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So annoyed that I will have to sand them. I don't even know what the film is

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Originally Posted by GTA_G20 (Post 470227)

So annoyed that I will have to sand them. I don't even know what the film is

My guess would be UV and rock protection. My lights look worse than yours the top where I got the film off look nice the bottom not so much. I winterized mine yesterday I prefer my cayman in the winter so not sure if I will bother with it till next year.

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Originally Posted by san rensho (Post 460521)

Don't think you need to go all the way down to 5k grit. If you are painting the lights (Sylvania clear or Minwax spar varnish gloss). All you need is 400 then 800 and paint. About a 1/2 hour job.

I know I'm very late to the thread, but I just cleaned the headlamp covers on my 2002 986, which had gotten pretty ugly.

I tried just using 600 and 800 grit, and found that while I got rid of the crud, the plastic looked very dull and cloudy even after using PlastX. It was only when I then used 2000 and 2500 grit that the lenses cleared up entirely, and now (with another coat of PlastX) look brand new. I'll add the paint tomorrow.