Does Lamin-X Actually Work?

[Night Hawk]

Just wondering, does this lamin-x actually work? and if so how well does it?
broke a fog light and want to get the yellow film but dont want to waste my money...and possibly get the head light and tail light film. any suggestions?

[Sleepy]

I have them on taillights front lights and fog lights. Knock on wood no broken anything as of yet. I would go with better safe then sorry. I could not afford to replace a broken fog light so i bought the lamin x stuff just to be sure.

I have yet to have melting issues so far.

[Night Hawk]

Originally Posted by Sleepy

I have them on taillights front lights and fog lights. Knock on wood no broken anything as of yet. I would go with better safe then sorry. I could not afford to replace a broken fog light so i bought the lamin x stuff just to be sure.

I have yet to have melting issues so far.

did u put brighter bulbs in as well?

[Sleepy]

no not yet, but there have been questions regarding just using high beams on the headlights(with lamin x but i used my highbeams for atleast an hour without melting issues. I want to switch to hid's when i get back from Europe in October.

[Night Hawk]

the fog lights get much hotter than the headlights. how often do you use your fogs??

[Sleepy]

I use my fogs every morning on my way to work. I get up at a crazy hour so there is no traffic nor sunlight. The fogs light up my way to work. In my car for about 30 minutes before i hit my work. I have them on when it rains as well.

[Night Hawk]

I use my fogs whenever I put my night time lights on, i like the way it looks, did u get yellow lamin-x?
I would also like to get HID's aswell but how well do they work and how easy is it to install?

[less]

Hola,

I just installed smoke lamin-x on the headlights and charcoal on the tail lights, but I cut out the charcoal vinyl section on the tails. It looks better and is safer too. No experience with the fog lamps personally, but I have seen a few posts that mention initial smoking but later settling down.

Overall, I like that my headlights and tail lgights match my window tint, but recommend installing brighter bulbs for those effected - head, tail and front turn. You may find the charcoal a bit darker than you expected, I did. The quality of the product seems very nice and seems like it will last a good long time. It was somewhat forgiving on the installation and (like the manual says) it does breath allowing small bubbles and such to escape. It looked better when it had cured a few days than when I was finished!

As for installation, it isn't super easy if you are a rookie, but the tails are pretty doable. For the headlights, I didn't think the fit was good at all. The bump section toward the outside edge createds problems and causes excess material as you near the top and bottom edges. By making a slit on each side near the bump and overlapping the two edges, I was able to make it look pretty good really, but I was pretty PO'd when I realized that I wouldn't be able to make it fit as per the instructions. It may have been the 100 degree temps where I was working however, you may want to consider the Ebay versions that come in a two piece design and apparently cost half that of laminx.

Lastly, buy brighter bulbs!

I would post photos, but my flash went off and illuminated the reflectors...

Good luck and I hope this helps. So many people posted things here that helped me, I am dedicated to helping others with the things I experienced too!

Jim/Less

[JeShUa]

Originally Posted by Night_Hawk

Just wondering, does this lamin-x actually work? and if so how well does it?
broke a fog light and want to get the yellow film but dont want to waste my money...and possibly get the head light and tail light film. any suggestions?

So are you gonna have to buy a new unit?? I hope not !!

Originally Posted by less

Hola,

I just installed smoke lamin-x on the headlights and charcoal on the tail lights, but I cut out the charcoal vinyl section on the tails. It looks better and is safer too. No experience with the fog lamps personally, but I have seen a few posts that mention initial smoking but later settling down.

Overall, I like that my headlights and tail lgights match my window tint, but recommend installing brighter bulbs for those effected - head, tail and front turn. You may find the charcoal a bit darker than you expected, I did. The quality of the product seems very nice and seems like it will last a good long time. It was somewhat forgiving on the installation and (like the manual says) it does breath allowing small bubbles and such to escape. It looked better when it had cured a few days than when I was finished!

As for installation, it isn't super easy if you are a rookie, but the tails are pretty doable. For the headlights, I didn't think the fit was good at all. The bump section toward the outside edge createds problems and causes excess material as you near the top and bottom edges. By making a slit on each side near the bump and overlapping the two edges, I was able to make it look pretty good really, but I was pretty PO'd when I realized that I wouldn't be able to make it fit as per the instructions. It may have been the 100 degree temps where I was working however, you may want to consider the Ebay versions that come in a two piece design and apparently cost half that of laminx.

Lastly, buy brighter bulbs!

I would post photos, but my flash went off and illuminated the reflectors...

Good luck and I hope this helps. So many people posted things here that helped me, I am dedicated to helping others with the things I experienced too!

Jim/Less

Thats really good advice,, Thanks for the writeup!

[Night Hawk]

Originally Posted by JeShUa

So are you gonna have to buy a new unit?? I hope not !!


Thats really good advice,, Thanks for the writeup!

Ya, I have to buy a new unit but its alright because my dad works at honda so i get parts for cost price so im not conserned aout that.

[Night Hawk]

Originally Posted by less

Hola,

I just installed smoke lamin-x on the headlights and charcoal on the tail lights, but I cut out the charcoal vinyl section on the tails. It looks better and is safer too. No experience with the fog lamps personally, but I have seen a few posts that mention initial smoking but later settling down.

Overall, I like that my headlights and tail lgights match my window tint, but recommend installing brighter bulbs for those effected - head, tail and front turn. You may find the charcoal a bit darker than you expected, I did. The quality of the product seems very nice and seems like it will last a good long time. It was somewhat forgiving on the installation and (like the manual says) it does breath allowing small bubbles and such to escape. It looked better when it had cured a few days than when I was finished!

As for installation, it isn't super easy if you are a rookie, but the tails are pretty doable. For the headlights, I didn't think the fit was good at all. The bump section toward the outside edge createds problems and causes excess material as you near the top and bottom edges. By making a slit on each side near the bump and overlapping the two edges, I was able to make it look pretty good really, but I was pretty PO'd when I realized that I wouldn't be able to make it fit as per the instructions. It may have been the 100 degree temps where I was working however, you may want to consider the Ebay versions that come in a two piece design and apparently cost half that of laminx.

Lastly, buy brighter bulbs!

I would post photos, but my flash went off and illuminated the reflectors...

Good luck and I hope this helps. So many people posted things here that helped me, I am dedicated to helping others with the things I experienced too!

Jim/Less

Thanks for the advice...i didn't think that lamin-x was that much... but i will deffinately check out ebay. Thanks Again