Clear Bra on the headlights?

Peak_rider · 07-10-2019, 11:08 PM

Hi all, should my body shop put clear bra (Xpel) on my M5 headlights? I am doing the front of the car. Many thanks.

hybrid_eg · 07-11-2019, 01:35 PM

yes, you should consider doing entire front end of the car. plus other parts like rockers, lower doors, roof, etc.. someone people do entire car as well.. just depends how much you want to spend.

If you want complete paint protection PPF is the way to go..

Rjduff · 07-13-2019, 10:21 AM

I would consider doing the entire car. The reason is that the unprotected surfaces will fade differently than the protected ones.
My son-in-law only did the front surfaces of his car a few years ago and you can clearly see the difference where the car was protected and where it wasn’t. It didn’t look pretty.

I think it was worth the investment to wrap the entire car.

ACF90M5 · 07-15-2019, 09:59 AM

Yes, headlights can be incredibly expensive to replace and covering them with xpel to avoid rocks is a no brainer for peace of mind

dappercivility · 07-20-2019, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Peak_rider

Hi all, should my body shop put clear bra (Xpel) on my M5 headlights? I am doing the front of the car. Many thanks.

Yes You should! I clear bra ed mine too

hybrid_eg · 09-25-2019, 03:43 PM

for those obsessed with LED / HID and now laser lighting such as myself; its important to note that adding xpel or any other PPF to headlights will slightly reduce the crispness of the headlight cut-off but nothing that should impair overall light output.. with that said i put xpel on mine as the benefit of not having chipped headlights far outweighs having a more crisp cut-off ;-)

northtorque · 09-25-2019, 04:10 PM

I laminated my headlights with Xpel as well. Great peace-of-mind as the replacement costs for these lights are significant and they will experience abuse in a DD. With PPF on the lens, there is a slight reflection giving a faint ghost image of the LED on the front of the lens from certain view points but in no way unsightly.

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hybrid_eg Captain 863 Rep 818 Posts Drives: 90 S13, 22 MSP, 23 JLUR 4xe Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newport Beach iTrader: (22)	yes, you should consider doing entire front end of the car. plus other parts like rockers, lower doors, roof, etc.. someone people do entire car as well.. just depends how much you want to spend. If you want complete paint protection PPF is the way to go..
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Rjduff Private 24 Rep 54 Posts Drives: 2018 M5 Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Brookfield, WI iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 BMW X5 M Sport [0.00] 2018 BMW M5 F90 [0.00]	I would consider doing the entire car. The reason is that the unprotected surfaces will fade differently than the protected ones. My son-in-law only did the front surfaces of his car a few years ago and you can clearly see the difference where the car was protected and where it wasn’t. It didn’t look pretty. I think it was worth the investment to wrap the entire car.
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ACF90M5 Private 21 Rep 53 Posts Drives: 2018 F90 M5 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Yes, headlights can be incredibly expensive to replace and covering them with xpel to avoid rocks is a no brainer for peace of mind __________________ 2018 BMW M5 Black Sapphire Metallic GONE - 2013 Audi S6 Phantom Black Pearl
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hybrid_eg Captain 863 Rep 818 Posts Drives: 90 S13, 22 MSP, 23 JLUR 4xe Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newport Beach iTrader: (22)	for those obsessed with LED / HID and now laser lighting such as myself; its important to note that adding xpel or any other PPF to headlights will slightly reduce the crispness of the headlight cut-off but nothing that should impair overall light output.. with that said i put xpel on mine as the benefit of not having chipped headlights far outweighs having a more crisp cut-off ;-)
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northtorque First Lieutenant 272 Rep 380 Posts Drives: F90 2019 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	I laminated my headlights with Xpel as well. Great peace-of-mind as the replacement costs for these lights are significant and they will experience abuse in a DD. With PPF on the lens, there is a slight reflection giving a faint ghost image of the LED on the front of the lens from certain view points but in no way unsightly.
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