Headlight restoration
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From: Houston, TX
Headlight restoration
I am getting my 2014 Cayman Paint corrected and the question of headlights came up and it's time for me to do something. They have deteriorated pretty badly and I see that this has been much discussed on this forum. As I can tell, I have three options, option 1 buy new ones at an expensive price, option 2 have it shipped off and done for about a third of the cost and option 3 to do myself for the cost of the lens.
So I have decided to ship them off and have them replace the lens covers and I think that satisfies a middle ground that I am comfortable with. In researching who to send them to I have found multiple places that do this and I was hoping someone here could give me some feedback on who you used and what your experiance was and recommend a place to send them to.
Thank you
So I have decided to ship them off and have them replace the lens covers and I think that satisfies a middle ground that I am comfortable with. In researching who to send them to I have found multiple places that do this and I was hoping someone here could give me some feedback on who you used and what your experiance was and recommend a place to send them to.
Thank you
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Joined: Jan 2026
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From: Australia
I'm based in Australia and there's a few headlight restoration specialists around, but it was hard to lock one into my schedule as a lot of headlight-specific restorers seem to be mobile (including those that do higher end vehicles). The highest-rated one coincidentally happened to stop offering the service and transitioned career elsewhere (which seemed to be too coincidental, but I digress).
I have a service due next month with my independent Porsche specialist. They have stated they have a reliable person to outsource the job to, so I'm placing my trust in them to get the headlights restored to standard.
I did consider getting replacement lens from Rennmeister, but my specialist was confident in this job being done to the expected level, and also deemed it would be a more complicated and expensive job vs restoration so I'm happy to see how it goes given the other jobs I have lined up for them at the same time.
I know that doesn't really answer your question, but just wanted to share my own experience thus far and follow how yours goes, as well as see the responses from other people in here.
I have a service due next month with my independent Porsche specialist. They have stated they have a reliable person to outsource the job to, so I'm placing my trust in them to get the headlights restored to standard.
I did consider getting replacement lens from Rennmeister, but my specialist was confident in this job being done to the expected level, and also deemed it would be a more complicated and expensive job vs restoration so I'm happy to see how it goes given the other jobs I have lined up for them at the same time.
I know that doesn't really answer your question, but just wanted to share my own experience thus far and follow how yours goes, as well as see the responses from other people in here.
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I got lenses from Lightwerkz, but I'm still putzing with it, even with the ultrasonic knife. Just can't get the old material out of the channel. Feeling rather un-handy at the moment!
I wound up getting used housings off ebay (they're ok, not great), so I could at least drive while I wrestle with the lens replacement.
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Lightwerkz for the win. They come back absolutely perfect. I ruined a lens on my former 718 with a chemical product (long story) and needed it replaced. New assembly from Porsche plus dealer installation would have been $3500 or more. I only live a couple of hours away, so I drove the light up and Cesar turned it around in a day and it was perfect. I think there's some expertise involved that makes DIY a mess at worst and a PIA at best.
Great guy, excellent customer service, and they do this in volume and are super experienced. Cannot say enough good things. Friends I have recommended to them have been similarly happy.
https://lightwerkz.net/
Great guy, excellent customer service, and they do this in volume and are super experienced. Cannot say enough good things. Friends I have recommended to them have been similarly happy.
https://lightwerkz.net/
Last edited by ldamelio; Apr 18, 2026 at 10:40 AM.
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Speak for yourself, Dave!
I got lenses from Lightwerkz, but I'm still putzing with it, even with the ultrasonic knife. Just can't get the old material out of the channel. Feeling rather un-handy at the moment!
I wound up getting used housings off ebay (they're ok, not great), so I could at least drive while I wrestle with the lens replacement.
I got lenses from Lightwerkz, but I'm still putzing with it, even with the ultrasonic knife. Just can't get the old material out of the channel. Feeling rather un-handy at the moment!
I wound up getting used housings off ebay (they're ok, not great), so I could at least drive while I wrestle with the lens replacement.
Dave
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