moerbeck

Hello everybody,

I recently bought a 2004 Porsche 911 at an auction and am in the process of sorting it out. Mechanically, the car is sound, so that's good. However, in the process of cleaning my headlights, the plastic reacted poorly to the clearcoat and I trashed my passenger headlight. I am looking to buy one on ebay now to do a lens swap, but in case I need to replace the whole thing, I would really appreciate if you could help me identify what type of headlight I have since there are no part numbers on the headlight itself and I have never seen the car at night. I cannot turn on the car at the moment to see what color the light is because the seats are getting repaired... so it is what it is... any help is appreciated. I am going to try to restore it starting with 80 grit sandpaper tomorrow, but it looks too far gone unfortunately. I feel like an idiot.

Thank you - Moerbeck

ion_berkley

Thats the none HID style of headlight. The HID style has an integrated headlight washer. Guessing by your user name you are in Europe...if so grab the (Euro) parts catalogue, it will be your friend in this and many more future questions:
https://www.porsche.com/all/media/pd...96_KATALOG.pdf (Euro models)
https://www.porsche.com/all/media/pd...SA_KATALOG.pdf (USA models)


BTW, I would guess you will be able to restore the damaged one OK after a full sand and polish. You'll find some good write ups of the different abrasives and coatings people have used to get a good finish.

moerbeck

dporto

Plain Halogens - not Xenon/HID, so not crazy expensive to replace (But still much less expensive to restore it...). Good Luck

cds72911

Agreed with dporto. Plain old Halogen H7, no washer nozzles. I have them on my 2002.

Splitting Atoms

If it's not cracked or damaged, I would have that one restored. It will need to be sanded with a few different fine grades of sandpaper and paste, but it looks nice and clear, as opposed to yellow, and should turn out great.

TexSquirrel

That looks like an easy restore job.

fpb111

808Bill

^Yes!

moburki

First thing that came to my mind!

moerbeck

Do not use the clear coat from Chris Fix's video. It basically clumped up on the headlight... I obviously made it worse by trying to use paint remover to remove the clear.. just a bleeping disaster... I am going to fix it tonight. Thank you for your help!

Splitting Atoms

I used the Sylvania headlight restore kit from AutoZone. It worked well on mine. There are several good threads on headlight restoration. There is a product that is a clear vinyl wrap that has gotten lots of praise. I would use it instead of trying to clear coat. I forget the name of it, but you can find it in several threads on this forum.

TexSquirrel

XPel

http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection..._US_and_Canada

Mark I

I agree with the crowd, halogens. Your pictures show (in addition to no washer nozzle) no ballast on the housing or projector inside. I'd hesitate to start sanding with 80 grit; seems a bit aggressive. Try something finer first. I also agree that the xpel covers work well. I put them years ago with no degrading with time. The instructions give two options, one mounting the covering dry and another using an alcohol/water solution so that it can be moved into exact position. I recommend method two, the only disadvantage being that foggy areas will remain for some days until the traces of the trapped mixture fully clear. GLWS

joseph mitro

on my 996.1 I had factory xenons without a headlight washer nozzle. Apparently its different for 996.2

3M also makes a clear vinyl protective film that works for the covers