A note to the previous owner, or whoever tried to fix this problem last...

Silver paint is NOT reflective!

The TEPO (The Evil Previous Owner) had spray painted the light tunnels silver.

Had to strip that off and do the tin foil and clear tape trick. Put in the 194 bulbs at the same time. Noticed blue painters tape over several spots on the back of the cluster where the little black warning light bulbs were missing. Nice. Guess I'll get a bunch of those next...

Pulled the car in the garage and OMG, I can actually SEE the gauges with the lights on now!

 

I did mine recently as well, on the advice of a few here (MRH, and a few others) I got the online kit with the Mylar and it worked very very well. It's nice to be in the light again!

 

Just curious DHC6, where did you pickup the online kit?

 

It's the fourth banner down, it's not cheap, but it's worth every penny!

http://www.9xauto.com/944a.htm

 

Thanks, I'll check it out!

 

Or you can check out the link below for the cheaper way to better lights and save some money.

http://www.texasblake.com/porsche/te...orhousing.html

Cheers,
Larry

 

We should have taken pictures. I am glad it worked.

 

They point you to the same site I posted, so no savings, same cost.

 

Paying $20 for a few pieces of shiny paper is ridiculous. The tin foil works great and you can buy crates of it for $20.

 

Actually it's not paper, and after you see the results, 20$ is a small price to pay to be able to see WELL at night.

 

I am with DCH6 on this one. Worth the $20.

BTW Louis its MHR

 

I had fixed mine with chrome paint and it worked well, but I had already ordered the 9xauto kit. It arrived and I decided to fit it and the results are amazing. Although I could see gauges with just doing chrome paint, the 9xauto kit takes cluster back to what it would have been like factory(I imagine), as I can now use the dimmer and still see gauges clearly. Anyway I think the 9xauto kit is worth every cent

peace

 

I also had great results with chrome paint and fresh bulbs (about the factory wattage.) It is possible to get really bright cluster lights, but pointless. It's more important that they be adequately bright and dimmable in case of bad weather.

 

I put in the 3.78 watt bulbs. The dimmer does make a difference and I can actually see the gauges now. Perhaps the kit would be better, but I'm happy with my results.

 

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