At some point in PO history the round parking light bulb cover had been left off my nearside headlight casing, leading to damp getting in. Unfortunately caused damage to the silvering in some areas, most notably the ribbed part of the main beam reflector and a section of the main chrome trim in front of it. Unfortunately made slightly worse by me trying to clean what I initially thought was dirt through the bulb-hole with a soft sponge on a stick! Doh! I know there aren't any tutorials specifically for the 996.2 sealed halogen unit but I set about carefully dismantling it although it took a while I was 100% successful! Literally nothing broken, even got the tiny plastic locating pins that are heat welded into the locating holes on the clear internal lenses out in tact! Brilliant! So now what...? Does anybody have any suggestions or contacts/mates in the trade who can re-silver the damaged bits at sensible cost? These things go for up to a grand on eBay and other than this cosmetic damage they are in great condition so I am loathed to bin it without trying to get it fixed! (Unless anyone wants to buy it all as it is so I can put some cash towards a replacement!)
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YOUR RESEARCH996.2 Headlight - Dismantled - Re-Chrome Bits?
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These things go for up to a grand on eBay and other than this cosmetic damage they are in great condition so I am loathed to bin it without trying to get it fixed!
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Have you tried here: Reflectors - Dual Metallising Apparently specialise in doing just this, re-metallising headlight reflectors.
have a look at this post. A chap got his recoated https://911uk.com/porsche/upgrading-the-bulbs-on-my-litronic-headlamps.123949/post-2726860
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