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Old Aug 31, 2019 | 08:09 PM
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Has anybody tried any aftermarket tail lights? The oem ones are a little pricy and I see some nicer aftermarket ones for a lower price.
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Old Aug 31, 2019 | 08:38 PM
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I have smoked Depo tailights. I love them and modernized the car

996 aero with depo tail lights. My 993 aero behind.
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Old Aug 31, 2019 | 09:13 PM
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Options for the Narrow body cars are pretty good. Wide body cars like mine are limited.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 10:08 AM
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I have a brand new set of Depos that the owner shipped to me in one box with not protection...The lenses got destroyed.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by lowpue
I have smoked Depo tailights. I love them and modernized the car
Where can you buy a set of smoked Depo taillights?
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by TexSquirrel
Where can you buy a set of smoked Depo taillights?
Not sure....I bought them from a RLer on this forum.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 03:18 PM
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I bought Spyder taillights from Carid. We lug and play and the look a lot like the street corner set. I kept the stock set if I ever decide to sell the car though I doubt it.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 04:07 PM
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I have had both the Depo and the Spyder lights. The Depo are better made but they are in the 997 pattern which I decided I didn't like. I use the Spyder lights, they look great, work great, and look like an LED version of the 996 pattern.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 05:07 PM
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I have two sets of stock taillights.
I might sell off a set and get some of the LED ones.
I think I like the looks of the Depo blacked out ones most.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TexSquirrel
I have two sets of stock taillights.
I might sell off a set and get some of the LED ones.
I think I like the looks of the Depo blacked out ones most.
Your taste is spot on...when my son is driving and I am driving behind him they look fantastic. Some folks struggle with the fact that they look like 997 lights but I am ok with that since my 996 is almost all 997 mechanicals anyway.,🙂
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Originally Posted by lowpue
Your taste is spot on...when my son is driving and I am driving behind him they look fantastic. Some folks struggle with the fact that they look like 997 lights but I am ok with that since my 996 is almost all 997 mechanicals anyway.,��
Mine kinda looks like a 997 from the front already, so I'm not bothered by the tail lights looking like a 997.
I've had people tell me I shouldn't modify my car from what the factory built. (I changed my profile picture due to the hate messages)
These same people love Singer and Magnus Walker, and Sharkwerks.
I don't get it.
I bet if Magnus built a 996 with headlight covers and LED tail lights, they would call him a genius!
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Originally Posted by TexSquirrel
I bet if Magnus built a 996 with headlight covers and LED tail lights, they would call him a genius!
You just need to grow a long shaggy beard, create a bunch of modified Porsches and become famous and you'll also be called a genus
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by az968gpw
You just need to grow a long shaggy beard, create a bunch of modified Porsches and become famous and you'll also be called a genus
Ha, I have a beard, and the length sometimes is a bit long.
I've been mistaken many times for Jamie Hyneman, so I'm almost famous.
I've had Customs in NY, TSA in Midland TX, Police in Houston, people walking down the street in LA, and people in restaurants all over ask me if I was "the MythBuster's guy."
My family now doesn't react when I'm asked that. (Ho hum, nothing new)
It has happened MANY dozens of times.
The most recent was last weekend at Sea World in San Antonio.



But I'm no genius...nor famous.

Want to know what TexSquirrel looks like, watch MythBusters.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 08:55 PM
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Thanks for all the insight. I found a pair of smoked spyders for a little above 300 I think I’m going to purchase.
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Old Sep 1, 2019 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TexSquirrel
Ha, I have a beard, and the length sometimes is a bit long.
I've been mistaken many times for Jamie Hyneman, so I'm almost famous.
I've had Customs in NY, TSA in Midland TX, Police in Houston, people walking down the street in LA, and people in restaurants all over ask me if I was "the MythBuster's guy."
My family now doesn't react when I'm asked that. (Ho hum, nothing new)
It has happened MANY dozens of times.
The most recent was last weekend at Sea World in San Antonio.



But I'm no genius...nor famous.

Want to know what TexSquirrel looks like, watch MythBusters.
I love what you have done with your car...996s are so much fun to mod!
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