front LED lights installed

[Lobo1186]

LEDs come in many sizes and varieties of shapes.

[rick3000]

I installed this while I had my bumper off, which is necessary to get them on and takes a good couple of hours. I spread the whole project out over a weekend.

Overall, it took a lot of time, but only cost me around $12 for the lights. I paid $8 for two LED strips from eBay, $2 for some 18 gauge wire, and $2 for a plug/socket so I can unplug them when I pull my bumper off. I used outdoor adhesive to attack the LED's and they have been on for 2-3 months now and about 3k miles. Once they where attached I ran the wire through a rubber plug in the trunk, routed the wire around the trunk under the trim, and then through another plug into the battery area, then through the firewall into the cabin. I then wired them into the switched power on the phone connector under the center console, so they switch on/off with the ignition.

It wasn't very hard once I had the bumper and trunk apart, but I also installed a 140db air horn and cleaned my radiators at the same time, so I didn't do all this just for the DRL's. The hardest part was getting the bumper off, besides that anyone who isn't afraid of taking their Porsche apart could do this.

[embryoguy@mac.com]

thanks rick for the thorough explanation/instructions.

im looking at this led set below on ebay. what do you think of it? im not sure if im confident to do what you did. my mechanic will prob. do this for me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-A5-Style-LED-Daytime-Running-Lights-Porsche-VW-77_W0QQitemZ290351080922QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_ Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item439a45e5da&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245#ht_7346wt_947

[rick3000]

That kit looks nice, but I am not sure how it mounts. I wanted something light so I wouldn't have to drill any holes in the bumper, so you might consider this which is what I used. But I am sure if your going to have a mechanic do it, they can figure out a way to mount the lights.

[blueillusion97]

Yep i have done same thing to my car but less than 5 minutes later i took it off as i couldn't stand how it didn't fit in with the car.

[aparmex]

Hey Rick 3000, do you have any closer pictures of how you installed the front leds, I also want to do something to that, I like very much the way it looks on the Artech front bumper for the 987, unfortunately they do not make it for the 986 !!

[rick3000]

Those are the best pictures I have right now. I will take some more tomorrow and post them.