unclemat

I am about to get a new 981 Spyder and I am planning to put full front clear bra on it (I am aware of pro/cons, but I hate rock chips more than the plastic).

One installer whom I used in the past on other vehicles with great results recommended against removing the headlights and wrapping the film there. He mentioned risk of the damage to film due to vibrations present there. Also he mentioned tolerances being "too close" (I am not sure if he was implying water leak risk).

Another shop in the area that apparently has a great reputation seems to be putting the film under the headlights.

What is your experience?

XPEL

Congrats on the soon to be new 981 Spyder!

We always encourage removing the headlights on Porsche when possible. When we install film at our XPEL shops, we remove the headlights and wrap the film inside to prevent visible seams. There should be no reason to worry about wrapping into the open headlight buckets.

Marine Blue

Headlights removed and No issues on mine after 5 years. It sounds like an excuse no to take the lights out to me.

XPEL

They're actually very easy to remove, with the supplied headlight tool from Porsche. They come out within 5 minutes typically.

A side note, we've seen on the '17 models that unless you remove the bumper to get access to a headlight clip/tab, they will not come out. So if your's is a 2017, that would make sense.

unclemat

The Spyder is 2016.

So now I have a dilemma: go to guy I used before with great results who does not recommend doing that, or to go to new place that does that. The latter place has a good reputation apparently so I guess I can't go too wrong.

XPEL

PM the installers information and I can have a sales rep reach out to him and let him know its just fine to remove headlamps, as it provides a cleaner/seamless installation