This is true. Look at it this way. The clear coat method will give you a barrier between the plastic of the capsule and all the debris and stuff that may hit your headlight. Furthermore, all the maintenance that would be required afterwards would be using the other method of just going over it with a few steps of sandpaper and then polishing. Just like you would for paint and such.
All you really have to watch for using my method is cracking in the clear coat. Its really best to just put it on several coats and build it up some. The high temp clear I was using seems to be thicker than Im used to, so it didnt seem to run very easy. However, it seems to want to crack. But Im also not convinced thats not due to temperature either. I was on the borderline of the cutoff temps recommended for painting. Once it warms back up here I'll try and do more sets. Id like to do this as a service locally. Ive also learned a lot in the few sets Ive already done and have been working on some improvements in the proceedure.
