Everyone HATED These on my 996 Turbo, Finally Fixing Them!
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2023
- The reason everyone HATES Porsche 996s.....especially on my car! Can they be fixed, repaired, or replaced with good results? The 911 Turbo build continues!
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Do you perhaps want to put a clear coat over the headlights to further protect them from UV exposure?
2K clear is the only way!!
@@davidrinaldis2351 yeaaaaup.
I was about to say lol, wouldn't want to undo all that work after some exposure to the sun. I don't think a simple nano coat would cut it either
Mcguiar's makes a uv resistant product that you just rub on one per year that works pretty good - or you'll be polishing again in 6 months. Looks great though.
Make sure you get the 2k clear for headlights.
Matt please either 2K clear the headlights or PPF them please to ensure they won’t yellow prematurely. Great work
ppf is definitely the way to go on headlights.
Ceramic coating will work fine too
Avalon King ceramic coat is cheap and extremely easy to use as well. Applause Matt for sanding and polishing the head and tail lights.
Looks great. Definitely do PPF, I did the same thing as you then PPF'd, still looks new after 4 years.
You'll have to keep reapplying ceramic.... 2k clear for me all the way. Done properly and will lock in all your hard work. Ask me how I know!
Hey Matt, If you don’t clear coat those lights they’ll yellow within a year. I’ve done this process several times. The last time I clear coated them and they seem to be holding up better. The car is looking fantastic! It gets so much better every video.
Wow, can’t wait for the 10 minute build video and all the before and after shots. Congratulations man, looks amazing
Great stuff Matt, keep it coming. We appreciate the hard work that goes into this. Your car shows all the love it’s gotten.
Great job man! The OEM taillight look so much better now. If you're ever doing sanding of plastic in the future. You can save yourself a lot of mess by just using water as a lubricant. Dip the sanding paper often in the water (rinse and clean). Use just a smal drop of dish soap in the water to releave some the surface tension. When polishing (not compound) plastic with DA/rotary, use a softer pad. For compounding red (harder) pad is fine. Less product also give you less sling. Clean the pad regulary with compressed air, to remove plastic particles buildup in the pad.
You're doing this car so much good things. Getting this up to shape is truly a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Enjoy and good on you for just polishing the factory lights out and not going with some of the hideous aftermarket options. Had to do the same to my Turbo’s lights after 200k miles a while back
Been waiting for this one! This is gonna make it look 10x better!
What an incredible transformation you’ve made on this 996! From very tired to looking pristine! Awesome job Matt!👍
Thank you!
Second that!
Of course you found something held together by JB Weld 😂. This car is something else. Great work!
Car looks great. Enjoying watching your progress.
BTW new hid bulbs and ballast did the trick on my dimming E46. Just bulbs helped but the ballasts were the key.
YESSSSS it’s looking so much better now thanks for your work and dedication Matt
Nice job man..Just put 2k clear coat on those headlights or a paint protection film (ppf) and you won't be bothered polishing them for a long time...I learnt it the hard way and i was polishing my headlights every year and they weren't so easy to remove.
Excellent stuff .... a great journey to watch indeed. Hats off from England.
Love the clean stock headlights, it’s a classic design that looks better with time.
💯 they looks great
Great job!! I look forward to seeing new seats. 😊
Looks good!
Now what's left is to add the badge in the back and stock-ish (or more like period correct-ish) wheels!
And please, coat headlights/taillights, save yourself from future headache!
KILLED it again Matt. Good job man :) keep up the good work. I'm gonna kick in pretty soon and start pumping out some more videos too, really been having a hard time getting over my Dad passing off and on ... but I feel a cluster of videos coming on lol
Thanks Clint! Sorry about your dad! :( Bring back the videos!
Great job! Looks 100x better than before. 👍
Such a well edited and satisfying vid, thanks Matt! I love it.
Thanks!
Looks great Matt! Glad you fixed the taillights
good job, bro! It is much easier to work on the car now because it amuses you more.
To save you from working on the floor and making a mess, you should place a cardboard box on your workbench. That way you contain all the cleaner slinging around! And maybe place the lights on soft foam to keep it from moving. Another great video!!👍🏻
Solid idea.
The lights are looking suuuuper fresh man. Well done!
Thanks!
Brilliant work, it looks amazing 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks!
Hey, great job - the car looks awesome now. Regarding the projectors, on my turbo I fitted the projectors from retrofitlab. It was a bit fiddly to install, but worth it - I didn’t change the ballast, retrofitlab also say that ballast is high quality on these cars and should be fine 👍
That's what I'm going with I think.
Hey Mat,
I knew you'd get round to the headlights /taillights eventually! Despite the fact you said this cleaning & polishing wasn't fun or very enjoyable, but the end results are totally worth it. The car now looks 'complete' & so much better IMHO. 👍🔥👍
Def worth it!
Cars really starting to look amazing Matt 👍🏻
Brilliant job, I love this build.
Awsome work! Dont forget some uv clearcoat on the headlights or else they Will get yellow crazy fast 😊
Maybe in the future, it stays inside.
Yessssss!! Now it looks like the 996 Turbo we all know and love.
Looks sick man! Nice work.
Uffff nice!
Boxes are getting checked in!
Great job man! Congratulations
well done! looks amazing
Previous owner of my 997.1 put black taillights on.
Best day ever was when I nabbed a pair of OEM tails and installed them.
Look amazing brother 🙌🏾🙌🏾 this car it’s so beautiful now congratulations!! And you work so hard on it my friend!! Great job 👏🏽
Thank you sir! It's because of you!
Silver or lighter color wheels? I think they would go well with the yellow paint.
I have been watching since u first bought this and I have to say well done Matt. And thank goodness u fixed those tail lights 😂😂👌
Whaat?? More check engine lights? We better get that sorted. Great job on the lights, looks incredible!
I hear the previous owner wants his car back. Seriously, outstanding car, work and videos.
No way I'd give it back to him! lol
Looks so much better but I’m not one that hounded you about it let alone ever mentioned it since it had been mentioned so many times already. Just surprised you didn’t decide to change the entire light housings out for new LED’s since you’ve upgraded everything else to LED’s
Car looks amazing! Clear Lamin-X helps protect your headlights from UV and rock chips! Highly recommend it. We used it on a brand new 2014 car, and nearly 10 years later the headlights still look brand new because we did this.
I just put them on my 968. Looks great. Protection against road rock damage as well. The material for front lights is thicker than for body panels.
you actually did it 👏
Somehow this popped up in my RUclips feed. I stayed for the tail lights and applaud your effort 😀👌 Also nice video editing skills 👍
Thank you, hope you stick around!
Heck yeah dude!!! looking so dope!!!!
Hello Matt. Yellow and black look great together, but as you now moving to the more standard OEM look I really think the yellow monster will now look much better with a silver set of wheels and nice silver oval exhaust tips.
I agree
They look beautiful Matt.. thank you
Headlights look great. An oil change near me will do them for $50, though. For tail lights, I would have upgraded to LED which is what I did with mine. Game changer!!!!
Very nice! if you're looking for the next cosmetic thing to do, do the calipers with the right decal size and font. Your car's are a bit off. easy diy and good for the channel.
Hrm, didn't realize that. If I do that, I'll get them recoated too.
That taillights fixed it´s a game changer, now just needs stock silver rims!!
Hey Mat, spectacular result ! You are the champion
Thank you!
Been watching since the start. Looks great brother!
Thanks for tuning in!
Keep it up, I can’t wait to see what’s next
Great job on the lights. The car looks great!
Does your rear wing warning message come on with the gt2 wing? Mine does.
Nope! Idk how the previous owner disabled that. But yet, he didn't fix the CEL or ABS lights, etc lol.
🎉 Great content mate, fair play to the hard work.
Thanks!
Looks amazing 🎉
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for pandering to us and sorting those tail lights. I love it.
I was struggling to see the difference with the headlights on the bench after polishing, but once you refitted them and you can see them shining next to the new paint… 🤩
Oh yea, on the car they look MUCH different!
👏👏 Excelente esta quedando, saludos desde Argentina!!
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How about the tow hook cap!!! :)
Car looks good! Sooo much work omg.
Definitely agree needs a step lip barrel with a flat center wheel to really accent the curves since turbos are widebody!
BBS or HRE like tanner faust setup 996.
BC coils ride like crap, cheap way to slam it. KW or ST coils ride best wont hop over highway expansion joints in the turns.
I wouldn't call BC coils cheap, most say they ride excellent. I'm not getting Racelands or something lol. I don't want to slam it either, just about an inch or so lower.
@@matt13ross take a look at an H&R/Bilstien (or whoever, really) cup kit?
I looked at a few. I was thinking those were very expensive.
Well done! Car is looking brilliant :) What kind of spray are you using?
Thanks! It's just foaming glass cleaner.
Good job!!!
So much better man wow.. but your buddy is right. BC coils to get rid of that wheel gap
Matt, don't know if you have a welding table, they have a cheap but good foldable one at harbor freight. For things that are awkward to hold while working on, I'll put the item on the welding table, then run a ratchet strap through the table and snug the item down to the table to hold it in place. Just a method I thought you might be able to steal.
I do have one, it's just filled with crap. Sigh, need more space!
Huge improvement!
turned out sick matt
Thanks!
That turn out great 🎉
that looks a million times better! What's happening with the exhaust tail pipe trims ? classic oval ??
Still undecided on what tips.
the lights ! 👏👏👏
Killer job on this “rebuild”
amazing, just needs a good interior clean, perhaps a detailing video next ;)
OEM Tail light looks That is the way to Go!!!!!👋👋👍
Finally you did it ❤
Heres a secret way to hold the light fixtures while sanding and polishing: leave them installed on the car and mask around them
Only if the lights weren't so easy to remove. I'd rather not sling that stuff all over the car.
So clean
Finally... a youtuber that actually removes the lights when sanding and polishing. (edit: Having done a quick polish on plastic lenses before you NEED to protect the surface or it will yellow within weeks.)
Haha! Possibly clear coat in the future, but no way they will yellow within weeks while sitting inside. I'll prove it :)
@@matt13ross OK. Just thinking of my mitsu eclipse lenses I did and were quickly getting a haze to them again.
In the sun all day, yes, I would agree.
nice job 👌
You need to adjust the headlight housing slightly, they need be aligned with thebwings a bit better. Easy adjustment to make, just tweak them when the headlights are removed.
Try with morimoto or aharon bixenon projectors. They make retrofit kits
Looks nice ,rims on silver will look nice to
Cerakote is your friend. Has been holding up well over two years in hottttt Caribbean sun no yellowing or peeling.
Alright dude great job!! Now you need some silver 996 turbo wheels (they make them aftermarket 1” bigger), some coilovers and that should be good. Seriously need some silver wheels
Much better. It was horrible before but the tail lights now look spiffy
Waaay better 🎉
Try attacking the inside of the lens (if you can get access through a bulb hole) with a dry lint free cloth taped to a stick.
And you’ll need to seal your lenses with a clear UV resistant spray or wipe on solution (unless I missed you doing it)
Nice job though 🤌
Ah, I should try and clean them, yes.
@@matt13ross worth a go 🫡
Oh morimoto mled 2.0 is the way to go. If you want hids go with the morimoto d2s 5.0s. I have a quad setup in my zr2 with 4 55 watt ballast. It's an awesome setup.
you did a really nice job man
Thanks!
Not sure if these will fit but in my old acura tl type s I put the BMW ZKW-R lenses that are clear and do not have the fresnal rings on them. Your might not have those weird rings but the BMW ones are crystal clear.
I use Osram night breaker bulbs. They are the best from everything I've tried. Had them on my E46 and now o my E92. They make huge difference no matter the lens or ballast.
I concur, Audi S5 here . Used Chinese bulbs from Amazon and finally bit the bullet on osram night breaker. Osram is the only way to go.
@@jona6183 I did the same, had some "Amazon top recommended" bulb that were better than old oem but the improvement was like 15-20 percent. So I literally researched for good couple of weeks reading reviews and watching YT reviews. Like I said it was ridiculous difference. I remember driving on motorway with no street light at night and I couldn't see anything, this was my breaking point. By the way there is a new model out which is even better that I'm going to get before next winter. It's XENARC COOL BLUE INTENSE (NEXT GEN) D3S = 66340CBN
Much better 👏🏻
Honestly, with silver wheels, I think it’d look much better with the yellow. But overall, solid car, one of my dream cars when I was growing up!
I agree now. The black wheels look good, but they looked better when they car had more black accents.
@@matt13ross - OEM Turbo Twists look amazing on these cars.
I didn't hate the black tint on the taillights, but the original red looks much better!
I painted the chrome inside my black 996T metallic grey and they looked far better……to get an idea of the difference on a yellow car compare a pic of a Civic EK4 Jordan to a yellow civic EK9…..identical cars pretty much except one has dark lights and one has chrome.
The Lenses are a right pita to remove tho.
I was thinking of doing that! Can you send some pictures via email or Instagram?
Perfect!!!
Отличная работа, Мэтт!
Pause the video on 10:28 and look how sick that looks! You need headlights with black housings🤭
You could have stopped at 1500 grit and use proper UV automotive resistant 2 pak clear lacquer and they would come out perfect and last longer
Incredible!
What a mess and insane amount of work on these headlights and specially taillights but absolutely worth it!! the Posche looks beautiful!
finally i know what this little oval mirrors on the headlights is haha
What are those mirrors?
@@krimobenzzemma4740 headlights washer cover
Just tuned in for the first time just because of the headlight resto and I recognized your e36 from ig, small world
Haha, nice! Hope you stick around!