Headlamp UV Protection?

[Shedding]

Just wondering what folk use to provide UV protection to their headlamps. Everything I have found seems to be a polish but I just want to protect the headlamps rather than restore. Is normal car wax ok?

[vikingaero]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=headlamp+uv+spray&amp...

Some people just use normal clearcoat which seems to work as it stops/slows the surface from oxidising.

[Shedding]

Is there any particular recommended product to protect from UV rather than restore/polish headlamps?

[trevalvole]

I think the choices are:

1. Car wax/polish;

2. Clearcoat as already mentioned;

3. The sealing part of a restoration kit (not all of them come with this - the cheapest is probably the Turtle Wax kit https://www.turtlewax.co.uk/products/speed-headlig...

After having restored one of my headlights, I'm going to try using this, both as a general wax/polish and for my headlights: https://www.turtlewax.co.uk/products/hybrid-soluti... which gets a good review from vikingaero on https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... . I'm of the "don't clutter up your house with expensive bottles of stuff that you only use once" school though, whereas you may think differently.

[Shedding]

Thanks. Clear coat has been mentioned a couple of times. What's that? I associate it with the final layer when painting but I assume it's not this.

[trevalvole]

Shedding said:

Thanks. Clear coat has been mentioned a couple of times. What's that? I associate it with the final layer when painting but I assume it's not this.

I think it is that - there are some listed on the Amazon page linked to above.

[Shedding]

trevalvole said:

Shedding said:

Thanks. Clear coat has been mentioned a couple of times. What's that? I associate it with the final layer when painting but I assume it's not this.

I think it is that - there are some listed on the Amazon page linked to above.

Haha, well I'm definitely not doing that then, I don't want to turn all my cars into sheds.

[Smint]

Car Plan No1 Super Gloss.

It goes on in seconds, i do the headlights every couple of months, have also applied it to the whole body which took probably 20 mins start to finish, beads like a full wax job.

Member of another forum who lives in Cyprus recommended it, if it can protect paint/lights in that heat/sun it should be fine here, cheap too.