997 to 997.2 headlights retrofit - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource

Sep 11, 2010 | 12:56 PM

Dan98

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997 to 997.2 headlights retrofit

Hi

A buddy of mine just did a rear retrofit to his 07 997 Turbo Cabrio, headlights, bumper and the exhaust tips have been replaced to the newer model. However, that was simple because I ordered the part numbers from a supplier of mine based on a newer car VIN from 2010. Now he wants to retrofit the headlights as well but the guy from the car parts could only offer us a price for the headlights. He didn't knew if other parts are needed. Can someone please help me out ? I must order the parts Monday morning. VIN is available on request if anyone can help me.

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Sep 11, 2010 | 05:14 PM

acf

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I asked about this awhile ago. It doesnt seem like anyone from the forum has done this mod yet.

Sep 11, 2010 | 07:43 PM

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If the997.2 headlights are the same shape/plugs as 997.1, I would think headlights would be easier to do than rear tail lights. I had my lights in and out 3 freaking times trying out different HID bulbs.

Sep 14, 2010 | 10:34 AM

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The rear lights were easy to do. No errors whatsoever, an local electrician helped me. However, now I'm having issues with the rear bumper and exhaust tips. The facelift bumper doesn't fits well because of the rear heat shield + the new tips don't go out through the bumper because of the exhaust...