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My First Porsche
Hey everyone! I picked up my 1984 928S on Tuesday and have already bought all new taillights, sidemarkers, turn signals, parking lights and hood/hatch struts, lol. They are on the way as we speak.
Anyway, here are some pictures. Im from the Jersey Shore, btw. There is alot to fix, so expect to see me quite often around here, lol.   
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10-28-2011, 09:03 PM
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Sweet ride! I take it your gonna go for the Stock look. It will look way better without the blacked out lights. Nice Evo too
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10-28-2011, 09:40 PM
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Yes, MPDano, I'm going to get it back to factory perfection! Also, thanks for the compliment on the Evo, I wish I could call it my own, but alas, it belongs to my brother lol.
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10-28-2011, 09:43 PM
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I kinda like the blacked out, but depends on how it looks up close.
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10-29-2011, 12:51 PM
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Here's my take on the lighting being blacked out. I used to have a 1995 Mustang GT Convertible, yup the last of the 5.0. Anyways, did the whole black out on both front and rear lights. When you step on the brake, the light is hardly visable and thus becomes dangerous. The headlights and even more dangerous as your actual beam is lessened so much that it seems as if your driving with no lights on. Rid that stuff, it will keep drivers from rear ending you and you rear ending them.
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10-29-2011, 01:49 PM
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The dimmed light is from a cheap rattle can black out. I think there are ways to do it that aren't so bad with a kind of internal louver in the lens.
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10-29-2011, 02:01 PM
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All the new lighting should be coming in soon, which I cant wait for
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10-29-2011, 03:50 PM
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BTW I think you may be the first, lights first, new owner.
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10-29-2011, 08:43 PM
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Danglerb, you mean like I'm the first one to fix the lights before anything else? Lol, I'm confused
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10-30-2011, 03:57 PM
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Nice work. Blacking out lights is the pinnacle of stupid, way to fix it.
More pics inside / outside car would be good. Great road car for long trips traveling from shore to points wherever.
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10-31-2011, 04:26 AM
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cool car .. th wheels should clean up nice also ... i agree w getting rid of th black lights ..
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10-31-2011, 08:19 AM
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Yea, I plan on sanding them and going with factory silver
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10-31-2011, 01:12 PM
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I did some more cleaning and took apart a huge portion of the interior. I'm very happy with how everything is underneath...you can really see how well these cars are built
  
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11-10-2011, 09:53 AM
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Don't sand the wheels. Just use some Paint Remover like Aircraft. It will just bubble off. Sanding will leave a bunch of scratches.
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11-10-2011, 10:00 AM
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Ooh, good call, MPDano. Thanks!
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11-10-2011, 10:41 AM
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Replaced all of the front lighting. Here she is now
   A quick before/after  Next up, the rears |
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11-11-2011, 11:42 AM
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There ya go! Looking good. Keep it up and keep the pics coming.
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11-11-2011, 11:49 AM
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Finally got the rear bumper cover off, cleaned, and replaced with factory lights. That concludes replacing parking lights, blinkers, front sidemarkers, rear sidemarkers, and taillights
BEFORE:   AFTER:   
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01-01-2012, 04:23 PM
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Looking good! Keep them pics coming.
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01-01-2012, 05:33 PM
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The front spoiler is a big part of the 928s looks. It's expensive and if you are going for better cosmetics why not start there? Cool car though, and a good year.
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01-01-2012, 10:24 PM
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1983 porsche 928
1972 chevy corvette
