Beware, this is going to be a long post. It's late I have nothing to do so I'll talk school:
When you say standard- I'm pretty sure you are referring to regular "standard" window tint film...if so, there are a few two or three pictures I think floating around of my headlights in which I used regular "window" tint film.
However, I didn't use expensive window film (can't think of the brands from the top of my head) but I bought the cheap tints that Advance Auto Zone/Auto Zone sells. Why? It's pointless and waist of money to buy "standard" film as it will eventually start to peel off around the corners. How bad and how soon it starts to peel will vary on the shape of the headlight.
I've done mine (and ON HEADLIGHTS ONLY) the film looked sick and did the job. Middle section of the headlight (if you know what you are doing) will stick very well but you gotta work the corners- you're going to work pretty hard but you just won't get them to stick to the corners because they contain to adhesive on the side that you apply the tint on.
I had LaminX or however you spell on my tail lights. I had it for about 6 months and just today I switched to Nightshades. What a difference. Caution: don't use nightshades (seriously) if you don't know what you are doing. If you end up with "bleeds" or "spots" and you don't know how to remove the spray say bye-bye to your lights- as you will smear the living hell out of them. With night shades you should have a perfectly nice dark or very dark transparent tails with no spots or bleeds if done right.
Same goes for headlights. I spent 90 dollars of LaminX and Oracle film (cut enough to do the headlights and fogs- bought it from a tint shop) and that money was pissed away- the minute I put them on, Oracle first, it came right off; same goes for LaminX.
I think that's it for now.
-Sebastian
