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Also a shout out from me to Paolo! I just installed my headlights this afternoon. They look fantastic and brand new. I had some questions and he patiently walked me through things. Great customer service! Turnaround time was very fast.
Another A+ review for Paolo here. Check out some pics of my process. The lenses are, to me, completely indistinguishable from new ones from Porsche.
The typical cracking I had all over my lenses (edges and in the lighting area as well)
The project begins. That's my neighbor's sweet E46 race car next to me. We joked about neither having lights.
The project gets more complicated. I broke the plastic tab off the vehicle side connector... . Don't use a screwdriver! It'll break the old plastic connector. Instead press the two halves of the connectors IN further (compress them together) then plastic tab with your thumb. Pressing in compresses the rubber seal, and allows the tab to be pressed. A bit counter intuitive. ... Anyway, I had to replace the connector. Ordered via the VW/Audi part # off the back on ECStuning for $20 bucks This one has the tab intact - for comparison's sake.
The is the connector. The purple bit slides back and forth which does something to release the pins. You have to make sure you replace the little rubber waterproofing grommets on the back.
Wide shot
The $80 pin de-pinning tool I bought on ECStuning as well, since the crappy $12 ones from Amazon which looked like set of keys on a key ring, didn't work.
In the middle of re-pinning. Took 20 mins. One by one.
The box back from Paolo. Presentation is top notch btw. A shipping expert!
Packaged quite well.
I was wondering if I should have just bought new ones, but upon even the closest of scrutinization, these are perfect...
01-29-2024, 07:55 PM
