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      11-22-2012, 08:13 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by BMWWW View Post
The only permanent protection from UV will be to apply clear-film that's normally used for clearbra's and/or headlight films. My 2001 Civic's headlights are notorious for yellowing, and while I could easily polish it out (I used Duragloss's plastic polish), it would return to yellow in 3 months or so (even if I applied Collinite 845 which is 4+ months durable).

I had film applied maybe 2 years ago, and while the application wasn't perfect around the raised lettering, the headlight is still 100% clear. Once you wetsand, you're saying bye-bye to the factory coating, but $20 in film will get you back to square one.
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