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Opening 996 headlight units?

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YOUR RESEARCHOpening 996 headlight units?

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I know that ther should be no way of opening these units but is there a "trick" on perhaps how to pull this one off DIY style, to clean the lenses?

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I know that ther should be no way of opening these units but is there a "trick" on perhaps how to pull this one off DIY style, to clean the lenses?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Guys, Living in the Middle East means plenty of dust and sand and my headlight lenses are now starting to show that dust has entered the headlight units and gotten on the inside of the lenses. Car is a 2000 model with the first generation headlights. I know that ther should be no way of opening these units but is there a "trick" on perhaps how to pull this one off DIY style, to clean the lenses? Any suggestions are appreciated. Ciao, Johannes E.

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Mr. C4, Unfortunately, according to my service manager at Porsche, these headlights are a sealed unit.One of mine had some sort of fungus growing inside. Its not getting any bigger, but there's nothing I can do about it.

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I would try vacuuming out the dust. Remove the headlight, then remove only the turn signal bulb and insert the vacuum nozzle into the opening. You should be able to get most of the dust out. I did this to remove some particles that got left inside the headlight when I was removing the amber reflectors, and was able to get rid of all of them this way. If you have dust in other compartments of the headlight, remove the bulb for that compartment only and proceed as above.

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Oggie, Thanks, I'll give it a try! Ciao, Johannes E.

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