Well I made some improvements to the lighting on my yellow 951. The first thing I did is make a harness with 12ga wire and a relay for high beams, low beams, and driving lights. I then installed some very cheap lenses that I got from ebay. These lenses aren’t that bad, but they will be the first things I replace when I have the money. I installed 90/100W lamps in these lenses.

Now for the interesting part. I have been wanting the euro driving lights to replace the block off plate, but don’t have the money for them. I had a pair of A3 VW Jetta fog lights laying around, so I put them to use as the driving lights for my Porsche.

Basically I removed the lens and cut a hole in the block off plate. I then mounted the projectors to the back off the block off plate. There were a lot more little things that had to be done to make this work, but I can post those later if anyone is interested.

The VW projector fog lights produce a half circle beam with a very sharp flat edge, once the stock fog lens is removed. This beam works great to shine a lot of light on the road and not in other driver’s eyes. I installed 100W H3’s in these lights.

Well, let me know what you all think. I will post some pictures of the beam pattern once I get them aimed correctly.

Sorry the pics are so bad, and show all the rock chips and how dirty the car is at the moment.

 

Very cool.

 

Pretty sweet...Im a sucka for lighting.....Way to stand out from the crowd...

DAmian

 

very cool. looks like a nice dyi job. i like the yellow, too

 

pretty badass..*thumbs up*

 

Excellent idea. I'm going to copy you.

 

Those headlights look like the 20.00 ones I got for my Range Rover from ebay. I do believe that they work better than what stock did on teh RR, but, everyone here usually bashes those "rice" "fake" "cheap" lenses/bulbs. (i'm talking about the regular headlights, not the fogs, btw).

These ones

 

Thanks guys. I’m very happy with them.


I was expecting a lot more response from people about the custom lights. I like them a lot, but would really like to know what others think.

 

good idea. i'll have to get a set of those lights off a jetta. i see your doing a x-flow swap in your jetta. i did the same in my gti. it'll add some life to it. also it is a good motor to turbo or supercharge which is why i swapped mine. are you doing the tranny as well or using the current one?

 

I think it looks really nice! The fit and finish looks pretty top-notch from the pics. I'd personally like to see some more shots, especially when the aiming is done on them.
bravo

 

Hey Chris - Looks cool! I've wanted to get driving lights for a while but couldn't see ponying up the cash for the Euro lights. This is cheaper and probably just as effective if you get quality bulbs.
Nice Job! I'm going to copy you too.


Is the 2.8 running yet? Are you in FFX for the summer?