I replaced mine as it was getting finicky working sometimes, and sometimes not. Replacing it is very easy.

Thanks for the quick responses. Pulled everything apart, put it all together and still doing it. Now one light isn't even sparking (lightning). New switch ordered.
Will post again after new switch is installed.

The switch going bad...would that also make the stereo get staticky when the switch is in the on position?

Any poor connection arcing could do that.

OK. I just received my projectors from Pelican, and on initial inspection, It looks like there might be some debris in one of the projectors. Is this normal? Do I have to disassemble them to clean them out? Are there instructions to disassemble them? I would imagine that the heat of the bulb will cause the debris to damage the projector.

Second issue/question. How do you feed the projector solenoid and angle eye wires through the reflector?

Last thing. These came with the kit:

Attachment 19657

I assume they go to the angel eyes, but what are they?


Thanks

Tony

There should be no debris in the projectors. I wasn't careful enough during my installation and got dust inside one of them. You can remove the inside screws to get it apart and very carefully clean the inside. Getting the screws back in can apparently be a PITA, although I found it easy.

I did not have the angel eye option. The solenoid wires (and presumably the angel eye wires) go thru the little rectangular opening under the projector, shown on page 17 and 18 of the instructions.

My kit did not have the wires you show.

Yes, you should clean thoroughly right before install. Debris inside from shipping is normal because they are not sealed units. There are 4 screws that hold the lens portion on the reflector.

The picture you posted shows the angel eye voltage regulators.

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The do it yourself guide is really only one step long.
1: send to Particlewave.

Just opened the lens, cleaned it with alcohol, put it back together. No sweat. Does the connector for the angel eyes stay inside the reflector? It doesn't seem long enough to exit the reflector bowl.

It should be just long enough to reach through. If not, untwist the wires. I'm not sure it will fit through the small square hole, though. I always use the larger parking light hole.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...otos/016-2.jpg

:cheers:

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The blue and white wires weren't long enough to exit the through either the parking light hole or the deflector hole. So, what I ended up doing is extending the length of the blue an white wires, removing the plastic plug, feeding them and the black and red wires through the square deflector hole, and putting the plug back on.

Another problem that I have to figure out how to deal with is baked lens debris sticking to the inside of the outer lens. I'm not sure how to get this stuff out without scratching it.

Wash your hands with hot water for a good 2 minutes to soften the skin. Scrub your fingertips with a scrubber to remove any dead skin.

Lay the lens over the sink (inside up) and fill with warm water and a good 2 tablespoons of dawn dish soap. Add the soap after the water so that it doesn't cause a lot of bubbles. Use your fingertips to lightly wash the inside of the lens and rinse with warm water. Use compressed air to blow all water out. ;)

This is the method I use with every set that I do and it never causes scratches.

Just finished all the wiring for both headlights. Getting close now. I just have clean and seal the lights.

Tony

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These are the lenses that I started with.

Attachment 19685

There is actually a hole burned into the passenger lens.

This is where they are now:

Attachment 19686

The last steps are to clean the inside of the second drive side lens (passenger side done already) , seal the lenses, and polish the out side.

I'm also looking to add CREE LED towers as the high beams and the fogs. any recommendations?

Almost there.

that is amazing! Great job!

I finally got all of the pieces in place to finish the headlight upgrade (was waiting for the corner pieces and the LED bright and fog lights). Here is what they looked like before:
Attachment 19733

Attachment 19734

Both headlights are in really good shape. But this looks so much better:
New
Attachment 19735
vs. Old
Attachment 19736

There is a notable difference in the headlight housing itself. If you look closely, you can see that there is a sort of diamond pattern on the inner shroud of the new headlight in front of and just below the projector. I mention this because if I had not bought these as a set, it's possible that you could end up with two different housings.

Here is a head on view:

Attachment 19737

Man, these look so cool.

Tony

^^^Very nice, looks great:cheers:

Nice work, Tony! :cool:

Wheel caps
 

Hi Nine8Six, do you still sell those wheel caps? Please reply!! Thank you :)

Hi guys,
I have a set for sale, new in the original box and still wrapped. Sold my car before I had the chance to install these beauties..

Details:
TURISMO SERIES GT PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT RETROFIT KIT (GUNMETAL)
1. Select shroud color (see instructions below)
BLACK (anodized, default)
2. Select angel eye colour
WHITE (LED) (default)
4. Select cutoff asymmetrical beam distribution (RHT or LHT)
RHT (right-hand traffic)
HID Lighting System
HID Ballasts CANBUS with EMC (35watts) (pair)
Xenon bulb type & temperature
XENON BULB TYPE H1 (4,300K) (pair)

I'm based in the Netherlands but can ship throughout Europe.
Will do a good price.

Here is my before and after pics. I picked up a set of Gen 1 lights from another member and installed them in minutes! Gotta love plug and play!

Before
Attachment 19817

After
Attachment 19818

Instant update! They look great and take years off of the look:cheers:

Hi! I'm based in Europe and am interested. Private message sent.

I have a question regarding oven baking the headlights. Based on what I have read, I need to remove the lightbulbs, and rubber weather stripping from the housing. What about the wiring harness in the headlight housing? Any other pieces that need to be removed before baking in the oven?

fwiw...I personally would remove everything possible to limit my risk.

Word of caution...If you are unsure about the actual temp of your oven vs the setting...the heatgun/box method nine8six mentioned before is an alternative.

I am wanting to order a set of these...pelican is currently out of stock...what is the preferred method of ordering?

dw

Sincere apologies to all

Been on and off since last October and just about to get ahead of a 2 months long backlog at the office. What a mess :/ You guys had xmas holidays and all?!

Dw - Pelican is indeed out of stock. Good news is the (my) new shop is nearly 'operational' so I plan on running a mega batch in February first thing. Hopefully we'll have plenty before spring kicks in.

Others; many of you guys pm'ed or asked for those CGT style center caps so dbl-good news I'll get a batch of those toasted as well. I'll have the lathe warm-and-busy all of February so might as well do a few dozens of those cool lookin center caps as well.

No Skybreaker (some asked). Sorry guys this will have to wait... looking at late spring or early summer but not before for sure -unless of course one of you guys wants to come over Shanghai and help out ;) They are really fun to make... I mean... who wouldn't like to be sniffing pmma/chemical vapor for a few days in a row lolll

I'll update. Be good fellas

Fred

Arts - some visuals to share in a meantime
 

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CGT Style center caps for porsche wheels - hot cakes around here :/
 

Those went pretty viral locally... last year anyway. I did something like 50 kits and they flew off my hands in an instant. Literally had about 20~25x requests on those just between last autumn and now so I'll get those CNC in Feb and ready in March.

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Great pictures Fred! Glad to hear from you again, I hope all is well!

Please put me down for a set of the center caps!

WELCOME BACK FRED!!!!

I trust you have recovered from your ordeal in Thailand

I hope the new year brings you lots of good things

You have been missed

What colors will the center caps come in?

Fred,
Put me down for 4 center caps. Love em!!! Can't wait to see them on my P-car.

They look awesome. Arts = virtual? If you look closer, the turn signal/corner piece lenses look "non-oem". New after market headlights? :D
Spoiler grills seem virtually stretched, Turbo style, looks good.
:cheers:

CHRISP357, F18febe – thx guys, I’ll update here so you guys can follow-up.

Hey Captain, great to hear from you buddy, hope all is well with you too!! Glad you liked the visuals… I’ll get the blue Boxster pics loaded soon, you’ll want to see this. Looks just like yours!

Hey bud, too kind mate, same wishes to you. (Haha) yea this Thai mishap is going to follow for a while. Mates here are making it so much easier… calling me “hey ex-convict”, or “whats up savage” or worst… recently been asked by our accountant: “going on holiday; what type of accommodation is best staying while in Thailand, fred?” she asked right there in the middle of the conference room :/ Everybody around me and at the office knows this story. Fortunately all of these chaps knows what exactly happened(& why) so they kindly throw the hero thing at me when I get offended loll

^ Anyone reading this and confused; after two reasonable warnings… I’ve ended up having to beat up a pedophile while ‘on holiday’. That’s right go figure… totally lost it both mentally and physically. What went really wrong is the guy fought back badly so it quickly came down to a “its you or me kinda scenario”. Didn’t ended up too well. Ended up in the local jail for 3 days before being sent to Bangkok (still detained) on a release condition to pay entirely for this arse’s medical bills (six+ weeks later). I initially refused but that didn’t worked out at the end - clearly. So I got toasted huge… in every directions. Moral: never play the judge or the law yourself. Not an exactly cheap decision and leads to nothing but hell. I bet this scum is still in TH and asking young girls to fetch coins out of his short pant’s side pockets as he did on that evening (40’ish, flipflops, naked torso, advertised hard-on, no underwear, ugly as a rhinoceros). I lost - literally.

Life’s too weird… let’s move on they say!

Color. Yes colors are nice. The most appreciated colors were the gunmetal and the red on silver wheels. Personally I am a huge fan of the all black center caps on a black wheel. Likely to swap mine from the original Carrera GT blue to those black in spring –we’ll see. Then you have the exotic anodized colors which of course are also available upon special order (scarlet orange, lime green, deep purple, special tones, etc). Scripts are also made-to-order if required (special order). Lastly the center’s center (middle canter) is also negotiable e.g. instead of the porsche shield. Shall you have anything against the shield your club’s or personal mark can be laser’ed instead. Fully personalized! I’ll try to get visuals of that custom center/center, you’ll see what I mean shortly

Nnnuff… this thread is useless without pics

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Good to see you around, buddy!

Put me down for a set in black! ;)

Charles brother, you know as much as me that the first kit ready to go is going your way. No question there mate

[QUOTE=Nine8Six;480274]CHRISP357, F18febe – thx guys, I’ll update here so you guys can follow-up.


Hey Captain, great to hear from you buddy, hope all is well with you too!! Glad you liked the visuals… I’ll get the blue Boxster pics loaded soon, you’ll want to see this. Looks just like yours!


Hey bud, too kind mate, same wishes to you. (Haha) yea this Thai mishap is going to follow for a while. Mates here are making it so much easier… calling me “hey ex-convict”, or “whats up savage” or worst… recently been asked by our accountant: “going on holiday; what type of accommodation is best staying while in Thailand, fred?” she asked right there in the middle of the conference room :/ Everybody around me and at the office knows this story. Fortunately all of these chaps knows what exactly happened(& why) so they kindly throw the hero thing at me when I get offended loll

^ Anyone reading this and confused; after two reasonable warnings… I’ve ended up having to beat up a pedophile while ‘on holiday’. That’s right go figure… totally lost it both mentally and physically. What went really wrong is the guy fought back badly so it quickly came down to a “its you or me kinda scenario”. Didn’t ended up too well. Ended up in the local jail for 3 days before being sent to Bangkok (still detained) on a release condition to pay entirely for this arse’s medical bills (six+ weeks later). I initially refused but that didn’t worked out at the end - clearly. So I got toasted huge… in every directions. Moral: never play the judge or the law yourself. Not an exactly cheap decision and leads to nothing but hell. I bet this scum is still in TH and asking young girls to fetch coins out of his short pant’s side pockets as he did on that evening (40’ish, flipflops, naked torso, advertised hard-on, no underwear, ugly as a rhinoceros). I lost - literally.

Life’s too weird… let’s move on they say!

Color. Yes colors are nice. The most appreciated colors were the gunmetal and the red on silver wheels. Personally I am a huge fan of the all black center caps on a black wheel. Likely to swap mine from the original Carrera GT blue to those black in spring –we’ll see. Then you have the exotic anodized colors which of course are also available upon special order (scarlet orange, lime green, deep purple, special tones, etc). Scripts are also made-to-order if required (special order). Lastly the center’s center (middle canter) is also negotiable e.g. instead of the porsche shield. Shall you have anything against the shield your club’s or personal mark can be laser’ed instead. Fully personalized! I’ll try to get visuals of that custom center/center, you’ll see what I mean shortly

Nnnuff… this thread is useless without pics
]

Don't forget if you want true carrera gt style you need teal on one side red on the other

Ps I want a set of red ;)

Once gain, you have outdone yourself Fred.
I want what ever goes best with factory silver wheels