Headlight lens protection

[Raygunn]

Unfortunately, I park outdoors. My '03 F-150's headlights yellowed after a few years and I want to prevent that on my Ranger. I have a bottle of 303 protectant (I use it on interior, bed rail caps, swing cases, etc.) also just bought a bottle of 303 graphene nano spray. Anyone recommend which one of these or any other protectant that would work best?

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[Grumpaw]

Unfortunately, I park outdoors. My '03 F-150's headlights yellowed after a few years and I want to prevent that on my Ranger. I have a bottle of 303 protectant (I use it on interior, bed rail caps, swing cases, etc.) also just bought a bottle of 303 graphene nano spray. Anyone recommend which one of these or any other protectant that would work best?

The nano spray. The 303 protectant is for rubber/vinyl/plastics, but not the stuff the headlights are made of.

 

[rydfree]

Unfortunately, I park outdoors. My '03 F-150's headlights yellowed after a few years and I want to prevent that on my Ranger. I have a bottle of 303 protectant (I use it on interior, bed rail caps, swing cases, etc.) also just bought a bottle of 303 graphene nano spray. Anyone recommend which one of these or any other protectant that would work best?

I would suggest the clear or slightly tinted protective film that has UV inhibitors . I haven't done the Ranger yet but my 1st Chrysler Crossfire headlights in 2004 yellowed within 6 months . They were notorious for yellowing. I bought a new 2008 and installed this product and they were perfect when I sold it in 2018 .

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[AzScorpion]

Unfortunately, I park outdoors. My '03 F-150's headlights yellowed after a few years and I want to prevent that on my Ranger. I have a bottle of 303 protectant (I use it on interior, bed rail caps, swing cases, etc.) also just bought a bottle of 303 graphene nano spray. Anyone recommend which one of these or any other protectant that would work best?

Definitely the Graphene Nano spray. I use it on everything on the exterior of my truck and it has great UV protection. You can use the Aerospace Protectant too but the Graphene will last a lot longer, up to 1 year.

Also hit all your windows with it as it's much better than Rain-X and will bead up and keep them a lot cleaner. We just went through a nasty monsoon rainstorm a couple weeks ago and the next day my truck was still spotless (literally) and even the lower rockers were still clean.

 

[MXGOLF]

OH no more stuff for my truck

 

[SigOris]

Definitely the Graphene Nano spray. I use it on everything on the exterior of my truck and it has great UV protection. You can use the Aerospace Protectant too but the Graphene will last a lot longer, up to 1 year.

Also hit all your windows with it as it's much better than Rain-X and will bead up and keep them a lot cleaner. We just went through a nasty monsoon rainstorm a couple weeks ago and the next day my truck was still spotless (literally) and even the lower rockers were still clean.

How about snow? ?

 

[AzScorpion]

How about snow? ?

What's that? ?

 

[SigOris]

What's that? ?

It’s like your hot sand but colder ?

 

[oldnslow]

How about snow? ?

This is a family-rated forum. Please refrain from using four letter words.

 

[Grumpaw]

This is a family-rated forum. Please refrain from using four letter words.

Sleet !!! HA !!! Thats 5 letters...

 

[subquark]

Definitely the Graphene Nano spray. I use it on everything on the exterior of my truck and it has great UV protection. You can use the Aerospace Protectant too but the Graphene will last a lot longer, up to 1 year.

Also hit all your windows with it as it's much better than Rain-X and will bead up and keep them a lot cleaner. We just went through a nasty monsoon rainstorm a couple weeks ago and the next day my truck was still spotless (literally) and even the lower rockers were still clean.

What you said! Times ten!

Kate did her Mazda with one coat of Graphene this weekend and holy smokes, even though it's hard to appreciate the shine on her white car, what made me a true believer was the feel of it.

She did a panel and I slid my finger tip over it and compared it to a panel not yet done.

Even though her car's only 6 weeks old and she's washed it many times and keeps it in the garage (2-bucket method, the legit deal with her dedicated detailing cart) it was a clear difference.

There was still some grip, or resistance, on the non-graphened panel. The graphened panel slid like I dunno what. I was going to say like Teflon, but it's even slicker than that. And she says less dust settles on it too. She did the glass and mirrors too and I just told her your Rain-X comparison, she's mighty pleased to know that.

So, like I said, I'm now a believer ... the big challenge will be in me becoming a practitioner! =p

PS - she used about two-thirds of the bottle, is that normal?

When I finally do it ...

 

[AzScorpion]

What you said! Times ten!

Kate did her Mazda with one coat of Graphene this weekend and holy smokes, even though it's hard to appreciate the shine on her white car, what made me a true believer was the feel of it.

She did a panel and I slid my finger tip over it and compared it to a panel not yet done.

Even though her car's only 6 weeks old and she's washed it many times and keeps it in the garage (2-bucket method, the legit deal with her dedicated detailing cart) it was a clear difference.

There was still some grip, or resistance, on the non-graphened panel. The graphened panel slid like I dunno what. I was going to say like Teflon, but it's even slicker than that. And she says less dust settles on it too. She did the glass and mirrors too and I just told her your Rain-X comparison, she's mighty pleased to know that.

So, like I said, I'm now a believer ... the big challenge will be in me becoming a practitioner! =p

PS - she used about two-thirds of the bottle, is that normal?

When I finally do it ...

Glad to hear she's happy with it and if she does another coat (or two) it really does make a big difference. Also hitting it with the Graphene Detailer will make it even slicker and shinier.?

It sounds like she's using a lot of product. I can do my Ranger 3 coats and still have 2/3 of the bottle left. To use a full bottle I did my Ranger twice (3 coats each time) and my Jeep 3 coats and I had about an inch left.

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