Man, I would love to know more... I took apart my old car's headlights to paint the chrome black and would like to do it for the porsche too.
I tried baking mine last week for 20 minutes at 250 and still couldn't get them apart. I didn't want to force it because the lights had such a long ledge I feared I would crack a lense. What holds the lense on other than just glue? I only found one screw to take off, I did it and still couldn't free them up.
I have litronics, so my light output will not be diminished by painting everything black.
On a side note I just finished replacing all the LED's in the dash, ac unit, and switches to the super white LED's......looks a ton better but thats for another thread
Last edited by boxster7614; 08-10-2012 at 11:15 PM.
I got them from porscheleds.com I started out with the blue...they looked a little cheesy and wern't very bright ....hard to see in the daylight. so I switched them out for the superwhite. If your handy with a sodering iron this is a cool mod. makes the interior look 10 times better....never was a fan of the amber.
There are 996 clear halogen lights, and 986 clear halogen lights. The 986 clears were used 2003-2004. The 996 clears used 1999-2001. The 996 lights have a 996 part number, and the 986 lights have a 986 part number. The part number is on the yellow sticker.
I checked my part numbers and the headlight without the chrome peace is a 986 part number and the one with the chrome was a 996 part number......in my opinon I think the light looks alot better without the chrome insert.....other than the chrome inserts the lights seem to be identical. From the pics I have seen on the litronics they all have the insert....or are they different also?
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