Official 986 to 996 Front-end Conversion Thread

[Lobo1186]

do you still have the 996 lights you bought? are you willing to possibly sell them

Nothing to say but well done to your conversion.How long it took you guys to complete this conversion?Where did you bought the parts?

[eightsandaces]

It looks cool and makes your Boxster unique, nice job. IMO, what makes this blog and the cars fun are the small but often labor intensive styling cues people add to their cars. For me, if I ever drop 6K into the car I want to feel the difference in the driving experience.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by eightsandaces

For me, if I ever drop 6K into the car I want to feel the difference in the driving experience.

Me neither but when people do this usually is because of front end collision. You take the insurance money and cover any extra costs on top.

[23109VC]

anyone know what it would cost to do this if you did JUST the front bumper and left the lights alone...

i will likely be getting an ew bumper cover for my 986 and have thought of doing the 996 GT3 style bumper, like the bumper on trigems car or the bumper cover on the older 996's with the aero kits...they look a LOT like 986 bumpers but with a deeper set front lower lip... ...so my 986 lights will work just fine...

can you jsut get THAT ubmper cover and stick it on the car or are there all sorts of different fasteners/etc that would make it a $$$ job. my ins will liikely pay for the bumper cover.

[Brucelee]

The car looks great. Was the original car in an accident or did you just want a new look?

[Uller God]

Conversion turned out really nice, great work! I was looking for something different without dropping the coin so I opted for the GT3 front end on my '99.

[thaiboy986]

hi guys, I'm new to this forum but I do find this forum very helpful over the last few years while I have been planning my project and putting it into reality I believe if you have a dream go for it at present I'm having a full blown boxster rs built performance Porsche here in the uk are building the car and ruf are building the engine 911 3.6 everything is being bespoke or parts taken from other Porsche models nothing is being left to chance is taken 3years to plan and build I'm due to collect her spring 2017 the builders have told me she should produce 380-420 bhp I hope this enlightens you all sometimes let your heart rule your head and many thanks to you all for helping me make my dream a reality????

[kabel]

Originally Posted by 23109VC

anyone know what it would cost to do this if you did JUST the front bumper and left the lights alone...

I don't think so, look at the shape of the bumper where the headlight assembly meet the bumper...

[ekam]

Hence why it's a "front end conversion", not a headlights and bumper conversion...