Metallic Tint
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Racer
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From: Hagerstown Md
Metallic Tint
Has anyone had any issues with metallic tint interfering with cell phone reception or internally installed satellite antennas for XM Radio or GPS? In my area ceramic tint is a higher cost by a wide margin than metallic tint, but I'd pay the higher cost if there's any truth to the interference issue.
Also, I know some people get the clear-bra material installed on their headlights, but I heard that its not wise to install clear-bra on the driving/fog lights...because of higher heat issues. Is this true? Is this a problem with stock bulbs compared to HID installed driving/fog bulbs?
Thanks in advance.
Also, I know some people get the clear-bra material installed on their headlights, but I heard that its not wise to install clear-bra on the driving/fog lights...because of higher heat issues. Is this true? Is this a problem with stock bulbs compared to HID installed driving/fog bulbs?
Thanks in advance.
Burning Brakes
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From: Columbia Maryland
Has anyone had any issues with metallic tint interfering with cell phone reception or internally installed satellite antennas for XM Radio or GPS? In my area ceramic tint is a higher cost by a wide margin than metallic tint, but I'd pay the higher cost if there's any truth to the interference issue.
Also, I know some people get the clear-bra material installed on their headlights, but I heard that its not wise to install clear-bra on the driving/fog lights...because of higher heat issues. Is this true? Is this a problem with stock bulbs compared to HID installed driving/fog bulbs?
Thanks in advance.
Also, I know some people get the clear-bra material installed on their headlights, but I heard that its not wise to install clear-bra on the driving/fog lights...because of higher heat issues. Is this true? Is this a problem with stock bulbs compared to HID installed driving/fog bulbs?
Thanks in advance.
I would not install clear bra material on my headlights. Nothing to do with heat, but they will reduce the amount of light they shine on the road. No "clear" material is 100% invisible to light, especially plastic.
Where do these urban legends come from????
Last edited by Thrill6; Feb 3, 2011 at 05:43 PM.
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From: Canada/Yemen
Metallic paint does not cause interferance on cell phones, sat antenneas or GPS.
I would not install clear bra material on my headlights. Nothing to do with heat, but they will reduce the amount of light they shine on the road. No "clear" material is 100% invisible to light, especially plastic.
Where do these urban legends come from????
I would not install clear bra material on my headlights. Nothing to do with heat, but they will reduce the amount of light they shine on the road. No "clear" material is 100% invisible to light, especially plastic.
Where do these urban legends come from????
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From: Southeast, WI
Metallic paint does not cause interferance on cell phones, sat antenneas or GPS.
I would not install clear bra material on my headlights. Nothing to do with heat, but they will reduce the amount of light they shine on the road. No "clear" material is 100% invisible to light, especially plastic.
Where do these urban legends come from????
I would not install clear bra material on my headlights. Nothing to do with heat, but they will reduce the amount of light they shine on the road. No "clear" material is 100% invisible to light, especially plastic.
Where do these urban legends come from????
Burning Brakes
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From: Mesa "highlands" AZ
I had a Oldsmobile Silhouette, you know the van with the great big windshield......it was a metallic window. Couldn'r get Garmin GPS readings when mounting the unit in the windshield. If I mounted it to a side window, I had no problems.
Maybe things have changed.
Maybe things have changed.
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Racer
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From: Hagerstown Md
I've had a 3M clear-bra on my headlights for over a year now (9,000 miles) with no issues...yet. I guess I'll take my chances and keep it on for another year. Back to my original question....has anyone installed a professional clear-bra on the driving/fog lights. Even after installing HID's. I'm asking, because I've upgraded to HID's on my GS and I want to add the clear-bra film to them. Plus i want to add it to another vehicle that will be upgraded to HID's in the driving/fog light location.
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I really don't know for sure, but I suspect headlight crazing is caused more by the chemicals in the clear platic bra or clear plastic shields which leach onto and attack the clear plastic headlamp lens, than by increased heat build-up. However, chemical attack is usually increased by increased ambient temperature, so it might be a combination of the two. However, crazing by heat alone is very unlikely or this problem woud be limited primarily to southern locations in North America. So my advise would be keep plastic films of any type off the headlamp lenses.
