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Why are the headlights covered


When J and K arrive in the mercedes to the newstand, where they meet with that ugly dog, you can see the headlights of the car covered, like in gray, i've seen this in other movies, as well with other cars , some times they cover the windshield, i dont believe this is because of the reflections as the headlights are too small , but really i dont know.

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The lens are just glazed over to keep the high intensity Xenon bulbs from over saturating the camera with too much light. Have you ever been driving down the road and a car comes up over a hill or around a corner, then hits a dip or hump in the road and the front of the car comes up and the headlights get real bright? They are designed to only shine down enough to see the road without blinding on coming traffic. I installed and adjusted those things when I worked for Nissan. If you got down to the level of the headlamp, it was like looking at a welding rod.

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Ugly dog?? That was a Mops (Pug), one of the loveliest heart warming dog breeds you can think of. :3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug


Or as the great German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer Loriot once said:

Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich, aber sinnlos.

A life without a pug is possible, but senseless.

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