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I'm more of a lurker, than a poster but felt others may be interested in this post. I bit the bullet and used my slush fund (shhhhh, don't tell the boss!) to buy these DEPO LED tail lights for my 2000 996. It truly was plug and play with the only mod being that I moved a resistor that is supposed to get hot sometimes. It took about 10 minutes start to finish.

I posted a couple of pics including one with the old and new lights installed together to really see the change.

I'm not affiliated with DEPO or anyone else, just posting for those interested. I also posted a video on Youtube showing them working through the different functions.

I would have waited until dark for the pics, but I was excited!

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Here's a couple more of my car since this is my intro here on the forum. It's my daily driver in Chicago. It goes thru thick and thin with no problems. Come November, I have another set of wheels with Bridgestone Blizzaks and then back to these summers in March usually.

It now has 75,000 miles but had 39,000 when I bought here almost 4 years ago.

Kazual99

I love the look.

jyoteen

looks fantastic. I wish there were some nice tail lights for the widebody cars that matched the light strip of the 4s. The OE lights are so integrated looking, all I want is a new housing really with some really well done LED structures.

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I'm pretty surprised that there are not any companies making them. When I was researching them, I found post after post of people trying to find them for the widebodies.

996_North

Nice looking update ! Car looks great, gotta love red.

morganabowen

Very nice car with extra credit for the license plate

Ahsai

Very nice. I think they look even better on red cars.

caperss

I picked up a pair from Delray about 6 weeks ago and love them. They update the 996 from the rear and look way cool at night.

wyovino

I've had mine for three or four months and love them. They really update the look of the car.

FRUNKenstein

Nice looking Mk I - the lights are definitely a good mod. Gotta love the Guards Red. I am definitely going back to GR next time I change cars. Wheels look good too. Now all you need is a taco wing to complete that aero package.

kgoertz

They do look nice.
I had been considering the DEPO lights but decided against it after reading on here that a substantial number of them have failed on the 997.

Obviously the 996 DEPO lights aren't quite the same as the 997 version. But it isn't clear (to me anyway) whether or not the DEPO LED failures are isolated to the 997 version. Are there 996 owners that have run them through a winter (or two) without any problems?

In case I decide to pull the trigger, is there a good source for them in the US or Canada?

wyovino

From what I read on the 997 forum, the lights weren't failing, but many cars had issues due to the low resistance. I haven't heard about a single issue with the 996 lights.

kgoertz

There were several threads on this on different forums. Lights were failing and being returned and/or being thrown out. There were also a few cases of people selling individual lights on ebay since the other one in the pair had failed. The failures had occurred after many months of ownership.

However after looking again it does sound like the problem is believed to be fixed by adding resistors to the lights.

One of the main threads on the subject is here (found by googling): http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...po-lights.html

However I couldn't find any issue being reported with the 996 lights. Although I'm a bit surprised that the issue would be isolated to the 997s. Hence my question about real-world longevity of the 996 lights.

Mharoon

Where and how much did you pay to buy these?