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    Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Last week I paid a visit to one of my monthly maintenance accounts. As I approached his front door I noticed an older white Porsche 996 parked with the other vehicles. As I walked around it, I was in awe on how nasty the front headlight lenses looked. I picked up the keys to my customers A8 and proceeded to ask him who owned the Porsche. It was an associates vehicle and I was introduced to him. He was the original owner, who basically had lost interest in the overall appearance since the lights started to fail. I showed him with my power point what I could do to improve his vehicles appearance and safety, he booked an appointment for the next day.

    Here are some before shots of the light.....What an eye sore on such a nice vehicle..........









    During my Headlight Lens Restoral process, here is the drivers side closeup of the failed coating...







    Passenger side all resurfaced and ready for UV coating



    UV coating applied



    UV coating gets cured by a special UV curing lamp



    Final shots after my service was finished.....















    Thank you for viewing my work........

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Nice touch with the coating.
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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    very ncie work

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Nice process and results! I was recently in Tucson and restored my brothers and Moms Lexuss with Ultimate Compound and a 8207 polishing pad and DA polisher. Lens came out crystal clear. What is the difference in your process vs. UC and a DA polisher?
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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Great work. Lights look good as new.

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Great work. It appears that new lenses were installed. They look great.
    quality creates its own demand

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Great work. It's amazing how something like that can make such a difference.

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Great work! Looks brand new!

    What's the UV coating that you used and where can I get them?
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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    Nice!

    So what's your general process? Wetsand / polish / protect?
    Quote Originally Posted by Blueline View Post
    I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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    Re: Sore Eyes.............1998 Porsche 996 w/failed headlight lenses

    beautiful job done! and IMO that's one of the best looking headlight designs in the era.

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