Please forgive the filthiness of the car in the after photo, but...

***See 2 posts down for photos, thanks KRAM36!***

I love it!
I'll paint the turn signal shrouds next month when I have them open to install Fred's projectors.

That looks great Craig! Nice work:cheers:

Is it just me or are his pictures upside down and sideways? I have to fix this lol.

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Huh, did it on my iPhone, still look normal to me. Oh well!

This mod is insane ;) Nice work Craig

Amazing result... hard to believe it works actually loll

This is how it looks to me lol. Nice job btw!

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I think it has something to do with iOS because they looked fine on my iPhone in the original post.

Nice work Craig! I'm glad to see that some are making use of this :D
I still have not finished my first set :confused:

Haha! It took longer than I expected, so it was "winking" for a few days while it had one amber and one clear until I had time to do the other one.

What paint would you suggest for the turn signal shroud? I have some Rustoleum "OEM black" plastic paint that worked very well for the front grills, but I can't find a pic of a true clear lens' shroud to see if matte black is correct, and also a little concerned about heat/durability under the lens. TIA

OEM is actually a chocolate brown color, but I think black looks best. I use Rustoleum high heat black (matte or flat finish, can be found in automotive section under engine enamel OR the paint section under "grill/barbecue paint").

As much as I dislike the amber lamps, I've seen cars with the triangles and side marker lamps converted to clear, and the remaining amber turn signal doesn't look half bad by itself. Depends somewhat if you want a stock Porsche look or a bit custom. I may do it this year. Thoughts on this easy fix???

Personally, do what I did. You can find new stock clear made by Bosch for around $650 or so, and then sell your Amber lights, assuming they are in excellent condition for about half that. By doing that, you have new with a reasonable cost. There is always someone looking for the original ambers. I bought some new ones and then put in Fred's HID's and could not be happier. It really updates the look of the car.

Partial de-amber
 

Well here,s mine with the triangles / side markers stopped to clear. I reckon it's an improvement and the original lights are in A1 condition.
Wouldd like to get projectors eventually....
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YAY...another seal grey, looks fantastic.
I'll keep mine like that, too...that last bit of amber color matches the seal Grey perfectly.

That's what I'm talking about . I think it looks really good. If we didn't know better, I'd think that it's stock OEM Boxster. I'm gonna do it!

However, for those brave enough, partlcalwave's mod is the best. Congrats on a fine idea and method.

Corner triangles
 

Are all of the available triangles such a dark gray tint? Why? Aren't OEM triangles clear?

DID IT! It does look good this way and the cost is reasonable. Just the actual signal lamp with an amber lens looks like it should have been done that way back in 2001.
Unfortunately, I can't drive the car for a while as I've just gotten my shoulder replaced (unless I leave it in first gear....LOL). Maybe next month.

I'm with Pedro
 

Pedro, are you and I the only people who like the amber? I think it is just fine on arctic silver because it accents and accentuates all the compound curves in the front of the car.

Larry (the bald eagle)

lol, I despise amber! There is none left on my car.

Yes, Larry...you and Pedro are the only two.

We will be sure to leave 2 amber sets for you guys. ;)

Nope, I like it too. Lapis Blue goes pretty well with pumpkin :)

I finally took the chance when i found a extra set of front headlights in mint condition for a real bargain price, as a backup.
So i did this Project with my old headlights. It went well if u have the right Tools.
The router from Dremel, is a little big and difficult for grinding as the headlight is not plain. I'm happy With the result, so, as for the extra headlight set i have, i will do the same in the future.
Some tips: cover rest of the headlightglas for accidental machine scratches's, don't rush and the result will be fine.
Thanks to Particelwave and other here for the great tip and DIY.

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Nice!

Yours came out very well! I still have some scratches on mine from the sander (Velcro hooks snuck out a couple times) that I have to clean up.

Now you just have to paint the inner reflector!

Thanks, inner reflector? how and where?:)

It's a bit of a hassle for not a huge impact if it's all you're doing, but I painted mine while I had them apart to install my GT Projectors.

When you take off the headlight lenses (after baking and all), there's a gold-colored shroud in the turn signal area that is held in by a screw. It's gold on our headlights but painted like the rest of the shroud on the true clear headlights. I forgot to take pics of it, but it's very obvious once you have them open.

This is how it looks once it's painted, I went with black BBQ paint like ParticleWave suggested:
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Nice work! :cool:

Turn signal shroud piece, "amber" vs "clear".

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This is awesome, very ingenuitive!!

Does this look like a de-ambered headlight using this method?

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If so it looks like there might be some money to be made :) If it sells at this price that is...

My owen stove is too small to do the baking:(
is there another alternative to do? the headlights is about 14-15 yrs.

Mine too but just leave the oven door open and use and apron or towel to stop most of the heat escaping. It will take longer and a higher temp. I normally use 140c and twenty minutes just be careful not rest any of the plastics on metal

Finally tackled this today. Been on my to do list for almost 2 years.

Before:
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After:
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Have to order the corners to finish it. Also going to go buy a 3" polisher and work on them some more. For now though, they are deambered and I am happy. Particlewave makes it look very easy. It wasn't. It's quite a bit of work, and the whole time I kept thinking, I'm going to ruin a very expensive set of headlights. Glad it came out ok, and grateful for Particlewave's excellent and clear directions.

You did well. Congrats. Now......the silver grills have to go. You could go flat black or a darker gray may be really good (flat if possible).

I chickened out on the deambering and just changed the triangles and side fender lights. I really thought I wouldn't like the result, but actually I'm impressed that it looks pretty good. A Boxster fan may be negative about it, but most folks have no idea what the lights are supposed to look like. It really cut down the amt of amber. Good enough (for me).

Yes, I fully plan on changing the color of the shield. Might even powder coat it. Not too sure yet. I was really hesitant to attack this project. These headlights aren't cheap, and had I messed them up it would've been costly. I am happy with the result though. Once I paint the shield and polish them out a little more, I'll be even happier.

Has anybody tackled the triangle corners? Considering sanding them down, cracking them open and painting to match...
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Crap...I was sanding the headlights again to clean up some rough spots...and I dropped it. Itty bitty ding, no big deal there, but the whole housing is loose in the headlight assembly. Sigh. I'll deal with it tomorrow.

As I am preparing a little "clear trim outline" mod on my amber headlights, what clear/uv coating are you guys using?

Good things have been said about the Sylvania headlight restoration kit that comes with some kind of clear coat final step, haven't personally done it yet because I wanted to clean the lenses up more first.
(Which I just finished - 320 grit through 3000 then cleaner/polish - came out soooo much better.)

what kind of a plunge router tool did you use?

I just used a power sander with 60 grit to start (this was the lowest I could go and actually remove material).

It took a long time...doable, but I would recommend making something like earlier in this thread. Took me a solid day (at least 12 hours) per headlight to sand them down.

I'm hoping that this is possible by sanding by hand with some very high grit sandpaper.

I'm looking to do the projector retrofit but I'm too scared to do it on my current facelift clear headlights. So the plan is to buy some pre-facelift orange lights, install the projectors in them, then sand away the yellow so that they're the same as the facelifts. Then use my current clear corner pieces.

Anyone done this purely by hand yet?

Absolutely feasible. Ten different ways to do it I'm sure, by hand/sand paper taking the longest but safest.

If you want look really really cool, look up chemical resistance of lexan 9030 polycarbonate. Recalc to correct dissolving formula and go for it, "dip it". The fastest method ;)