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Photography Courtesy Lamin-x
A defining feature of pro sports car racing back in the late ’90s: the mandated move to amber headlamps for GT cars. Why? So the sanctioning bodies could differentiate the classes at night.
Chris Wadle simply thought it looked cool.
“As endurance race fans, we were smitten by the awesome yellow-headlight look,” he notes. “We were just fans, though, and didn’t have access behind the scenes to know how it was done–nor where they got the product. But we wanted some yellow lights ourselves!”
Chris eventually found the company in Calgary that supplied the yellow transparent headlight film used by many of the pro teams. “It needed to be perfectly transparent to not affect visibility, but also required a strong enough adhesive to endure 24 hours, 175 mph plus rain,” he says.
Once he got his sample, he saw a secondary market: Why not bring that same look to fog lights on street cars? “So, I started Lamin-x officially back in 2003 in the spare bedroom of a house I was renting in Winter Park, Florida. I started hustling that company’s products to the public and other race teams under the Lamin-x name here in the States.”
And that hustle paid off, he continues: “We started out as one of this company’s smallest customers to eventually becoming their largest customer. In 2010, we bought them out.”
That is one heck of a picture.
With so many cars having huge acrylic headlight bubbles now it only makes sense to put lamin-x on them to keep UV fogging at bay. My Boxster has it and my Jag had it before. Great product.
In reply to Aaron_King :
thats from GranTurismo
I love the yellow tinted lenses. Now I need someone to make a product the allows my Kia to shoot flames like that Viper... :-)
nderwater said:With so many cars having huge acrylic headlight bubbles now it only makes sense to put lamin-x on them to keep UV fogging at bay. My Boxster has it and my Jag had it before. Great product.
Other than the color- that's what this does?? I'll have to look into them for my Miata.
I have blue Lamin-X on my Miata. I typically have used the product on the WRX/STis that I have owned over the years. I like it.
I remember late 90s SCCA racing and you had to tape your headlights, so the glass or plastic wouldn't get all over the track if impacted. Many racers vinyled there headlights and rendered them useless, so the beauty of Lamin x is the fact it keeps the headlights funtional and cool looking too.
Very cool, quick story on this company.
I bought some of their yellow films for my MR2 fogs years ago...still not put them on, I need to.
I have been meaning to by some for the Unicorn SAAB
Will get some clear protective film for my 86's headlights, the film's not exactly cheap, but have you seen how much a modern car's headlights cost? 
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