rpm's S2

Fascinating on many levels. Thanks for the detail.

First ever argument favoring a front license plate... Automatic garage door sensor!

halik

Wow the first shot with the bumper missing the grille, I thought it looks off. But the finished thing is freaking great!

wucash

How easy is it to plug the ligts? Do you need new wiring? or just old wiring? same with brackets, do you just get new brackets for the lights and it works without any modification?

I was just thinking if it would be possible to just change the lights, and then fabricate "something" to fill the gap where the signal lights are, and buy 997 signal lights and attach to the spoiler.

So the parts list would be 2 headlight 2 headlight brackets, 2 signal lights and thats it. the rest would be fibracated.

alpine003

I had this idea too but I don't think it will be as easy as that. At the minimum, you might need to fabricate custom headlight trays. Possibly modify the headlight opening on the fender slightly. You'll definitely need to rewire for the headlights.

I'll try to take some pics this weekend. I had a rough mockup using a 997 headlight.

KrazyK

It turned out very nice. Good job!

offshoreMM

Wiring the lights wasn't "easy", but it's not a huge mystery either, provided you have a bulb tester light, and lots of patience. Wiring diagrams online helped quite a bit.

As for trying to use a 997 headlight in a 996 fender with a modified tray; I think it might be difficult. Quite a bit of body work required, and some fabrication. More so than just modifying a 997 fender to fit the 996,

wucash

This sounds interesting, I need to find a 997 and park beside it and compare few things if this would even be possible.

alpine003

Had a chance to snap some pics and confirmed that the 996 fender headlight opening would have to be trimmed and modified to accommodate the 997 headlights in addition to fabricating custom headlight trays.

wucash

This looks almost perfect i think a good metal fabricator would have no problem filling up that gap and making the light fit, while looking factory.

why not use the 997 headlight trays?

alpine003

No it's actually not. The inner part of the headlight overlaps the 996 headlight opening. So you would need to cut the hole larger on that side and shape it accordingly in addition to all the other things.

If you were doing the bodywork DIY, it might be feasible financially. But labor wise, you're probably looking at 40-50 hours to get it perfect. At $85-$110/hr for labor(around here), it doesn't make too much sense.

street rod

I love the whole job. I would keep the tail lights as is and the duck tail is iceing on the cake.

odurandina

holy **** !! utterly fantastic work!! now you've got me thinking about getting a 996, doing the rms/ims/ac pump and then attempting a similar conversion.... looks like a lot of work but the result..... wow.

I did something similar to yours in 2012; a 968 to 993 fender/Xenon headlamp conversion.
https://rennlist.com/forums/968-foru...-968-a-12.html

love your car!!

9964s

beautiful work. I can't even begin to think through that process. That's art....

I am the Walrus

Looks great!

monster_996

It really looks great!