Clear Lights...Finally!

[conradtan]

Man you guys are great! I'm off to radioshack to get a soldering iron tonight! Thanks!

[unklekraker]

hey, conrad...call me if you're going to do it so i could watch and probably do the same thing on mine after...coo!

[Tom Blue]

I was reading your posts and it didn't seem like too much of a deal until I saw the differnece in the look. It looks great, the extra 10 HP plus the 20 extra HP after a wash and wax job should make these babies really rock!

[conradtan]

I should get yet ANOTHER 3HP after my amberectomy! Haha!!! I crack myself up.

@Unklekraker: I will call you very very soon. I am looking to rid myself of all amber once and for all.

Originally Posted by Tom Blue

I was reading your posts and it didn't seem like too much of a deal until I saw the differnece in the look. It looks great, the extra 10 HP plus the 20 extra HP after a wash and wax job should make these babies really rock!

[pteam]

So you have to pay $600 for a whole new set of lights to remove the orange? Can't you just buy clear pieces to replace the orange part? Nobody has done this? It has to be possible.

[Tool Pants]

The plastic headlight cover is a single piece. The upper part of the cover is clear plastic and the lower part of the cover is amber plastic. That is why you cannot just replace the amber portion of the headlight cover.

[pteam]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

The plastic headlight cover is a single piece. The upper part of the cover is clear plastic and the lower part of the cover is amber plastic. That is why you cannot just replace the amber portion of the headlight cover.

Has anybody tried to remove the amber?

Is there a kit or part you can lay over it to hide it such as a tint kit or one of these headlight kits that change the look of the headlight?

What if you bought something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-04-PORSCHE-BOXSTER-SMOKED-HEADLIGHT-TINT-COVER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38661QQihZ012QQit emZ220121524978QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW , you could even cut it just to cover up the bottom part of the light and not block the acutal lights themselves if you wanted

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by conradtan

Man you guys are great! I'm off to radioshack to get a soldering iron tonight! Thanks!

Be carefull. I know several people on this forum who have ruined their headlights trying to de-amber the insides. They melted them and ruined the headlights and had to spend more money to get another pair and they did not even think of trying a second time. If I were you, I WON'T DO IT. Not worth the risk.

[conradtan]

Originally Posted by porsche986spyder

Be carefull. I know several people on this forum who have ruined their headlights trying to de-amber the insides. They melted them and ruined the headlights and had to spend more money to get another pair and they did not even think of trying a second time. If I were you, I WON'T DO IT. Not worth the risk.

Well I looked at the inside of my new headlights and decided that things were waaay too close together in there for my unsteady hands. I will just live with the amber inside for now. It is way too risky like you say 986spyder. Thanks. Isn't there an easier way to do this without a soldering iron?

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by conradtan

Well I looked at the inside of my new headlights and decided that things were waaay too close together in there for my unsteady hands. I will just live with the amber inside for now. It is way too risky like you say 986spyder. Thanks. Isn't there an easier way to do this without a soldering iron?

Mine look the same way. I don't know of any other way other than covering them up as sugested earlier. You could paint over them with the silver matching trim color or tint that section with black.

[rebeltown]

Glad the guards red cars look better with the ambers... That's a lot of bucks and effort. It is true that some color cars do look better de-ambered!