Clear Lights...Finally!
 

I know lots of ya'll probably already had this done. Just had to share! I waited 4 months for a deal, these were $550.00. Anyone want to buy my old amber ones? :D
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Congrats
 

You got a good deal on the lights. The clear lights seem to blend better with the body and avoid the more "classic" or dated look, if you will. My '02 in Arctic Silver looks smoother without the obvious amber and could be tomorrows car. Some have removed the amber internal lens in order to achieve total de-ambering but I can live with it on my car. If you haven't you should do the side markers and get the silver bulb that blinks amber for a total clean look up front. The lack of amber will now produce at least 10 more HP and at least 5 ft lb of torque leaving your amber laden bretherin in your black break dust. Enjoy and party on !!

AKL :cheers:

HOT DENG! Finally, you got your clear lights...I remember last month, some of the members here could almost feel your pain waiting for the right deal that comes to you :D :D :D

that, my friend is a really good deal! AKL is right, if you want to fully deamberfied the car, it will produce and additional 10hp on a flywheel test :cheers: :p

If you want silver bulb, I could send you the link or ask DJ how he painted his light bulb :)

Calvin's 1997 has melted lenses from high watt bulbs. 2 months ago I met the local lady that bought Calvins car and she wanted to replace the melted amber headlights with good amber headlights. But when I bumped into the lady last week at the Parts Heaven swap meet I think she said she had already found some amber lights from a Boxster owner in Redwood City.

great mod......gotta get around to getting those lights too!

your car looks great!

Looks great!!!

Thanks everyone! But here's one question, how do I get rid or the yellow thats INSIDE then headlight? :confused:

search or check into the soldering iron mod. basically melt the amber piece into small enough pieces to get out. then you need a silver or led bulb to blink amber that doesn't look amber.

i think its called amberdectomy. i'm not a scientist though.

Amberectomy.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=178&st=0&#entry534

Man you guys are great! I'm off to radioshack to get a soldering iron tonight! Thanks! :cheers:

hey, conrad...call me if you're going to do it so i could watch and probably do the same thing on mine after...coo!

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I was reading your posts and it didn't seem like too much of a deal until I saw the differnece in the look. It looks great, the extra 10 HP plus the 20 extra HP after a wash and wax job should make these babies really rock!

I should get yet ANOTHER 3HP after my amberectomy! Haha!!! :D I crack myself up.

@Unklekraker: I will call you very very soon. I am looking to rid myself of all amber once and for all.

So you have to pay $600 for a whole new set of lights to remove the orange? Can't you just buy clear pieces to replace the orange part? Nobody has done this? It has to be possible.

The plastic headlight cover is a single piece. The upper part of the cover is clear plastic and the lower part of the cover is amber plastic. That is why you cannot just replace the amber portion of the headlight cover.

Has anybody tried to remove the amber?

Is there a kit or part you can lay over it to hide it such as a tint kit or one of these headlight kits that change the look of the headlight?

What if you bought something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-04-PORSCHE-BOXSTER-SMOKED-HEADLIGHT-TINT-COVER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38661QQihZ012QQit emZ220121524978QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW , you could even cut it just to cover up the bottom part of the light and not block the acutal lights themselves if you wanted

Can't remove the amber, but people do tint over the amber.

anybody have a pic of somebody who tinted over the amber?

Be carefull. I know several people on this forum who have ruined their headlights trying to de-amber the insides. They melted them and ruined the headlights and had to spend more money to get another pair and they did not even think of trying a second time. If I were you, I WON'T DO IT. Not worth the risk. :cheers:

Well I looked at the inside of my new headlights and decided that things were waaay too close together in there for my unsteady hands. I will just live with the amber inside for now. It is way too risky like you say 986spyder. Thanks. Isn't there an easier way to do this without a soldering iron?

Mine look the same way. I don't know of any other way other than covering them up as sugested earlier. You could paint over them with the silver matching trim color or tint that section with black. :cheers:

Here is an ebay picture of the typical tinted headlights to cover the amber.

Thanks alot thats what I'm gonna do I think it'll look good on yellow, kinda a custom blackout look.

Heres what I did. Limo tint the amber lights and we put clear shield over it. My local radio shop charged me $40 total for this. You could probably do it yourself with some tint from walmart but you may need to replace it once a year without the clear shield. I have the amber side blinker lights too but I just got back from vaca I'll probably install those tommorrow, along with the heated seats kit and HID lights. I'll let everybody know before and after pics on each item for those of you that are thinking about similar upgrades.

I like the lights alot now, it gives it a custom blackout type look, plus my windows are limo tinted. Actually my lambo has this similar look from factory as you can see in the last pic.

http://www.pteam.net/boxster-s.jpg
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Looks cool! I love your cars man. And nice lookin sign holder as well! :cheers:

Nice job all around! :cheers:

It would be so cool if that chick's name was Amber.

Anyway, I think amber (the color -not the sign pole) looks good on yellow. (It's decent with red too.)

What Lambo? There was a Lambo? I didn't see any Lambo.

Does anyone have a pic of that tint on an ocean blue?

I think your asking for alot there. lol This is pretty custom and I havnt seen anybody else really that has done this. If you want to see it on your car cut out the lights from the pics above on my car and photoshop them onto your car ;)

you can get some of that black tint film from auto store and lay it over the amber and see if you like it before doing the real deal with paint. pteam also has an ebay weblink for tinted headlight film protection which is worth looking into...if you don't like it, just peel it off. personally, i like the amber on my lapis blue 02 box....seems to be a good contrast compared to clear or tint but everyone has his/her own taste.

i did the ebay tinted film to cover the amber. i would recommend using 2 films at least if you want to do it right. i applied one layer and it just made it dark amber which still looks better than glowing orange color. but it's temporary solution, i'm waiting on deal for clear lights or litronics.

hey pteam that looks nice....gives me an ideal to do over the 4th.... i have the tinted side markers so that would be a great addition... by the way conrad, did you get the remote thing fixed?? did it just need reprograming?

No, my remote is still dead. I've been too busy. I need to get it done soon. I'm thinking of just getting a whole new alarm with remote start and the works! Apparently there is one that calls or alerts your remote in the event of an alarm. Cool!

I have an alarm like this on my hummer. It'll page your remote and show you what part of the car set the alarm off, it has a motion sensor, and works up to 2 miles away, remote start, everything pretty much. Its real nice, but I dont use it alot only when I go places not around town.

Sorry to bump this, but went to the autoparts store got the darkest tint and took about an hour last night putting it on...it looks great. I have a black car and I think it was worth the $12.00. Dont get me wrong, I would still rather have all clear, but this looks good.

yea you cant go wrong for $12 ;) Post some pics if you get a chance so people can see what it looks like on a black car.

I am completely inept at posting pictures on this site...we'll see. I did have a question, when your guys did it did they do one solid piece or did they break up the tint for the little triagle reflector piece? By the looks of your pictures they did one piece as I did, the only problem is the crack between the two pieces translates through the film......

They did one solid piece. Yea it has to go over the gap but it looks real good I think, theres no crease.

Glad the guards red cars look better with the ambers... That's a lot of bucks and effort. It is true that some color cars do look better de-ambered!