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www.Lamin-x.fi for our Nordic Customers

August 16th, 2010

www.lamin-x.fi screenshotIn the spring of 2010 Lamin-x Protective Films has decided to extend better service to our Nordic countries. After many hours of work and planning, we can officially announce www.lamin-x.fi in Finland

Lamin-x Finland is not part of the Lamin-x Protective Films company, but a collaborative effort with a long-time authorized reseller of Lamin-x products in Finland.   With direct co-operation with our Finnish dealer, we are able to provide our Finnish and European customers with most Lamin-x products.   Such as:

- Precut Kits for select European spec vehicles
- Universal Covers in many sizes
- Bulk Rolls for most Lamin-x films
- Tools & Accessories

So if you are in the Nordic reqion or anywhere in Europe.  Check out www.lamin-x.fi for your Lamin-x needs.

New precut designs added to the store

May 6th, 2010

Here is a list  and links to all of some new precut designs that we input into the online store:

M020   Mazda MX-5 (09-  ) Head & Fog  49.95
M121    Mazda MX-5 (09-  ) Fog  14.95
M220   Mazda MX-5 (09-  ) Tail  49.95

N228   Nissan GT-R  Tail light Cover 49.95









VW TDI Cup TV Broadcast Schedule!

December 1st, 2009

Volkswagen 2009 Jetta TDI Cup Race Broadcast Schedule

Races to air on Speed-TV beginning December 6

Herndon, VA (Nov. 24, 2009) – The 2009 SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series produced many exciting moments, culminating with Timmy Megenbier Championship win. Beginning December 6, race broadcasts of North Americas only professional clean diesel racing series will begin airing on Speed-TV.

During the season, the series contested 10 races on eight circuits across North America. The 2009 campaign began with a double-race weekend at VIRginia International Raceway where two series rookies took home wins and concluded with a thrilling rain-drenched finish at Road Atlanta where local driver Mark Pombo won his final race in the series. The broadcast schedule for the first seven races of the season has been announced, and the final dates will be released at a later date. Each of the races will air in an edited 30-minute broadcast. Check local cable listings for channel information and www.speedtv.com for broadcast schedule updates.

Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup TV Broadcast Schedule* (all times Eastern):

December 6, 5 pm - VIRginia International Raceway - Race #1

December 6, 5:30 pm - VIRginia International Raceway - Race #2

December 6, 6 pm - Miller Motorsports Park - Race #3

December 6, 6:30 pm - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Race #4

December 11, 5 pm - Autobahn Country Club - Race #5

December 13, 5:30 pm - Road America - Race #6

December 20, 5:30 pm - Mosport International Raceway - Race #7

* Additional broadcasts dates will be announced at a later date.

In addition to the race broadcasts, the series also expects to announce the broadcast schedule for its season documentary, “Racing Under Green,” in the coming weeks. The 60-minute documentary will air on an array of Discovery Channel outlets and takes an inside look at the series to capture the personalities behind the wheel of the equally-prepared Jetta TDI Cup racecars. Exact broadcast dates and times will be announced at a later date.

The Jetta TDI Cup car is powered by a 2.0-liter, 170 hp, four-cylinder TDI clean diesel engine mated to a six-speed, double-clutch, automatic DSG transmission. The car is only slightly modified from stock with Pirelli racing tires, race suspension and brake components, drivers racing safety seat, FIA roll cage and an on-board fire extinguisher system. Series sponsors include: Pirelli, Bosch, ViON, Castrol, Oakley, Red Bull, HYPERFUELS, Aggreko, defNder, Lamin-x (thats us!), Meguiar’s, Sherwin-Williams, Chicagoland VW, Safety-Kleen, Ringer Gloves, Jim Russell Racing School and Trellis Earth.

Follow the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series action on:

www.vwmotorsportusa.com

www.tditruthanddare.com

Volkswagen Online Newsroom: media.vw.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VWJettaTDICup

Twitter: http://twitter.com/VWJettaTDICup

DIY Lamin-x Installation when its Cold Outside

November 17th, 2009

temperature-2-coldSo you have purchased, or received as a gift, some fine Lamin-x product for your vehicle. This is wonderful news, but you may find it difficult to wait until the warmer season comes before installing your new gift. We can’t blame you; we enjoy instant gratification too!  Here are some tips for cold weather installation that will help you to enjoy your Lamin-x product sooner, rather than later.

   The installation technique is still the same as always, but the preparation and tools makes the difference when its cold outside.  The key to cold weather installation is keeping the Lamin-x warm and soft.  You will find that the film tends to become a little more rigid in cooler temperatures, usually 70 degrees and below. This rigidity can increase the difficulty level of installation for most vehicles, but there are some ways help work around this inconvenience. With each of the below methods, we recommend keeping the Lamin-x waiting in any warm location until you are ready for installation. This will help keep the Lamin-x happy and ready to go.

   Obviously, access to a garage would be most ideal for any cold weather installation. If the garage is already not equipped with room temperature heat, then use of portable lamps and/or a space heater will be needed. Position them within close proximity to the lights that will be receiving the film. This method could also be used for outdoor installation too, but we would recommend adding a heat gun or hair dryer to the tool list.  Use the heat gun/blow dryer to constantly apply heat to the Lamin-x during the application and installation process.  This will help keep installation area toasty and the Lamin-x softened and pliable. Even turn on the lights themselves to get their surface warmed up too. Obvious note, if heating the Lamin-x with a heat gun or blow dryer, just be sure as to not get too close and overheat the it.  Melted Lamin-x would not be good.

  If you do not have access to a garage, or the tools to keep the area and lights warm, then you have two options: Remove the lenses completely, bring them indoors, and install inside once everything is up to room temperature. (By the way, securing the lenses in a way to keep from it shifting around will greatly help with the installation process. That way you only have to deal with handling the Lamin-x, not both the lens and Lamin-x.) The last resort option is the toughest one of all…actually waiting until warmer weather comes. 

Hope these tips help.  If you have any additional comments, suggestions, or input then post them up on our Facebook Fan page.

 

 

 

Lamin-x Racing at Oktoberfest

October 13th, 2009
Every year BMW Club of America puts on a big BMW fest and calls it Oktoberfest.  During this big fest you’d expect a lot of beer, but instead they have Club Racing, Track Days, Concours show, Rally, and bunch of other stuff.   Luckily for Lamin-x O’fest was at Road Atlanta this year.  Which is only an hour and a half away.   So, of course, we had to be a part of the Club Racing.  

We had pro racecar driver Seth Thomas test the car out on Thursday.  Then analyze the car and driving data using www.traqmate.com  Which is an awesome and necessary tool to help racers improve their skills.  With Seth’s information and assistance, we were able to shave off 1.5 seconds from our previous best time.   We had a great battle on Fridays race and video to show!  We ended up second in class and 7th place overall (out of 34 cars).  Our apologies for the wobbly camera in the video.

SE36 - Road Atlanta - Sprint 1 on Vimeo.

Racing is a great place for Lamin-x to test and demonstrate our products.  Relieving a little stress is a nice little tidbit too.  www.bimmerworld.com proudly provided a hogfest and beer for the racers and workers, so Oktoberfest was properly celebrated.  Thanks Bimmerworld.

www.ColourTechSouth.com was there all weekend to take pictures.  Here are a bunch of the Lamin-x car in action:

Lamin-x #74 at O'fest 2009

Lamin-x #74 at O'fest 2009

Prepping your headlights or tail lights

September 22nd, 2009

Most modern automobiles and motorcycles use polycarbonate lenses for their headlights and tail lights.  This plastic is very sensitive to a variety of chemicals. Contact with certain chemicals can cause crazing, softening, or cracking of the lens, which would require replacement of the entire lamp housing.  That is definitely a bad thing.  So please be aware of this and avoid the following chemicals in cleaning or prepping your lenses before applying Lamin-x.

DO NOT USE ANY OF THESE CHEMICALS TO CLEAN YOUR LENSES!!! 

Acetone
Ammonia
Agitene®
Ajax®
Benzyl
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlorinated Water
Citrus Orange Cleaners
Diversol ®
Gasoline
Isoprophyl Alcohol
Kleenol Plastics
Lemon Joy® (phosphate free)
Lestoil®
Liquid Cleaner - 8211
Liquid Detergents
Lysol®
Methyl Ethyl Keyton (MEK)
Oils
Pink Lux® (phosphate free)
Stanisol Naphtha®
Texiz-8006, 8129, 8757
Toluol
Tricholor
Triclene®

WHAT YOU CAN USE:

Distilled Water

Brillianize

Plexus

Meguiars Plastx

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Motorcycle Paint Protection!

August 18th, 2009

motorcycle-paintFor all of you  2 wheel burners out there. We finally got paint protection kits up and ready for sale in our online store.

We have them listed for the available models that we have headlight covers for.  But if you don’t see your bike, then give us an e-mail (help@lamin-x.com) or shout at 706.632.6182

Gift Certificates!

August 12th, 2009
E-Gift Certificates

E-Gift Certificate

Your birthday is coming up and you try to explain to your wife that you want to make your Mazda look cooler than Vanilla Ice’s 1989 Mustang 5.0 (not that it doesn’t already).  You tell her that some Lamin-x Headlight Covers in tint, and yellow Fog Covers will do the job perfectly.  But her, not being the car type, says “you want what and what for what?”  Fearing the worst (instead receiving bright yellow rimmed sunglasses), you just say;  “This will make me love you more than ever, go to www.lamin-x.com and get me a $50 gift certifcate.”   The world is now complete…amen

Facebook Fan Page!

July 28th, 2009

Screenshot of the facebook page for Lamin-xOur facebook page is up!

So we finally got ourselves up on Facebook.   Yeah, yeah we are a bit late to the game, but regardless we are there.  We will be using Facebook for pictures, video, news, events, and all that stuff.  Our fans can use it to send their related Lamin-x pictures, videos, and links.  We may use it too for special cool things.  So become a fan and chill with us.

Chris

Installation Video’s

July 24th, 2009

So we have created a bunch of installation video’s and uploaded them to YouTube to help every understand the best way to install Lamin-x.   We embeded the video links in each product in our online store in the “how to install” tab at the lower part of that particular product page.  Here are the video’s for you to look over:

Precut Headlight Cover Installation
       

 
Precut Tail Light Cover Installation
       

Fog Light Cover Installation
       


Universal Fog Cover Installation
       


Convex Fog Light Cover Installation

       


Precut Paint Protection Installation

       


Universal Large Light Cover Installation

Coming Soon!


Universal Paint Protection Installation

Coming Soon!