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you wouldn't be able to fit the 991 headlights to the 997 as i hear the harness is too complicated all you could do is either scoop the internal out and pop them in the 997 ones but the easier option is a company that sells 991 style 997 lights.
the other issue is the bumper it doesn't directly fit on, you would need to cut the 997 bumper back and stick the 991 front to it.
Man, not sure how I missed this thread. I actually bought the white one that was in that youtube video about a year ago. She's undergone a bunch more upgrades since I got her. I wonder how the OP's car ended up turning out, I know he hasn't posted in a while.....
Man, not sure how I missed this thread. I actually bought the white one that was in that youtube video about a year ago. She's undergone a bunch more upgrades since I got her.
I will definitely post some picts....Unfortunately, my car got hit with hail pretty bad last week, so I'll need to get some work done. I also ordered some new parts, so I'm going to have those painted as well. Give me a couple weeks, and I should have something positive to show! lol.
I will definitely post some picts....Unfortunately, my car got hit with hail pretty bad last week, so I'll need to get some work done. I also ordered some new parts, so I'm going to have those painted as well. Give me a couple weeks, and I should have something positive to show! lol.
i had the same terrible experience with wicked motor, they had me wait for one year , called not answered ,emails not replied to in time, asking me what did i purchased,..and then asked me double the shipping charges they quoted me first. after that i had asked shippers to pick it up, then they tryed to send the bad kit on my account because the shipper pick up will have the package listed item by item. when the package arrived i refused to pay the shipping charges, but found the parts in bad shape and missing a lot ,like head lights,bumper support, wrong gas lid,..etc 100% different from there advertised package.
they are real defrauders and i am wondering how come they are still in business !!!!!!!!!
they are real defrauders and i am wondering how come they are still in business !!!!!!!!!
It's people like you that keep them in business, sad to say. Sorry about what you're going through but people that do not do a basic search on them BEFORE HAND are the people that get burned and keep them in business.
Best thing to do is alert others by posting on all the forums like you're doing.
Post a pic of all the parts you got and also post pics of all the fitment issues. This way, you have documented proof that no one can refute.
OK here are the story and the reason you never should do any business with Wicked Motorworks.
I bought this Porsche in July 2012, freshly imported from Italy and in perfect condition. Sadly mother nature has some Kamikase animales in the woods and one evening a big Deer jumped from nowhere and baam.
The front of the Porsche was history, as was the poor deer.
When I contacted a body shop to fix the car I simly asked them if they had to rebuild it as a 996 or if I could use the insurance money and buy something else.
Sure you can, so I started to look online at different bodykits, but the new 991 was the one that really cought my eye. And Wicked had the only kit at that time. So I called them and there was no problem to get them to ship it to Sweden.
First contact with wicked was in november 2012 and we had a lot af communication on mail as I wanted answers to every little question that popped up in my head. Wicked told me that this kit was something they had ready to be shipped as soon as I paid. The shipping was said to be $800.
I paid almost $10000 in april and expected them to ship it asap.
Then they say. Well we have to manufacture the kit befor we can ship it, and this will take four weeks. Hmm, ok slight miss in our communication I thought to my self.
Four weeks came and went without a single sound from Wicked, so I contacted them on week five. No answer - one week later they write, sorry we have too much work to do right now and we spent the weekend in Vegas. So we need four weeks to finish your kit.
Again four weeks passes withour a sound, and now I try to call them. No answer. I write them - no answer. Three weeks later I finaly get a sign from them. The kit is ready, we just need to dubblecheck what car you had. Well it's a 996 C2 - ohh so you don't have a 996 turbo?
No, I don't have a 996 turbo, never said anything about a turbo.
Well, we built the kit for the turbo version so now we have to start all over, we need four weeks.
Again four weeks passes. I try to contact them with demands that they need to compensate me for this. No answer for three weeks.
Then I wrote that I want my money back - thay answer the next day and tell me that they only wait for one small detail.
And this went on and on and on. Every time I was complaining, they stopped communication for two-three weeks. And when they later gave me some ansver, it was always one small part missing befor they could ship it.
Finaly in the end off October they write that the kit is ready to be shipped, but now they want $1800 for shipping it. And if that didn't fit I could try to fix the shipping on my own. Wow, the customer service is nowhere to be found. So I paid since I for the last two month was accepting that I would never see any parts and that this was a lesson for life.
Three weeks later two parcels of somthing arrive at custom center in Sweden, and I have to pay $2000 in importcharge/custom fee befor they deliver it to the workshop.
My guy at the workshop calls me and tells me that I need to come and take a look.
On the Wicked site they write that the kit is manufactured using NEW original Porsche parts. Well the front corner wings and the hood was old used 997 parts, spraypainted with a light gray paint, and the converting of the 997 front corner wing to fit the 996 was simply a terrible welded end part of a 996 front fender and some horrible metalparts as 996 mountings.
Looked like a kid had played with a welding machine.
And the fibreglass front was one of the worst thing ever.
And as if it wasn't enough, alot of parts was missing. The 997 hood hinges, gas door and other small details. So I contacted Wicked again and finaly got the parts delivered two weeks later
This kit was also described as original part converted to fit straight on to a 996. That's a lie.
The 996 fender rails have a crest on them hindering the 997 fender to sit right.
So all the factory welds has to be drilled out on the upper lid.
Then rip it off and weld a new smooth lid to the top that the 997 fender can rest on.
Now this would take some time to do, so it was cheeper to order new carbon/glassfibre front fender wings from Germany. They came with a truck only three days later, wow.
Fitted perfectly and looked great. Should have used them from the start. And they cost just a fraction of what wicked charged for used ugly parts.
Let this be a lesson to ALL of you
NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM WICKED
You can even google wicked motorworks scam and you will have some interesting reading.
This conversion has cost me $20000 and you can do this a lot cheeper if you buy your part from other companies or even if you buy old/used 997 parts and convert them your self to 996.
thanks for all the iformation
I took on a wrecked 996 cabriolet and put a boxter front end on it and decided to upgrade the front bumper to a gt3. I ran into the same issues with aftermarket bumpers, they don't fit for shot. It came warped and with no way to mount so I can only assume you had a nightmare times four. I ended up cutting and re fiberglassing and it took months . I'm now looking to upgrade to a 991 headlight but after what you went through I changed my mind. I may go with the 2004 headlights instead.
Hi, I have an old 996 that i wanted to customise and had the chance to get a very cheap pair of 991 lights . when i put them up to the old lights it was funny how they haven't changed that much at all.
If the fogs were cut out the shape and size are pretty close. I had the idea of putting them onto the metal panels of the 996 but I didn't want to ruin them in case it didn't work out so i ordered a cheap 997 kit to work with . So far I really like the look as its different to both a 996/997 and 991 .
I'm just having a bit of fun during covid lockdowns in Australia so please don't bag me for my efforts .
996 lights next to 991 lights.911 models have been nearly 20 years apart yet remarkably little has changed . If you cut out the fog light they are pretty close in size and shape I wanted to use 991 lights on my 996 so i had to adapt the lit to fit kit attached with 991 lights in place side skirts need to attached then painted
