Noticed the driver's side headlight was a little fogged on the Cayenne. Went to Autozone and got one of those Mother's headlight kits. Polished, sanded, and polished, no improvement at all. Looked up price of new headlight...holey stinkin ****balls they are freakin $800 because all you can get is the whole assembly.
So, called a local high end detailer friend. He is the kind of detailer that hand washes because the recycled water at car washes scratch the paint surface, washes all his towels and rags in special soap that doesn't have phosphorus or fabric softeners because those get left in the cloth and scratch the paint, AND calls what most detail shops do vandalism. He says he can sand and polish the fogging out of my headlight.
Dropped by his place yesterday and he worked on the headlight for a couple hours with a buffer and several various grits of polishing compounds and buffer pads. It took a long time because he could only work on small sections few seconds at a time before the headlight got very hot. It looks much much better but there is still just a little hazing when the light is on. Said he would continue to work on it.
Chatted while watching him work, also got some fresh from the freezer home made ice cream. Found out he is needing some new business cards and does not have a web site. Cool! That's the kind of stuff I enjoy doing. Looked at some of the web sites for guys doing the same kind of paint restoration/detailing he does. These guys charge anywhere from $600 for a basic detail to $6000 depending on the level of what the car needs! Made a deal and he is going to detail out the Cayenne AND the 928 for doing a web site for him.
Whata ya think of the card I came up with?
