I have found a company that will install a protective smoked cover to my headlights on my gothem gray Rogue for 115.00 They say that I will loose 10 lumens on each side. Is that a lot? Does anyone know if I will be able to tell? How many do they put out stock?
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Rogue Head light Protection
Re: Rogue Head light Protection (byrdz1)
I used to have dark charcoal tint on my headlights. It did decrease the visibility on the road and yes anybody could tell a difference. Also I got a warning from cop so I had to remove it. You can find some pics somewhere here like blacked out rogue or something.
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Nick 568
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Re: Rogue Head light Protection (Leo2005)
zer...40489 (have it bookmarked. )Leo2005 wrote:I used to have dark charcoal tint on my headlights. It did decrease the visibility on the road and yes anybody could tell a difference. Also I got a warning from cop so I had to remove it. You can find some pics somewhere here like blacked out rogue or something.
Re: Rogue Head light Protection (byrdz1)
10 lumens in not that much as the halogen light output for a H11 bulb is in the 1300-1400 lumens range, but I cannot see how blacking out the headlights will decrease the output by only 10 lumens each. In my opinion, you will lose more than that.Just by putting a clear plastic to protect the headlights, you may lose 10 lumens already.byrdz1 wrote:I have found a company that will install a protective smoked cover to my headlights on my gothem gray Rogue for 115.00 They say that I will loose 10 lumens on each side. Is that a lot? Does anyone know if I will be able to tell? How many do they put out stock?
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And as Leo has reported, you may have problems with the cops.
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Re: Rogue Head light Protection (Pescakl1)
As far as headlight protection is concerned, I have never had a plastic headlight shatter or crack on me. The old glass ones yes, but not the newer ones.
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Re: Rogue Head light Protection (byrdz1)
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1) Esthetics: Installing a "Smoked" cover because it looks cool2) Protection: Installing a cover of some sort to protect the lens.
Be aware if you are installing the covers because you like the way it looks be prepared to loose any defense you may have arguing you installed them to protect the lens against damage. In many states it is "illegal" to have anything installed over the headlights while the vehicle is in operation with the lighting system activated. In other words you can have covers installed during the day… but they must be removed if conditions require the use of your headlights.
I'll have to agree with philipa_240sx that I've never had a plastic lens shatter, while I have lost several of the old glass ones over many years of driving.
That said... I'd prefer glass. Plastic (acrylic) lenses have their shortcomings. Almost inevitable, your Rogue headlights will eventually cloud up. As you drive particles of debris, dirt, grit and gravel are being thrown back by the cars you are following. Several years of this high speed grit hammering away at the soft plastic lens serves to "sand blast" the lens leaving them clouded and foggy. Add to that the UV damage from sunlight which will cause them to turn yellow as well as making them brittle... which can eventually lead to hairline cracks and internal fogging if you keep the car long enough.
To counteract these problems I installed one of the clear “3M type” paint protection film over the lenses. It’s completely invisible and super tough. While it doesn’t look cool like the grey or smoke lens covers I know my lenses are protected from the UV rays against yellowing as well as pitting and clouding caused by road debris.
I ended up choosing to have VentureShield becuase there was a expert installer in my area, but there multiple companies that sell variations of the film. As you can see in this photo after the film was installed, you can't even tell its there... (unless you do a close up inspection and spot the edges of the film:
Invisiblemask (and a couple companies) sell precut headlight kits for the Rogue. You can even get them in several colors but then you are subject to getting a ticket again, which is why I went with the clear film. If you go to this link and scroll down about 1/2 way you'll see the headlight kit.
http://www.invisiblemask.com/c...ROGUE
Modified by Elton Noway at 11:27 AM 8/29/2009
As far as the protection you are describing, I see it as two different issues.byrdz1 wrote:I have found a company that will install a protective smoked cover to my headlights on my gothem gray Rogue for 115.00 They say that I will loose 10 lumens on each side. Is that a lot? Does anyone know if I will be able to tell? How many do they put out stock?
1) Esthetics: Installing a "Smoked" cover because it looks cool2) Protection: Installing a cover of some sort to protect the lens.
Be aware if you are installing the covers because you like the way it looks be prepared to loose any defense you may have arguing you installed them to protect the lens against damage. In many states it is "illegal" to have anything installed over the headlights while the vehicle is in operation with the lighting system activated. In other words you can have covers installed during the day… but they must be removed if conditions require the use of your headlights.
I'll have to agree with philipa_240sx that I've never had a plastic lens shatter, while I have lost several of the old glass ones over many years of driving.
That said... I'd prefer glass. Plastic (acrylic) lenses have their shortcomings. Almost inevitable, your Rogue headlights will eventually cloud up. As you drive particles of debris, dirt, grit and gravel are being thrown back by the cars you are following. Several years of this high speed grit hammering away at the soft plastic lens serves to "sand blast" the lens leaving them clouded and foggy. Add to that the UV damage from sunlight which will cause them to turn yellow as well as making them brittle... which can eventually lead to hairline cracks and internal fogging if you keep the car long enough.
To counteract these problems I installed one of the clear “3M type” paint protection film over the lenses. It’s completely invisible and super tough. While it doesn’t look cool like the grey or smoke lens covers I know my lenses are protected from the UV rays against yellowing as well as pitting and clouding caused by road debris.
I ended up choosing to have VentureShield becuase there was a expert installer in my area, but there multiple companies that sell variations of the film. As you can see in this photo after the film was installed, you can't even tell its there... (unless you do a close up inspection and spot the edges of the film:
Invisiblemask (and a couple companies) sell precut headlight kits for the Rogue. You can even get them in several colors but then you are subject to getting a ticket again, which is why I went with the clear film. If you go to this link and scroll down about 1/2 way you'll see the headlight kit.
http://www.invisiblemask.com/c...ROGUE
Modified by Elton Noway at 11:27 AM 8/29/2009