gambling on burnt clear headlights. - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

CJ_Boxster · 06-07-2007, 07:44 AM

Currently Im talking to a Custom plastic mold injection company about taking my current amber headlight lens cover and creating a completely clear mold of it... Ill update you on the talks I have with them, Currently im waiting for a call back by the Automotive department of the company, and should be able to get a sample made by them. They normally shy away from clear plastics because they dont always come out 100% clear but I mentioned that I could buff and polish the surface, I just cannot have bubbles or creases inpregnated into the plastic... Ok keep you posted. FYI minimum order might have to be 1000 units to make an order :-0

Tool Pants · 06-07-2007, 08:06 AM

Red tail lights are from the 2004 special edition.

CJ_Boxster · 06-07-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Tool Pants

Red tail lights are from the 2004 special edition.

Oh i know where they are from and that they exsist LOL, i was just saying that the image he posted of them on his car look slightly amber to me... i wonder if they were amber and resprayed with red tint spray?

kabel · 06-07-2007, 10:50 AM

Nice work humara thanks being one of the first to take on this task, the result is great, especially for $82. Those were some seriously burnt lenses!

humara · 06-07-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kabel

Nice work humara thanks being one of the first to take on this task, the result is great, especially for $82. Those were some seriously burnt lenses!

Thanks to this site, toolpants, and a thread over at renntech. i knew from my subaru modding experience that it could be done. I think I got enough info from a few threads here about how the porsche lights work and how they're put together.

A couple of questions seem to keep popping up. I did not clean or fix the burnt lenses, I replaced them. The burnt set that I bought we're fried, burnt and melted. (this is the inside round lens) but the outer clear cover was fine. Removed from burnt set, removed my amber pieces from my good headlights, replaced cover with clear cover. voila.

humara · 06-07-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

Oh i know where they are from and that they exsist LOL, i was just saying that the image he posted of them on his car look slightly amber to me... i wonder if they were amber and resprayed with red tint spray?

Got em directly from suncoast. they don't look amber in real life. maybe its the picture? although they don't really look amber to me in the pic either.

Perfectlap · 06-07-2007, 11:43 AM

^ Strong candidate for post of the month.

by your choice in exterior color I see you are a very shrewd and intelligent buisnessman.

Thumper · 06-07-2007, 11:43 AM

My 550 tail lights can sometimes look amber in pics taken in direct sunlight.

But I assure you they are red. I just love the look.

humara · 06-07-2007, 01:40 PM

I agree. I am really diggin' the 550 tails.

here is a shot of what i was dealing with.
the person i bought these lights from had some ghetto 100w blue bulbs. as you can see, the bulbs did a pretty good job of not only burning the lenses, but actually melting them.

humara · 06-07-2007, 02:10 PM

forgot i took pictures of the culprits.
i'd say it's pretty good advice to NOT install these headlights.
notice, the lights actually got so hot, that they ballooned at the ends.
keep your on ebay for others that may have melted their lights. i've actually seen another set on ebay sell for a similar price.

li-tech h7 100w. hmmmm. almost twice as many watts.

i'm guessing they didn't arrive like this

melty. quiznos is delicious*
*not really.