Cleared Headlights - FREE. Opinions???

[23109VC]

yes - it is perforated vinyl. I got it a while back to do the same thing on another car, years ago..and it was still in my garage in a bin with other "junk".

i agree if I could either find it already tinted in a light gray, or, if I could get it custom matched to the exact color, it would look better. I agree, being white, it sticks out too much.

I'll have to see if I could find the stuff in gray, or find someone to print the right color onto white.

as I said - this is a temporary "fix" until I can get it done right. Even if the stickers were painted the exact color, it wouldn't look perfect. Up close you would see that they are stickers.

I do think, however, for a lot of guys on this board, or int eh near future who pick up old high mileage 986s and want to fix them up, but NOT dump a ton of money into them - this woudl be a cheap easy way to deamber the car. if you are on a budget, this is a great way to do it.

at the very least, if you want to see what your own car would look like deambered, and see it on your own car - this is a good way to recreate the look and it only takes a few minutes to trace out the shape of the amber, cut it, and stick it on. nice thing is this stuff is very durable, and stays on a long time w/out fading, cracking, or anyting - but when you want to remove it, it peels off very easily.

[fatmike]

Your on the right track. I prefer this to the amber. Would be ideal if you can match the "smoked" color of your sidelights --

[jmatta]

It's really quite easy to de-amber, but you do need to purchase the clear triangles (which are very inexpensive). I removed my headlights and had it done in no time; think it took longer to clean the burnt plastic off my solder iron.

I guess the covers would be a good option for those who fear melting their lights, though.

[Burg Boxster]

Two different light set ups though.

Yours just had the orange reflector behind the lens which you nicely melted out and removed. The older lights have the orange coloring in the lens/cover itself which cannot be removed.

Good thought though - yours look nice

[TimAustinW]

I didn't think it was possible to de-amber your headlights without buying new lights. Can you explain how you did it? Or a DIY post link?

Originally Posted by jmatta

It's really quite easy to de-amber, but you do need to purchase the clear triangles (which are very inexpensive). I removed my headlights and had it done in no time; think it took longer to clean the burnt plastic off my solder iron.

I guess the covers would be a good option for those who fear melting their lights, though.

[jmatta]

Thanks for the correction...I forgot some had the amber color on the outer lens (old age kicking in). For the rest of you, here is a link which explains how to melt it out.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=178&hl=amberectomy

[23109VC]

I WISH I had your lights!! yes, I have the amber IN the lens...you can't get that out. "out damn spot!"

too bad there isn't some magical chemical "dye" to change the color of tinted plastic.... to somehow "bleach" the orange into clear??? wishful thinking...

maybe I can just convince my wife that we should upgrade to a 987S....

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by jmatta

Thanks for the correction...I forgot some had the amber color on the outer lens (old age kicking in).

WHAT?!?!?! There are actually Porsche headlights with amber color in the outer lens? Ughhh... that's got to look horrible. Why would Porsche ever do something like that???

Anyone in the San Francisco area see the post on Babblers about the guy who wants to trade his litronics and red tails for stock and $800? That's a great deal! That's kind of what I did - traded a guy in San Jose who was trading in his Boxster for my stock lights and $750 and got his perfect litronics. Now I'm not one of those lowly peons with the old, nasty, yellow lights. hehehehe just kidding guys

Kirk