# Lamin-X Films **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652 "2009-06-09T06:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/41 "2009-06-10T06:06:05Z")
I have used the 40mil. You’re still :retardclap ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/42 "2009-06-10T06:09:24Z")
Why did you go with 40mil instead of 20mil? ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/43 "2009-06-10T06:09:26Z")
> [@Generator questions???????????](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/generator-questions/17996/46): > > I’m honestly starting to think none of you have seen the 40 mil film in person and have only seen/used the 20mil film which is what most people probably order from them as they are getting the film for looks. > > Do you fuckers understand how thick it is? It should absolutely be able to take a decent sized pebble. Unless you’ve used the 40mil version they have, STFU. It’s probably the same thickness, if not a little less, of plexi which was suggested in earlier posts. > > Regardless, it probably wasn’t caused by a rock. They are saying thermal shock. Why all of a sudden these fogs cracked due to thermal shock when my previous sets of fogs DIDN’T crack for MONTHS (they cracked from rock chips) is beyond me. I’m not running super hot bulbs. Just your basic fog light bulb. During the install, you spray both sides of the film since it absorbs water. I’m wondering if this ability to absorb shit has anything to do with this ‘thermal shock’ they claim. Or maybe their product just sucks like I said in my original post? I guess we’ll never know. As I said before… I know what your talking about and I’ve seen it in person. Impact Resistant = No impact proof Its not going to change the amount of force thats excreted on the fog light glass from something hitting it at a high rate of speed ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/44 "2009-06-10T06:12:17Z")
Ilya, do you have some macros of the lenses? I was looking at the shots you posted and they dont look like they have an impact site. usually when fogs crack from a rock, theres a semi circular spot where the rock hit and it spider webs from that. i dont know if you saw Benny’s headlight when his was hit by a rock, but the point of impact actually had a small funnel shaped piece of glass missing. it was a small pinhole on the outside and it widened out as it went towards the inside and literally looked like a little funnel. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/45 "2009-06-10T06:22:04Z")
> [@raod test tomarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raod-test-tomarro/19165/47): > > Why did you go with 40mil instead of 20mil? To protect expensive glass lenses in another car I had. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/46 "2009-06-10T06:23:04Z")
> [@raod test tomarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raod-test-tomarro/19165/49): > > To protect expensive glass lenses in another car I had. Did it fend off rocks like luke skywalker and a lightsaber? ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/47 "2009-06-10T06:23:55Z")
Alright, alright, you hyenas. I think you’ve made your point. Move along, leave the guy alone. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/48 "2009-06-10T06:24:32Z")
Yes actually, it was better than a brush guard. I actually rear ended a bus full of nuns at 80mph and there was NO damage to my car. ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/49 "2009-06-10T06:28:01Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/565): > > Yes actually, it was better than a brush guard. I actually rear ended a bus full of nuns at 80mph and there was NO damage to my car. HAHA:rofl ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/50 "2009-06-10T06:30:33Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/565): > > Yes actually, it was better than a brush guard. I actually rear ended a bus full of nuns at 80mph and there was NO damage to my car. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Shady195/billy-mays.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/c/6c3500c022a7b0c2a127d1297ddc187dbc96cd19.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/51 "2009-06-10T06:39:46Z")
> [@seat question?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seat-question/19129/10): > > Alright, alright, you hyenas. > I think you’ve made your point. > Move along, leave the guy alone. Don’t worry about it. Sure it’s annoying as hell to listen to these d-bags sometimes (and not just in this thread - they do this shit in countless threads per day), but at the end of the day it doesn’t bother me one bit. Fact of the matter is, their film cracked my lense due to some mysterious ‘thermal shock’. I have no chips in my lenses as Votblin said in his last post, so it probably wasn’t a rock now that I think about it and after speaking with Lamin-X. Had I not installed these films, my lenses would have most likely lasted many more months before a rock big enough was able to destroy them. The first set of fogs I got (from the factory) were fine from 99-07. Second set lasted from 07 to end of 08. This set, after installing the film, lasted ~2 weeks. Not to mention another guy with a 5th Gen Maxima (00-03) had the same issue as me with his fog lights (his headlights didn’t have a thermal shock issue). Makes me wonder. Perhaps the film isn’t porous enough for the fog lights to dissipate the heat and that’s why there is a ‘thermal shock’ issue? I haven’t touched them when they are on with the film so I don’t know how hot they get. I did accidentally touch my fog lights like 2 years ago when installing the cover over the screw and burned myself. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/52 "2009-06-10T06:42:40Z")
So, essentially, you may have fucked yourself by going with the thicker film, which lead to the complete opposite of the desired effect, and may have lead to your fog light’s demise instead of providing superior protection? :ponder Fuck your life, huh? ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/53 "2009-06-10T06:50:05Z")
What absorbs water? The Lamin-x? No it doesn’t, you apply it like you apply any other vinyl, assclown. Spray lightly soapy water on the surface you’re applying it to to aid in getting it positioned, then squeegee out the water :retardclap ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/54 "2009-06-10T06:51:34Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/565): > > Yes actually, it was better than a brush guard. I actually rear ended a bus full of nuns at 80mph and there was NO damage to my car. Oh man I’m going to have to invest in several yards of this stuff! ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/55 "2009-06-10T06:52:28Z")
> [@Official 2006 Halloween Costume Idea Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2006-halloween-costume-idea-thread/18353/61): > > Don’t worry about it. Sure it’s annoying as hell to listen to these d-bags sometimes (and not just in this thread - they do this shit in countless threads per day), but at the end of the day **it doesn’t bother me one bit.** Apparently it does! :rofl ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/56 "2009-06-10T06:55:21Z")
Mr. Clark are you implying that had I used 40ml Lamin-X on my Depo knock-off ellipsoids, my car would have merely imploded that guard rail, leaving me to drive away unharmed? ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/57 "2009-06-10T06:58:55Z")
> [@Private Message Reply Button](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/private-message-reply-button/19182/3): > > What absorbs water? The Lamin-x? No it doesn’t, you apply it like you apply any other vinyl, assclown. > > Spray lightly soapy water on the surface you’re applying it to to aid in getting it positioned, then squeegee out the water :retardclap Step 7 of their instructions: “If all moisture has not been evacuated/squeegeed out from under film then some fogginess of the film will occur. This is completely normal. **_The film is breathable and porous_** …[continued]…the film is self-annealing, so that hole will eventually heal up.” If it’s breathable and porous, would you not think that water MAY find it’s way in? Even if it didn’t, I think the issue is that it’s not porous enough, causing an issue with heat dissipation. Head lights don’t get anywhere near as hot as fog lights. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/58 "2009-06-10T06:59:16Z")
I am implying that you would’ve blasted through the guardrail and the car would’ve dived beneath the earth like the monsters from ‘Tremors.’ You would’ve traveled home in mole-like fashion with nary a scratch on your Mary Kay Escalade pearlescent paint. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/59 "2009-06-10T07:00:18Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/568): > > Apparently it does! :rofl Trust me. I don’t lose sleep over what you people say on here. Don’t you worry :). ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652/60 "2009-06-10T07:06:45Z")
> [@Official 2006 Halloween Costume Idea Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2006-halloween-costume-idea-thread/18353/64): > > I am implying that you would’ve blasted through the guardrail and the car would’ve dived beneath the earth like the monsters from ‘Tremors.’ You would’ve traveled home in mole-like fashion with nary a scratch on your Mary Kay Escalade pearlescent paint. Seems like quite the deal, what’s the catch here? I’m guessing my fog light lenses would crack at the very least?! [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lamin-x-films/244652.md?page=4)