De-amber or not? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Rickw1313 · 11-22-2007, 08:29 AM

I like the look of the amber on certain colors. It seems the darker the paint I think the amber looks better. But like everyone else it is your personal choice. Mine is arena red and like the amber.

NickCats · 11-22-2007, 08:39 AM

Noone,

I am torn myself. I still have the ambers on my black box, and I kinda like the way it looks as well. Sammy, another forum member and an autocross buddy, deambered his black box this year and I gotta say it looks great and a lot more modern. The question I ponder is it worth $1k - $2k simply to get rid of the amber ? On some colors I agree, but on black I just don't think it's worth the price...

Just my $.02

Nick

djomlas · 11-22-2007, 09:31 AM

its really not that expencive, as long as you shop around.
up to $500 for halogen clears on ebay, just have to wait till a set shows up.

maybe get a drivers side, then wait for passenger and vice versa. no hurry if you dont mind the look

your car looks great tho

Topless · 11-22-2007, 11:09 AM

Purely automotive fashion. Blue and grey cars look much better deambered IMHO. Guards red and Black look fine both ways. If you need the latest wheels, color matched interior panels etc. you would probably want it deambered as well. If you bought the car to drive it and appreciate the Porsche designers original vision then amber lights become less important.

djomlas · 11-22-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Topless

Purely automotive fashion. Blue and grey cars look much better deambered IMHO. Guards red and Black look fine both ways. If you need the latest wheels, color matched interior panels etc. you would probably want it deambered as well. If you bought the car to drive it and appreciate the Porsche designers original vision then amber lights become less important.

yeha, but porsche REDESIGNED the orange for clear, so its not like hes getting some cheap knockoffs. its still the same porsche, with newer porsche lights

btw, decide for yourself

edevlin · 11-22-2007, 01:55 PM

"The question I ponder is it worth $1k - $2k simply to get rid of the amber ? On some colors I agree, but on black I just don't think it's worth the price..."

I agree completely if it were only for the looks of the car. But the lenes of my 2000 boxster both have burn marks, probably from previous owners using the wronge bulbs. Also, I do night driving in the country where the litronics should be a big help.

If my stock amber headlights were in good shape, I would probably have just lusted for the litronics, but stuck with my stock lights. I should have my litronics in early next week, I will try to take before and after pics when I put them in.

Ed

nola911 · 11-22-2007, 07:04 PM

I completely disagree.

I think this is the best cosmetic mod you can do to a black car. The very first day I de-ambered and added new wheels and drove out the garage, my neighbor commented on the new car. The amber looks like hell on the black more than other colors. I don't do mods for my neighbor to notice, but the point is, when I go to my garage for a peek before I go to sleep, I smile just a little bit more.

I posted this before, but can you think of one luxury car maker that does not come with projectors (like the litronics) as standard material now. Audi, BMW, Porsche, Aston, Maserati, Lexus, Mercedes, Bentley, Range Rover, Jag. It's an instant facelift.