Opinions Please
 

What Depo LED tail lights would look better on an arctic silver car? The clear and red or the smoked and red. I can't decide and I know you guys would know best. Thanks in advance.

I would go with smoked. The clear style, which I had on mine for a couple years, look too much like a peppermint.
I sort of liked them for a while, but quickly changed my mind.

Get the clear ones for an arctic silver car and then get the chrome amber turn signal bulbs. Get rid of any amber looks to the tail light and the color is more of a gold then amber when they are on. Really gives the car a more luxurious look.

Chrome Yellow Light Bulbs Porsche Signal 7507 PY21W New | eBay

See? That was easy.

Hmm, I just purchased some chrome bulbs for my smoked side markers today. Well that and $191 worth of other stuff to get free shipping lol.

Kram do you have a picture of the lights on your car? If you do i'd like to see them. Most of the pics on the net have the smoked ones.

WOW looks nice. Great pic too!

I do not. You might want to check your local laws, smoked tail lights are illegal where I live.

I can see particalwave having a peppermint feeling as his car is white.

the smoked ones looked really good on my 00. I bet they would look good on the silver also. but as we have all seen here one must live with their own mistakes..... do what makes you happy. some people think black painted wheels look good also, me, not so much

Here's the smoked on my '99.
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So far i'm leaning towards the clear and red. They just seem to match a silver car better to me. But keep those pics coming, I may change my mind 20 times before i pull the trigger.

I am partial to the clear. Obviously mine is Lapis Blue but this pic might help.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1429715204.jpg

Those lights look a little to busy for me, I'll take the car though.

Yeah, those lights are nasty looking. You can get a clear 3rd brake light too.

I have the smoked. Gives it a more updated while still looking factory look.

I have the smoked on my Arctic Silver. They match better with the smoked look of the "clear" side markers and corner trim pieces on the headlights.

Love those wheels!
What are they?

I have Lapis blue, and agree that the clear look better on that color.

On silver / black / gray cars, I do like the smoked look...

Bruce has the chrome amber bulbs in his. Looks fantastic! His whole car looks fantastic!

Kram I ordered the chrome bulbs from the link you posted today. Thanks. I figured what ever lights i decide on the chrome bulbs will work in.
Also the center brake light in clear or smoked won't work on my car due to the aero kit spoiler. I actually started a different thread about that the other day. As far as I can tell the center brake light for the aero kit spoiler is the same part number as the center brake light on the 996.

Nice, I love the side skirts of Porsche's Aero Kit. I want a set of them for my car.

Just be cautious of your local laws. When I first got my Boxster I put a nice black trim piece that came with a clear cover on my license plates . You could read my plates plan as day, yet I got pulled over for having them on my car as unknown to me any cover over the plates are illegal. I only got a warning for it, went home and took them off. Wasted money and why the heck are they allowed to be sold at my local parts store if they are illegal?

I wasn't even moving. I was sitting at a stop light and a police car pulled up behind me. Soon as the light turned green on went his lights to pull me over.

I just put the red and clear on my arctic silver. Love the look

Yeah the clear looks very good. If you have not ordered them yet, this is where I got mine and the cheapest price I could find on them.

97 04 Porsche Boxster 986 LED Red Clear Tail Lights LH RH Rear Lamps Assembly | eBay

That is where I got mine also.

I prefer clear. That's what I put on my Arctic silver Boxster.

I would go with clear on silver as well... I was going to go with smoked on blue with mine and decided to go clear on blue and I'm happy with it.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1429781106.jpg

Yes this was the ones I was planning on buying if I go with the clear.

As of now I'm still going back and forth on the color. So keep those pics coming. Especially silver cars. Thanks.

On a scale of 1-10.....how hard was it?

It's a "1". ;)

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I can always count on you particlewave :cheers:

+1 on it being a "1" to install. hardest part is making sure the new gaskets get lined up right before tightening...

New top with glass. check.
LED lights with smoked lens. check.
Now the car doesn't look 19 years old anymore.
:cheers:


Here's what my smoked lenses look like at night. Sorry it's the only picture I have of the tail lights.
But at least you can see how I moved the "running" light to the outboard side, stock that light is on the inside.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1325572324.jpg

Bumperettes
 

Have you thought of painting the bumberettes the body colour? I have an '03 S in Arctic Silver and I just recieved my kit of plastic primer, basecoat and clearcoat from automotivetouchup.com and I plan on tackling the 2 black warts as soon as the weather cooperates up here.

I've seen an '04 with the bumperettes painted and it really adds to the look on light coloured models. On black or dark blue they don't stand out as much so painting them is of little visual gain.

I like the black bumperetts and I my car is Aortic Silver

I like the black bumperetts too.

It's like matching the color of the buttons on your shirt with you're tie, socks and cuff links. All the accessories match. kind of like the tires, bumperettes and top.

I'm definitely keeping the bumperetts black as well.