I found this crack in my tail light when I went out to the car yesterday. The crack is big enough to notice, but not so big that I want to spend almost $600 on a new one. Ebay comes up empty for the "early" part number (996.631.495.00), will the later part number (996.631.415.00) fit? In any case, let me know if anyone has a decent used one laying around.

Thanks

 

 

Yeah, but looking up the part number 996.631.495.00 (from the catalog on the Porsche site), I can't find any used at all. I am hoping the part number was superseded. I've got a member here who offered one, but it's a 2002. Does anyone know whether a 2002 tail light will fit a 2000? It looks exactly the same.

Thanks again.

 

Here are the part numbers for tail lamps. Note the difference between 98/99 and up, then 2002 and up for C4S.

 

If you check this out, they sell a LED pair of tail lamps for $479.95. Click on the 99663149500 part number and scroll to the bottom. Says plug and play. Might be a good upgrade.
http://www.autoatlanta.com/porsche-p...section=905-05

 

Suncoast has a replacement tail lamp for $455..still expensive I know but cheapest price I've found so far.
https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/996TLNARROW.html

 

LED tail lamps off Amazon for $303 for the pair

 

Yeah, it's a little confusing. I have a Carrera 2. The tail light for the Carrera is listed for 99 and up, while the 02 and up is for the 4S. Pelican lists their tail light as fitting 99 -05 (which must exclude the 4s?).

I am leaning towards the 2002 that someone messaged me about fitting my 2000. I'll let everyone know.

 

I'm in the same boat, but both have cracked...Not at the top of my to-do list, yet.

 

I have one that you can have if you pay shipping...the only problem is one of the corners broke off about the 1/2 inch and epoxied back on....you cant really tell. If you can wait, I will get back home on the 19th and take a picture.

 

That would be great! Please let me know.

 

I think it is the left one as well...but I don't remember for sure.... My guess is shipping will be about 20-30 bucks.

 

There are differences in the tail lamps. Your car appears to be narrow body, as opposed to C4S or turbo. The wide body lights will not fit. The are physically wider. The 98/99 lights are amber on top, as opposed to clear. The wide body tail lights are more prone to cracks, but the narrow body tail lights will crack too. My 3/98 build came with the amber lights (narrow body, of course) and they both had cracks, one of which allowed moisture into the light housing. I replaced them with a set of $300 LED tail lights and am very happy with them. I did have to swap some of the LEDs/bulbs around to illuminate the different sections the way I wanted. I attached a pic of the old lights (that were "smoked" with a clearcoat containing some black pigment) and a pic of the new lights on my 911 (parked next to my old Mustang GT).

 

Not sure why it only loaded one pic. I also took both before I installed new motor mounts, as you can see from the sagging exhaust tips.

 

Thanks man, good info. I was wondering about the amber lights, I see these pop up in my searches. If I'm understanding correctly, the 99- 05 lights, as long as they're not c4s or turbo will fit. That's where I think I am at, and gives me a lot of options. I like the LED, but haven't seen them in "live" yet. If I can get a stock one, I'm going to go with that. Moisture is my big concern, although the crack is small now it probably won't stay that way.