Platinum metallic.

I upgraded my indicator bulbs to LED's last year. I highly recommend it. Reduces current draw through the old wiring and they are super bright. I'm all for any mod that makes our tiny cars a little more visible to the monster SUV driving crowd.

Here in Canada my wife's brand-new Subaru has fog lights that automatically work in unison with the low beam headlights, so laws do differ.

The fog lights illuminate the sides of the road, not so much down the middle. This helps in fog, when you should be going slowly anyway.

I totally agree, Will. The entire rear of my SC is running bright LEDs, and I've wired in an mechanical brake light switch to help light those brakes up quicker than the stock hydraulic actuator.

I was testing my fronts in a store front window the other day, and realized that my fronts are woefully dim compared to my rear LEDS, so I ordered a set of 1157 LEDs from SuperBrightLEDs this past week. :)

Craig, are the LEDs you've ordered simple bulb replacements and use the existing housings.

I took a gander at the SuperBrightLED site and it looks that way, no?

Coolio. I have the 1157's up front. They are super bright, as the name implies.

I read your mechanical switch thread, I'm definitely copying that mod.

Yep, they're simple replacements like the ones I have in the back:


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Years ago in my 75 911 I mounted Cibie driving lights like these:
http://www.holden.co.uk/productimagesL/010_594.jpg

Had them wired up to the hi-beams what a HUGE improvement!
You could replace the Fogs with hi-beam driving lights.

Please note.

I used these for all indicator lights on my car, but I found the rear bulbs were finicky. Sometimes they would be super bright, other times, they were dim/fluttery. Every time they were dim/fluttery, I'd pull off the lens, push on the bulb, and they would be bright again.

After playing with it for a while, I ended up melting solder on the bulb contact. I put so much on it that the bulb wouldn't install, and then I filed the solder way until it fit really tight.

Now my bulbs are super bright every time. Not a fault with the bulbs, but more loose fitting circuit boards on the inside of the rear light assemblies.

Good to know.

Last question. Does bulb replacement require install of resistor boxes or is it simply plug and play?

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Simply plug and play.

As far as dimming connections, I've found that I've always needed to put some electrical tape on the stalks of all of the rear bulbs to keep them solidly in place. Maybe this could help.

Brake lights are plug and play, but if you want to change out your turn signals, you'll also need to change out your flasher relay. Otherwise the LED's blink on and off so fast, when you turn on your turn signal, it will just look lit up.

Here is a thread on the relay swap.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/287390-i-solved-led-indicator-problem.html

MINT, Thanks

Will a 84-89 Carrera valance fit on an SC without any mods? I like the way there fogs look so much better (recessed) than the dangle bobbers on my SC.


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Even an 87's fogs are useless. I had my valance welded shut and repainted. Body guy said it was easy. Never used them in my 6 years of ownership.

Plug and play for sure. I bought the same ones you show and they worked great except they disable the cruise control due to the current change. I bought their resisters which need to be wired inline with the hot and ground to imitate full current, but reading about how much heat they generate and they cannot be put against a painted surface or plastic - generating the same amount of heat like the bulb they are replacing. Since I can't suspend them in air I just gave up the whole thing and put in my regular bulbs. Maybe some day I will fab some heat shields for the resisters and try again and see if the cruise works - a lot of work for an experiment, but they do put out an impressive amount of light and fast. My mechanic saw them in running light mode and asked if my brake lights were on since they are brighter than the norm. Then I stepped on the brake pedal and he said "Wow" those are bright.

You have to also change the windshield washer fluid tank to the later style.

JR

Oh ok. But other than that it bolts right up to an SC?


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Fogs, or No Fogs?
 

Couldn't agree more. The fogs add "weight" visually to the lower front area of the car and gives the illusion that the car is sitting lower. I like the clean look of no fogs, but like you said the car appears higher off the ground and almost like its missing something to me. That's why I really like the post 83' carerra valance...fogs are there but more more low profile and they look intentional....unlike the ones on the SC. Someone already said autozone bolt ons...your right.


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Yes. The only other difference on valances is that on the right side, there were two different locations used for attachment, maybe a couple inches apart. Not hard to deal with.

For the same effort, you could replace it with a fogless valance. Readily available, the new ones come with two tabs on the right side so they will bolt up to any car from 1974 through 1989.

None of the fog lights do anything worthwhile, hardly anybody drives in fog anyway, and the lenses get blasted with grit and look terrible in not that many miles. Can't see why anybody wants something that is as useless as those.

JR