Finished headlight mods: HID + De-Amber + LED turn signals, city lights & fog lights

[panameras]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Where did you find the LED fog and turn lights?

I would imagine they run a lot cooler than the OEM bulbs and won't melt or yellow the inside of the housing.

Wish I could say the same for the retrofit xenons in the low beams. I've heard that these sometimes damage the housings from the inside out. Hope that doesn't happen to your car.

I do love the look though. Are the LED's substantially brighter?

LED turn signals were from vleds, they are significantly brighter than stock halogens. I will post a comparison video shortly.

The fog leds were from ebay and they are not bright enough for my liking, I'm still searching for the right bulbs.

HID low beams actually run cooler than stock halogen as well, I have had them installed for over two years (one of the first mods I did) and they are perfectly fine.

[panameras]

Just replaced the license plate lights as well, I'm impressed with the light output from the latest SMT LEDs!

Will snap some pics later.

[wilson1]

looking good, i like it!

[Jbocio]

Tried ordering the 120 SMD LED's off ebay for the Fog light replacement of my '02 986. But it did not fit in the housing compartment by about a millimeter. So close but just didn't want to get in there. So I am about to order these h7 Xenon 6000k temperature bulbs to try to match my low beam HID's. I hope these will work out a bit better because I know how dim LED's can be. Thanks for this post though Pan. I've been using it as a blueprint.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/H7-White-HID-XENON-6000K-PX26d-Headlight-Bulb-12V-55W-/140629798848?hash=item20be306fc0&item=140629798848&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_2676wt_1114

[986_inquiry]

Originally Posted by panameras

Just replaced the license plate lights as well, I'm impressed with the light output from the latest SMT LEDs!

Will snap some pics later.

I'm very interested in your headlight lenses, it looks like you cut the bottom of them?

My 2.5 came with burnt lenses, looks like someone might have put in bulbs that ran a little too hot.

Can I just cut the lenses out completely? The burnt plastic isn't horribly noticeable but it's annoying to me, like having a spaghetti stain on my shirt that only I know is there

[986_inquiry]

Originally Posted by 986_inquiry

I'm very interested in your headlight lenses, it looks like you cut the bottom of them?

My 2.5 came with burnt lenses, looks like someone might have put in bulbs that ran a little too hot.

Can I just cut the lenses out completely? The burnt plastic isn't horribly noticeable but it's annoying to me, like having a spaghetti stain on my shirt that only I know is there

here's a photo of the burnt lenses. Not horribly noticeable but it's annoying to me and at night it's probably blocking some of the light.

[landrovered]

Originally Posted by 986_inquiry

here's a photo of the burnt lenses. Not horribly noticeable but it's annoying to me and at night it's probably blocking some of the light.

My wife's car has the same problem, the previous owner put 70w bulbs in and melted the insides. I put 55w back in and I am planning to to a projector xenon upgrade which will not use the old burnt lenses.

[986_inquiry]

Originally Posted by landrovered

My wife's car has the same problem, the previous owner put 70w bulbs in and melted the insides. I put 55w back in and I am planning to to a projector xenon upgrade which will not use the old burnt lenses.

Are you buying new lenses or cutting the old ones? If buying new, where can we buy them?

[landrovered]

Originally Posted by 986_inquiry

Are you buying new lenses or cutting the old ones? If buying new, where can we buy them?

It is my understanding that the old lens is removed entirely but the reflective housing is reused.