Amochosto

Aren't the Canadian spec ones the same as US?

coldfire

Yes, I guess I should say "North American" tail lights. Just curious why @Ferrarisimo decided on the Euro version vs. NA.

Ferrarisimo

I wanted the indicators to blink amber, as god intended. Not sure why Porsche insists on changing them to red for the US market, especially when there are plenty of US manufacturers who make cars with amber blinkers domestically.

It’s something I’ve done on most of my cars.

coldfire

Were they a direct swap, or required some modification/coding at dealer?

Ferrarisimo

They were not a direct swap like the 981 lights, but I'm not sure what all was entailed (no pun intended) in getting them to work. I can follow up on my next visit to the shop.

Drifting

are these the European version of the Spyder/GT4/4RS/SRS lights or the euro version of the regular 718 taillights?

the regular base and S 718 taillights have visible red bar even with engine off.
the 718 GT car taillights do NOT have a visible horizontal red brake bar. It is only looks red if brakes pressed.

personally I think the rear taillights with the red horizontal bar at rest, look better than the smoked versions that are essentially all black.

do you know if the European versions of the regular 718 lights have a red bar always visible?

Amochosto

I wanted to do this for my GT3, but found there was a modification that needed to be done in the harness to accomplish it, decided not to

coldfire

I have no issue with the red blinker, so I'm going to do the NA "base" tail lights if it's plug and play.

Ferrarisimo

These are the European version of the lights that come standard on the base, S, and 000 Spyder versions of the 982, not the smoked versions found on the GTS, GT4, Spyder, and RS models. The two differences are the four silver elements around the brake lamps (black on the smoked lamps) and the red element that is always visible.

Ferrarisimo

Switching from NA smoked to NA base tail lights is plug and play.

Drifting

from where did you source the European tailights? I was going to get the base 718 lights from Suncoast, but now I’m tempted to get the European base 718 tail lights

Ferrarisimo

My shop has access to the entire Porsche parts catalog, but they can be had here:

https://teile.com/en/porsche-parts-s...-light-R/40274

https://teile.com/en/porsche-parts-s...-light-L/41574

Jamie140

No Canadian cars issue an apology to each driver they pass.

Jonathan_987

I’m pretty sure these are the standard European tail lights from the 4-cylinder models, the exact ones the Exclusive department retrofitted on the 000 Spyders…



I prefer the regular (non-blacked-out) lights because they don’t look so lifeless and dead. But all that chrome bothered me, so I switched them back. If anyone’s interested in this "000 setup", feel free to reach out to me…

Adrift

If only there was a tail light thread...