3 GROWN men excited over a headlight !!! Make that 4 , loved it

I have been enjoying your videos for some time, and also learning from them since my recent vehicle of 3 years is a 996. I had 356's and 70's/80's 911's prior to the 996 which is so very different than my previous Porsches in terms of tools required for maintenance. My current 996 had relatively clear headlights, just a faint yellowing and what appeared to be deteriorating clearcoat on the passenger side headlight. I have now watched several Headlight Restauration Videos with many somewhat similar procedures, and I have attempted a few methods on my headlight. In particular, I liked Steve's process and method of the headlight restauration process. I purchased various grades of sanding medium in a package with 320 to 12000 grit. Although, employing a process similar to Steve's and seeing improvements as my sanding moved from 400 to 12000 grit, my headlight is now totally foggy and much worse than it was then when I started. I can accomplish most basic DIY processes reasonably well, but I have not been able to make beneficial progress on this headlight. And, I only reduced my starting grit to 400 after starting with 600/800 for a few attempts. I may not be applying enough pressure on the initial passes with the 400 grit, but I am not sure of the amount of pressure required. The striped looking area had what appeared to be overspray or was heavily coated because this area and the fog light appeared as if something like an egg had been broken there and allowed to dry on the surface. This area required lots of sanding, but is still quite hazy. Do you think there is any way to salvage this repair? Any advice would be appreciated. I am just not sure if there is excessive clearcoat on the plastic or if I am just sanding the plastic.

Thank you guys! Great job. Just installed the Fister mufflers two days ago. Extremely happy with this mod. Waiting for my Project 996 cap! I lived in the twin cities many years ago. Would like to visit again. Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

What a difference... woww... amazing. Good job 👍. Cheers everyone (i liked water boy 😂)

Great work! Been following from day one. Keep the video’s coming. 👍

Good job, guys!

Amazing results!! Loving this series, beats anything on TV!

This series has been amazing I always wanted to do something like this project and it is great watch all the work that you guys are doing in this 996 911

James and Patrick and Steve:. For this Project 996 endeavor (which is fantastic) one would think that the three of you search near and far to find the donor car. I think I heard you say once or twice that you found the car in NOLA. Not exactly next door to the land of a 10,000 lakes. Well your videos and your desire to bring this car back from the dead (so to speak) is prompting me (and I am sure many others) to consider a 996 Project of our own. Can you suggest or provide a list of sources, websites or publications (either hard copy or e-versions) where we might be able to start searching out our own donor car? Thanks.

Awesome job guys! Turned out perfect!

Good job boys, just shows what a little elbow grease can achieve

Great job on the headlight! For some reason, as soon as you brought out the boss cream, I wondered what equivalent grit the polishing cream brought to the process. Could that be more abrasive than some of the sanding cloths that were used?

Excited to see how this whole project comes together. Great job. 👍

Nice work guys. I would Highly recommend Cerakote Ceramic restore kit. Amazing product and good price point.

Wow ......this is really coming together nicely 👍. Love these videos 😊

Great video I’m excited lol

It's amazing what a little polishing compound can do for restoring damaged finishes. Good job!

It came out very well tough!

This was very instructive - can't wait to give it a try on my 21 yr old 996! thanks!

GOOD! mine is yellow too and i feared already it was a different issue...

Wow beautiful!!

Awesome job!

Good job guys and huge saving 👍

Approved !

Headlight restoration is a lot of labor. You really have to weigh out what your time is worth versus buying replacements. Porsche lights are very expensive, but if you have a Honda or something else very common, you can get lights with bulbs for around $150 for the pair. Turned out great though!

After you polish your headlights you can add a lamin-x protective film to put over the headlights for extra protection.

Nice work boys! I have done that job before and it requires patience that I am lacking... Excited for the rest of this project. When she is done you should setup a subscriber ride and I will drive my 996 down to meet up!

Nicely done. I did this to a car a while back and was amazed at how they came. And that was with a much less sophisticated and quality work than you guys!!

You guys had it easy. Should have seen the headlights when I did them about a year ago. They were horrible.

Night and Day...and I bet at night there is a visible difference. Thx!

Nice one guys 👌🏼

Steve, I’m wondering if you’re not a bit to professional for this channel 😄 Good job on that light, I like many bought a kit but you unlike many actually know what you are doing.

Hey guys. Fine job Steve. Like the rest of us, I live and breathe all things Porsche and I hope you can forgive my ignorance but, I don’t know what that round chrome thing on the headlight is?

Nice job boys! I'd love to come help you, looks like so much fun. I'll go polish the headlights in my son's MK4 Jetta GLI VR6 as a Father's Project with him. My 911's are already nice and shiny 😉

I came here to see how to remove them. 2004 40th anniversary. I know there is some kind crank on the sides in the fronk

So many videos on hl resto.s ...i bet he watched them all.....lol 😂😂😂

Are you bringing project 996 to the Rennsport dragon rally?

Wow wow wow what a huge difference! I didn't know it was basically sanding that transformed the lights. Question for you guys : I have the same car and year as James and my headlights are still clear but have some cracking spreading that doesn't look so good. Do you recommend doing what you did or something else?

“Not as smooth as my bum” Bet sometimes you miss having an English guy around who gets your humour!

What can be done if there’s a light haze on the inside?

Why not use a coating instead of a seleant?