First off, let me preface this post with putting a disclaimer out there that I’m sure some of you guys will think this “mod” is dumb or “rice” and I have thought about that too… but I decided to go with it and do what has not been done before on a 996TT (albeit it’s a small mod J ) and experiment to see how it looks.

We all have seen the new audi’s (and even some of the new Porsches and TA Porsche) with the LED lights in the headlights/grill. Kind of like this



And of course on the new TA cayenne



I did some long and hard research and found that the “best and brightest” led’s with built in resistors are these ” Superflux 4 Chip LEDs”. These are pretty expensive each (compared to the $1.00 ones you see on ebay and others) but I have to say these are the brightest led’s that I have ever seen sold in the open market.

Here’s a comparison with the cheaper leds vs the superflux



While I had the bumper off, I experimented trying to find which slat on the radiator duct the lights will look good along an “oem” look.

Top slat



Middle slat



Lower slat



I actually like the look on the lower slat but I didn’t feel that the look of the lights in the daytime is “balanced” so I went with the middle slat.

Time to test the light…very bright

 

Edwin,

Pic links are dead... But I'm sure they look great..

 

Todd...working on it now Thanks for the heads up

Round 2:


The next thing I needed to do is mount it on the slat somehow. After visiting my local hardware store as well as hobby stores for ideas, I found a trash can with a “lip” that was perfect for the lights..

I started drilling holes and mounting the lights





After I was done, I had it cut out and trimmed to fit the slat



Here’s the car this morning

Lights off (the only thing that bothers me is you can see the yellow in the led. I might smoke it later to make it more discrete)



Lit up



Finally a video I did last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqvmygVlTkc

Comments/thoughts are always appreciated

Edwin

 

dying to see this edwin, been thinking of this for over a year but never found a shop competent enough to put the project in their hands

please post final pics up...the top ones dont work

 

Pics please

 

Pics up are up fellas. Please vote

Edwin

 

wish my boxster had those lights

 

Looks pretty sick. Not too bright that it's a hazard I assume? Looks really good either way

 

Very nice. Me likey. Trash can lip.

 

This mod is rice...but nice!

 

Thought it was rear Leds, nice tks

 

Nice "MacGyver" with the trash can! Nothing I like better than that!

 

Edwin, I think the way the TA Cayenne has the lights looks good but in your last few pics with them on, it looks like it's so bright that it blends into 1 bar of light.

 

nice but too audi !

 

Haha... thanks I had to do what I had to do!

Actually, it only shows up as one bar in pictures. This is a very good representation of what it looks when it's pitch black. You can definitely see the individual lights. Very hard to capture that on my cheap point-and-shoot camera



yeah... but that's where I got my inspiration from

Thanks for all the comments... please keep them coming

Edwin