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DIY: Swapping the 997.1TT taillights to the newer 997.2TT LED taillights on my Turbo!

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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 03:44 AM
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Eric! Do you still have your 997TT? Good to see you're still around!
 
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Awesome pics and post, Atomic. Totally worth the effort to upgrade.
 
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I wish we have qualified , trusted shop like this ONE..

Very nice work guys and for sure VERY NICE TT..
 
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Your car looks really nice Atomic, any warning light issues?
 
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Great narrative and wonderful conversion Jason. I wondered where you've been hiding. One question - why does a repair shop have an entire skid of beer in it? You must have thrown a heck of a party for these guys.
 
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Your car looks really nice Atomic, any warning light issues?
Nope, as I mentioned in my post, everything was working great when we finally got things put back together correctly. Prior to that, we'd have rapidly flashing turn signals, warning lights up the wazoo, etc.

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Great narrative and wonderful conversion Jason. I wondered where you've been hiding. One question - why does a repair shop have an entire skid of beer in it? You must have thrown a heck of a party for these guys.
Duffy, good hearing from you. I haven't been hiding..just haven't been to these parts much. I stick mainly to the NW section on here these days unless I have something truly spectacular to share with you folks such as this mod for one thing. And...well, one of the contractors had a whole bunch of beer pallets so everyone in the area got some. I got a few boxes myself too.
 
Old Jun 9, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Awesome walk through - looks great!
 
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Wow, this looks amazing. No need to get a .2 now! I would say this is the ultimate .1 presentation. Nice write up and thanks for the post.
 
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as always, excellent write up and photos, THANK YOU!
 
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Please allow me to make a quick DIY from yours, but first thanks to make it clear such a requested mod in this forum.

Parts for 07-08:
Taillights - $400 each
Front and rear control modules - $350 each

Make it work:
1. Cut a little bit of plastic tabbing from the LED taillights to work with the wiring harness
2. Install front and rear control modules to get option in the PIWIS to turn the LED mode on. Swap in the rear module the pins from #42 to 31.
3. Done, ready, no warning or flashing lights, big smile, enjoy your leds...
 

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This is my next to do also! Great job! Were is this shop located please?
 

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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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Do you think that the newer tailpipes will fit in the old bumper holes if we trimmed the black plastic?
 
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 05:58 AM
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wooow looks sweet , i would love to do the same . but i dont think we have a workshop that could do every thing the same way it was done for your car .
the work shop you took your car to looks amazing .
 
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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I recently had this upgrade done after an accident. I wish the shop I used paid attention to detail like yours did. I still have to sort out a few issues.. Amazing write up and the car looks great. Cobalt is the best color
 
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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hah, thread title is DIY, this is a "pay a team for 30 hours to do it"
 


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