Swapping out 3 color incandescent tail lights for LED ones. Challenge is that polarity on tail lights are reversed, so you can't just swap out bulbs.
I did a fair amount of searching and settled on these from DEPO:
97 04 Boxster 986 Red Smoke LED Tail Lights Depo 00 02 Pair | eBay
To give you a view side by side, they look like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g95tthlcs0a72i0/TailLightCompare.jpg?dl=0
Here are the steps.
To get started, you need a short socket wrench (with metric sockets). You will also need amber lights (2) for turn indicators.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uemcuvep9wix6kh/TailLightTools.jpg?dl=0
First, go into trunk and remove the plastic nut and wiggle out the small piece of carpet.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hu9di3uf1znefdu/TailLightCarpet.jpg?dl=0
Next, remove the 4 screws. Use a magnetic socket as these will fall, and be lost and let all your special Daddy words come out.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u38o5ilcyeo06hi/TailLightScrews.jpg?dl=0
When removing the light, unclip the wires going into the light. Carefully remove the rubber gasket and set aside.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxbo4wx59r3stc2/TailLightWires.jpg?dl=0
Depress the small gray clip to remove the black wiring plate that holds the bulbs. As you can see, there is hard wiring in place, so the new LED taillights switch the polarity for you. Remove the 2 bulbs and insert the wire harnesses from the new tail light. Remove the turn indicator bulb (top outside) and replace with an amber bulb. If it's a US light, remove and scrap the tiny outside bulb.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpf5if11q9b8jvk/TailLightHardWiring.jpg?dl=0
Reverse the order to replace. Be careful to put and position the rubber gasket as you replace the light fixture.
Took about 45 minutes each. Makes a huge difference. What do you think?
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