i've had the car now for 3 months and it sleeps outside, so the miami sun is already taking it's toll on my cars beautiful droopy eyes.

can the lenses be cleaned/polished to restore them?

 

hi there,
i had the same problem. what the detail shop told me to do what to use a wax/polish with a de-oxydizer in it. like a compound with a very very light grit. also, there is a polish you can use for plastic (like the plastic windows in convertibles) that is a rubbing compound that helps remove scratches and dullness.

other than that, i saw in performance parts/automotion.com that they have a plastic healight decal sticker that goes right over the top of the headlight. it can help protect it from sun exposure.

best of luck!

 

I wonder if Brasso would work like it does on scratched iPods...someone can feel free to test on their lights and report before I try on mine!

 

<~~~not volunteering to try first!

 

it's hard to tell by tappin on them, so are our headlights plastic or glass?

 

i believe most factory oem porsche headlights are plastic. well, maybe not the litronics. i'm not positive.

 

because i was at one local tires plus store and they have a service of buffing up plastic headlights, but since i wasn't sure what mine are, i didn't try it out.

 

hmmm...i know tailights are plastic for sure. maybe call a local porsche dealer. they'll know.

 

Porsche light covers are Lexan.

 

there we go! someone knows! hehe! no more guessing for me! good luck with your lights!

 

Let me know how you make out, I just noticed my litronics starting to yellow as well.. Thanks!

 

Be careful with the polishing. I've tried it on my halogens and in some ways it may have made things a bit worse. .... Used the Meguiars plastic cleaner and polish.

 

Try this... (no affiliation)

http://www.autogeek.net/lc-plastic-pro-kit.html

 

Be careful with polishing the cover glass (resp. Lexan) of the lights because it is hardened.
This means if you remove the top layer the lights will be even more sensitive.

Cleaning the Xenon/HID lenses is no problem.
Just remove the projector. It is mounted with four torx screws (size 20).
After removing it you can reduce the projector to small pieces.

If the projector is removed, also clean the cover glass from the inside.

Always use a micro-fiber cloth - so there won´t be any scratches.

I also mounted new HID lamps.

The result could look like this:

 

wow! i'm glad i read the replies before i polished mine! maybe the detail shop that told me to polish them are a bit old school. always best to ask the pros, and that would be the guys here at 6speed! they have been there...done that!
thanks for the info!