{"title":"X-804 RS Ultra Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eReplacement visors and accessories made for the Nolan X-804 RS Ultra.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nolan-tear-offs-x-804-rs-ultra","title":"Nolan Tear-Offs X-804 RS Ultra – Pack of 5 (SPTOF00000004)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a long track session or a full race day demands sustained concentration, uninterrupted vision is just as important as a well-fitted helmet. These genuine Nolan tear-offs for the X-804 RS Ultra let you strip away mud, spray, insect strikes and visor abrasion in a single fluid movement, keeping your eyes locked on the apex, the braking point and the turn-in — lap after lap, without a trip to the pits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuine Nolan OEM accessory engineered specifically for the X-804 RS Ultra and X-804 RS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack of 5 clear tear-offs for an uncoloured, undistorted field of view throughout the day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMounts directly onto the dedicated tear-off-ready race visor — no trimming or adapting required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne-motion removal clears contamination instantly, maintaining focus and riding rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for circuit racing, track days and high-intensity training sessions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number SPTOF00000004 ensures you receive the correct fitment every time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesigned Around an All-Day Track Commitment\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack days are long, and conditions rarely stay clean. Starting your session with a fresh stack of five tear-offs means you can manage visibility progressively across multiple stints without worrying about visor clarity degrading over time. Rather than riding through a compromised view or stopping to wipe the visor by hand, you simply peel and go — a natural part of race craft that keeps you comfortable and in the zone from the first warm-up lap to the final cool-down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNolan designed the X-804 RS Ultra explicitly with circuit use in mind, specifying a dedicated tear-off-ready visor as part of the helmet's race-focused package. These tear-offs are the direct complement to that system: thin, optically clear, and sized to sit flat without lift or buffeting at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGenuine Accessory, Perfect Fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAftermarket tear-offs can lift at the edges, leave adhesive residue, or introduce optical distortion that undermines the clarity you paid for when you chose an X-804 RS Ultra. Genuine Nolan accessories are dimensioned to the exact profile of the prepared visor, so the film seats properly, releases cleanly, and leaves the next layer ready to use without adjustment. For a helmet rated for serious track work, using the correct parts is not a detail — it is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFitment \u0026amp; Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tear-offs are compatible with the following Nolan helmets fitted with the tear-off-prepared race visor:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNolan X-804 RS Ultra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNolan X-804 RS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways verify that your visor is the tear-off-ready version before fitting. The part number for this set is SPTOF00000004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU: SPTOF00000004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand: Nolan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity: 5 tear-offs per pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: clear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitment: Nolan X-804 RS Ultra \/ X-804 RS (tear-off-ready visor required)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: genuine OEM replacement accessory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53169049764106,"sku":"SY-00000004-E529A5-01","price":37.48,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/Nolan804RS.png?v=1780820325"},{"product_id":"nolan-x-804-uc-clear-visor-road-legal-pinlock-ready","title":"Nolan X-804 UC Clear Visor – Road Legal, Pinlock Ready","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the visor the X-804 RS Ultra Carbon leaves the factory wearing, sold on its own as a replacement. Keeping a spare is not an accessory purchase so much as maintenance planning: a visor wears out quietly. Grit, insects and the wrong cloth leave a haze of fine scratches that is invisible against daylight and turns every oncoming headlight into a starburst after dark. Most riders find out on the first properly dark ride of the year, which is the worst possible moment to find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHomologated for the road, day and night\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf every visor Nolan offers for this helmet, the clear one is the only version approved for public roads without restriction. Every mirrored and smoked option in the X-804 range is sold for closed circuits. If you ride this helmet on the road, this is the visor that legally belongs on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe flat Ultrawide shape\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA flat visor spanning a 225-degree aperture is the harder shape to mould well. Curvature hides small variations in wall thickness; a flat lens across that width does not, and any inconsistency shows up as a wobble in straight lines near the edges of vision. Nolan tools these in Italy in Lexan polycarbonate, chosen for how it behaves under impact rather than for what it costs, and treats both faces against scratching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePinlock posts already fitted\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pins are in place and adjustable, ready for a Pinlock anti-fog insert. A replacement visor does not include the insert — if you are swapping a worn visor for a fresh one, the Pinlock from the old visor lifts straight across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eChanging it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo tools. The X-804 mechanism releases and re-seats by hand, and the visor fits every shell size of the helmet, so ordering does not depend on which of the four shells your size falls into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNolan part number SPAVIS0000357.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Universal \/ Clear","offer_id":53586028921098,"sku":"SPAVIS0000357","price":53.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SPAVIS0000357_nolan_x-804-uc-visor.png?v=1787922351"},{"product_id":"nolan-x-804-uc-dark-smoke-visor-track-use-only","title":"Nolan X-804 UC Dark Smoke Visor – Track Use Only","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eA plain dark tint, with no coating on it, for riders who want sun protection on track without buying into a mirror finish. In July, on a circuit with no shade, the difference between squinting through a twenty-minute session and simply riding it is worth more than any coating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbsorption instead of reflection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mirrored visor stops light at the surface using a metallic layer. A smoke visor absorbs it inside the lens body. Practically, that means there is no coating to scuff, no coating to fingerprint, and nothing bouncing back at your own eyes off the inner face when you ride into a low sun — a complaint mirrored visors attract and smoke visors do not. The tint is also uniform from edge to edge and behaves the same way whatever the angle, which is why a good number of racers still fit one in preference to a mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTrack and closed circuits only\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNolan supplies this tint for race tracks and private circuits. It carries no road homologation in Europe, it must not be used on public roads, and it has no business being on your head after dark or in poor light. Buy it as a track visor and swap the clear one back on for the ride home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is made of\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian-moulded Lexan polycarbonate with anti-scratch treatment on the inner and outer faces, cut to the same flat Ultrawide geometry as every other X-804 visor and interchangeable across all four shell sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFog is still a problem on a dark visor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pinlock posts are fitted. It is worth using them: a dark lens fogs exactly as readily as a clear one, and a cold, damp morning at a circuit is precisely where a dark visor gets fitted and precisely where fogging ruins a session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNolan part number SPAVIS0000359.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Universal \/ Dark Smoke","offer_id":53586029347082,"sku":"SPAVIS0000359","price":53.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SPAVIS0000359_nolan_x-804-uc-visor.png?v=1787922358"},{"product_id":"nolan-x-804-uc-iridium-mirror-silver-visor-track-use-only","title":"Nolan X-804 UC Iridium Mirror Silver Visor – Track Use Only","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eIf you only ever buy one mirrored visor for the X-804, buy the silver one. It is the most reflective finish in the iridium range and the only one that does not impose a colour of its own on what you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNeutral means predictable\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA silver monolayer rejects light fairly evenly across the visible spectrum. Kerbing stays the colour of kerbing, a yellow flag stays yellow, and brake lights ahead read as brake lights rather than as something you have to interpret through a warm or cool cast. That neutrality is why silver survives conditions the coloured finishes are fussier about: it works on a bright afternoon and it still works when cloud rolls in an hour later, without the flat, drained look a strongly tinted mirror can take on under grey sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOne layer, not several\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNolan applies a single coloured layer here. The Cosmic visors in the same range stack several films and cost roughly half as much again for it. A monolayer trades the depth and the angle-shifting effect of a stack for a cleaner, more consistent mirror — which, for a visor bought to control glare rather than to be photographed, is arguably the better trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClosed circuits only\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis visor is not homologated for road use anywhere in Europe. Nolan builds it for track and private circuit riding, and it is unsuitable for night or low-light use of any kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHandling a coated surface\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mirror is a surface, and surfaces mark. Wash it wet with plenty of water and let it dry; a dry cloth on a dusty mirror coating is the fastest way to ruin one. Underneath the coating it is the standard part — Lexan polycarbonate moulded in Italy, scratch treatment on both faces, Pinlock posts fitted, tool-free change, and one size that fits all four X-804 shells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNolan part number SPAVIS0000360.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Universal \/ Iridium Mirror Silver","offer_id":53586029773066,"sku":"SPAVIS0000360","price":80.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SPAVIS0000360_nolan_x-804-uc-visor.png?v=1787922363"},{"product_id":"nolan-x-804-uc-iridium-mirror-gold-visor-track-use-only","title":"Nolan X-804 UC Iridium Mirror Gold Visor – Track Use Only","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eGold is the contrast finish. It warms everything behind it, and on the kind of flat, colourless day that Northern Europe specialises in, that warming is the whole argument for owning one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy a warm cast helps on a dull day\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsphalt, overcast sky and cold shadow all sit at the blue-grey end of the spectrum. Push the image warm and the separation between them increases — the boundary between dry and damp tarmac, the lip of a kerb against the track surface, the edge of a shadow under a bridge all become easier to pick out at speed. Shooters and pilots have used amber lenses for exactly this reason for decades. The flip side is honest: under a hard blue midday sky, gold is the least neutral of the four iridium finishes, and colours shift noticeably. It rewards a rider who picks a visor for the day rather than fitting one and forgetting about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSingle-layer construction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gold here is one coloured layer applied to the outer face, not the multi-film stack used on the Cosmic visors. The effect is steadier across viewing angles and the price is correspondingly lower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNot road legal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack and private circuits only. There is no European road homologation for this tint and it is not intended for use in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe lens and its care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLexan polycarbonate, moulded in Italy to the flat Ultrawide profile, anti-scratch treated, with Pinlock pins already in place for an anti-fog insert. It swaps without tools and fits every shell size. 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Turn the helmet in your hands and the visor runs from violet through green to gold depending on where the light is coming from and where you are standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBe honest about why you would buy it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn terms of how much light it stops, the multi sits close to the plain silver. It is not a more effective visor; it is a more theatrical one. That is a legitimate reason to buy a visor and we would rather say so plainly than dress the effect up as a performance advantage. On a carbon shell it is the loudest option Nolan makes for this helmet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow the shifting colour happens\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coloured layer is applied so that its optical thickness varies, and the wavelength it reflects most strongly changes with the angle at which light passes through it. Hence the shift. It is the same effect that puts colour in a soap film, applied deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere it is allowed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNowhere on the public road. This is a circuit visor with no European road approval, unsuitable for night riding and for use in anything less than good light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe rest of it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandard X-804 lens beneath the coating: Lexan polycarbonate from Nolan's Italian tooling, flat Ultrawide aperture, anti-scratch treatment on both faces, Pinlock pins fitted, no tools needed to change it, and a single part number covering all four shell sizes. 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That makes it the most effective of the four monolayer finishes in strong, direct light and the one that most obviously calms an evening session. Under grey cloud the same bias reads cool and slightly flat, so this is a conditions-specific visor rather than an everyday one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCoating and colour on carbon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst an exposed carbon shell the blue reads close to black at a shallow angle and lifts to a clear blue when someone looks straight at you. On the Herbertson replica, with its aquamarine graphic, it is the closest match in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOne layer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a coloured monolayer, not the stacked multi-film construction Nolan uses for the Cosmic visors. Fewer layers means less angle-dependent colour shift and a lower price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCircuit use only\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo European road homologation. Nolan sells this visor for race tracks and private circuits, and it should never be used at night or in poor visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eUnderneath\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian-made Lexan polycarbonate, flat Ultrawide cut, scratch-treated both sides, Pinlock posts fitted, tool-free change, common to all four X-804 shell sizes. 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Nolan builds these with a multi-layer film stack rather than the single coloured layer used on the iridium versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat stacking layers actually does\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral very thin films, laid down at controlled thicknesses, interfere with each other optically. The colour that comes back is not a pigment — it is the result of different wavelengths reflecting off different layers and reinforcing or cancelling one another. Two consequences follow. The effect has depth and shifts with angle in a way a single layer cannot reproduce. And a stack can be tuned to reject a broader slice of the spectrum, so glare control under a hard sun is spread more evenly instead of being concentrated in one band. It is the principle behind camera lens coatings, applied to a helmet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe blue specifically\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the colder of the two Cosmic finishes. The stack skews toward the short end of the spectrum, stripping out low-sun yellow and the glare that bounces up off wet tarmac, while the layered construction keeps it from collapsing to a flat grey when the sun goes behind cloud — the failure mode of a strongly tinted single layer. Over exposed carbon it reads near-black at a shallow angle and electric head-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTrack only\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot homologated for road use in Europe. Race tracks and private circuits, in good light, only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLens, fitting, care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lens under the stack is the ordinary X-804 part — Italian Lexan polycarbonate, flat Ultrawide geometry, scratch treatment, Pinlock posts fitted, hand-change, one size for all four shells. 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Copper at one angle, rose-gold at another, and warm enough underneath the effect to do real work on a grey day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWarmth with depth\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA warm cast lifts apparent contrast against grey asphalt and dull sky — the same reason amber lenses have been standard in shooting glasses for a century. The single-layer gold iridium visor in this range does that too. What the Cosmic adds is the multi-film stack underneath: a broader, more even rejection across the spectrum, and a colour that changes with angle instead of sitting flat. On a bright day it holds its saturation; on an overcast one it does not go dull, which is the usual weakness of a heavily tinted mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it looks on the helmet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the finish that photographs best and the one that flatters a light-coloured graphic rather than fighting it. Against a white or aquamarine livery it warms the whole front of the helmet; against plain carbon it reads as copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNot for the road\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNolan supplies the Cosmic finishes for closed circuits. There is no European road homologation and no case for using one in low light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eUnderneath the stack\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe usual X-804 lens: Lexan polycarbonate tooled in Italy, flat Ultrawide aperture, anti-scratch treated, Pinlock pins in place, changed by hand, fitting every shell size. Treat the coating gently — wash it wet and let it dry rather than wiping it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNolan part number SPAVIS0000364.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Universal \/ Cosmic Mirror Orange","offer_id":53586032034058,"sku":"SPAVIS0000364","price":125.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SPAVIS0000364_nolan_x-804-uc-visor.png?v=1787922396"},{"product_id":"nolan-irid-lc-photochromic-visor-x-804-clear-to-tinted-in-under-a-second","title":"Nolan Irid LC Photochromic Visor X-804 – Clear to Tinted in Under a Second","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nolan Irid LC is not a photochromic visor, even though it is sold alongside them and solves the same problem. Understanding the difference is the whole point of the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eChemistry versus liquid crystal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA conventional photochromic lens darkens because a compound in the material reacts to ultraviolet light. Reactions take time — several seconds to begin, considerably longer to reverse, and both figures get worse when it is cold. The Irid LC works differently: a liquid-crystal layer is laminated into the lens and switched electrically. Clear to tinted takes \u003cstrong\u003eunder a second\u003c\/strong\u003e, and clearing again is just as quick, in summer and in February alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNo battery, no charging, no button\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn integrated high-sensitivity solar sensor harvests ambient light and drives the crystal matrix from it. There is nothing to plug in, nothing to remember to charge and nothing to operate — and because the sensor reads the light actually falling on the visor, the tint tracks conditions in real time rather than lagging behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe three moments it pays for itself\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mouth of a tunnel. The exit of one. A westbound road at sunset. Those are the situations where a chemical photochromic leaves you riding effectively blind for a few seconds, and where riders reach up to lift a visor one-handed at precisely the wrong time. Removing that gap is a safety argument before it is a convenience one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBuilt for year-round use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSealed to be fully waterproof and specified to keep working through temperature extremes, from a winter commute to a July tour. It carries a premium anti-fog treatment for clear, distortion-free vision in damp and cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHomologation — read this before ordering\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Irid LC is fully \u003cstrong\u003eroad homologated, for daytime use only\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is not approved for riding at night. 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