor Customer service buying experience is GREAT. very helpful people and yes, i dare say, great product they are selling! i would buy again...if this didnt happen.
i am very happy with the way my car looks when the film is on and i have gotten MANY compliments because of them.
i do...hightly recommend them for anyone wanting to protect the headlight from rock and damage ...but not longer than 1 year!!!

This post is not me Crying bout something that I personally installed am blaming them for...just a warning to anyone who has them installed or was looking to buy them.
They surved their purpose, and i would rather NOT have had cracking happen!


*(I Will have some Pics of the cracking posted up tomorrow, if anyone is interested)*

 

oh yea...just for those that are wondering

STOCK


AFTER 20% film

 

damn, that's a shame... why'd you switch to the vht on your tails? just cause the film getting old?

 

DO ANYONE KNOW WER I CAN FIND SUM BLUE OR TRUE BLUE TURN SIGNAL???I FOUND NOTHING BUT YELLOW OR ORANGE....

 

I'm pretty sure headlight armor has blue, otherwise eBay

 

Did you follow the right process to maintain the integrity of the cover? Some of those come with instructions that say at least once a year they must be treated with some kind of vinal protectant.

 

i have the same thing crackin look on the headlights but to me it looks like sticky glue stretch all over,

i had it only about a month..

HEADLIGHT ARMOR

 

about 4 months after install i found a good vinyl cleaner and protectant...and used it a few time.

it seems kinda redundant...your using protectant, on a protectant. anyways.. yes i took care of them.

sciontc313, i thought the same thing..it LOOKS like glue.
actually hair line cracks ALL around the edge and some in the center of the plastic...Looks really bad.

 

makes me think, hmmm....

we'll see idk if ill even have the tC that long to worry about that. i got a job at a subaru dealer, and the new STI is REALLY REALLY tempting