i just got mine yesterday... genuine porsche... but they look smoke colored, not clear? i put them on and they almost match the seal grey!

 

I know I have seen clear ones.
The ones you got match your paint perfect.

 

on the 986, the real porsche side markers are smoked. to match the headlights.
only the knock off markers are clear.

 

Those babies are smoked. The ones i put on my 987 are clear (zero tint), and I think I got them from Sunset.

 

^^^ What he said

 

it looks like the 987's are clear and the 986's are smoked, just from pics i'm seeing...

 

it doesn't look like it matches the headlights at all

are the clear tails (03/04) also really a smoke color? i personally think clear would look better against seal rather than blending in....

 

The factory clear side markers for the 986 (earlier Boxsters) are smoked. The factory clear side markers for the 987 (later Boxsters) are fully clear. If you get the clear headlights or Litronic (xenon) headlamps for your earlier Boxster, the trim at the bottom of the clear headlamp unit will be smoked, to match your side markers.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about...my car:

 

thanks the pic clears (ha!) that up for me

i wish there were a nice clear one for the 986 that didn't look all cheapified

now to figure out if the rears are clear or smoke for the 03/04's...

 

The rear tail lights on 03 and 04s are clear. Here is how your seal grey car would look with the matching set of clear headlights:

 

thanks for the pic.. i think i really want to find a good looking clear sidemarker instead of the smokes...

 

Here are mine on Speed Yellow. Original ambers changed to Porsche OEM smoke corners and sides with litronics.

Before:


And after

 

I think the smoked ones look great. I have the OEM ones on my 97 with litronics on a Arctic Silver and they complement each other very well. I havent really seen any clear ones that I have liked. My frined with a Cayman wants the same smokoed ones as well.

 

OEM replacements are smoked. I wanted clears, but the dealer said ""smoked or amber."

 

thanks i ended up selling my smoke OEMs and bought some ebay clears and stealth bulbs... they don't look bad at all... and look much better on seal grey IMO...