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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 10:08 PM
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DB9 headlight, peeling off

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see attahced picture. I have 2009 DB9 and there is some king of layer onm my DB9 headlight lense, shihc seems to be coming off.

If i take my headlight for "restoration" whould that remove this layer entirely and make head light look better?

Is there any thing I can do to avoide replacing headlight?

is there just the plastic/glass cover/lense cover available which i can swap?

thanks.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 05:33 AM
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I have never seen such a thing before on a light. I use to have a 2005 DB9 and I don't remember it ever having something like that. Are you sure someone didn't apply a clear bra over the top of the light to protect it?
 
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I am scone owner so not sure about having protection on it or not, but it feels kind of like brittle, nail polishy enamel like. When I rub it only small flake will come off not like a film which should feel plastic or rubblr like and should be able to peel off.
 
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I thought the headlights were coated with a special film by the manufacturer (my DB7 headlights were). That's one reason they can't be polished. This coating can get damaged and start to flake off. I thought DB9/Vantage light units were similarly coated.
 
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I'm not sure what that coating is... looks like instead of clear vinyl, which is common, they used a spray-on protectant. Clear coat, maybe?

From what it looks like, a restoration should be able to take care of that.
 
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Exactly that's what I was thinking
Getting it sprayed with clear coat or some thing like that
And then apply xpel ultimate on top of it
 
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