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Auteur Sujet: 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S  (Lu 53425 fois)

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Hi all

I thought I'd share a few pics with you of a current project which is almost completed now. A 968 Turbo S project car with some updated items as well...including a 993 headlight conversion. I know some of you guys on this forum have asked for that in the past so here you go...

All other headlight conversions (mainly US cars and one german) that I have seen (a red car, an amethyst metallic one and a yellow one) just had the headlight units rested in the original 968 wings. That looked quite frog-eyed and the angle of the headlight units is far too flat. In order to get a solution which looks like the factory would have produced it for the car, we had to "marry" the front part of a 993 wing to the 968 wing, heavily increase the angle at which the light unit sits in the wing (which ment moving down at the front and moving upwards at the rear) and subsequently build the wing up about 2cm's from the rear of the headlight unit on about 60cm's backwards exactly following the shape and design of the wing. Then, to finish it off perfectly, the new side line had to be carefully built up and integrated so that we have a perfect cross-breed of 968 and 993 wing:

Yesterday, I have done some final sanding and wet sanding and taken some pictures of the results which I think look absolutely stunning:
















This modification does not only look updated, integrated and a lot more modern but - when built in FRP - will save about 15-20kg's...

What do you guys think, is there enough interest to produce it in serial production?

Regards

Benjamin

Lionel968

Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #1 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 10:23:10 »
Nice job!  :enaccord6:

Titchati

Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #2 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 11:04:57 »
It looks GREAT!

TOFFFSY

Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #3 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 11:35:54 »
Verry cute ;)

seb968

Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #4 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 11:43:23 »
Moi ce sera "in french"!

Maginfique, cela donne un coup de jeune, et honnetement elle aurait du sortir comme cela...

Vraiment du très beau travail...

Moi, ça m'interresse direct! c'est combien?! (how many!?)

Vraiment j'adore :enaccord6:

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Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #5 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 13:28:39 »
OH YESSSSSSSSS !!!!

For sure I 'am sure very interested, because I am still  looking for a good solution to replace the heavy and unstable pop-ups.

Thanks Benjamin for your work, I am looking forward for the availability of the kit. ;)

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OH YESSSSSSSSS !!!!

For sure I 'am sure very interested, because I am still  looking for a good solution to replace the heavy and unstable pop-ups.

Thanks Benjamin for your work, I am looking forward for the availability of the kit. ;)


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Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #7 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 16:34:51 »
Very interesting, but for me I am not interressed for the moment because it is not homologated in Rallye

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Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #8 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 18:15:59 »
I'm also looking for this kind of headlights for many years now  :-/
If your solution is quite easy to fit on the car & not too expensive ... I willl be ready to order one kit as soon as possible  :enaccord6:

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Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #9 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 18:29:22 »
very nice conversion  :enaccord6:

all 68 should have this kit !  8)

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I'm also looking for this kind of headlights for many years now  :-/
If your solution is quite easy to fit on the car & not too expensive
I am not convinced that everybody had the same feeling about this sentence, knowing that the Porsche 993 headlight alone costs about 720 € per piece... :mrgreen:

So, the headlights set costs about 1.500 €, let's add something like 1.000 € for the modified wings, I suppose that the whole kit will cost at least 3.000 € with the accessories.
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« Réponse #11 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 19:47:49 »
j'aime po !

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DEUTSCH_NINE

Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #13 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 21:50:12 »
Hi all

Thanks for your feedback. I also very much like the updated looks of the 968 and I also agree that the 968 should have been delivered by Porsche with these headlight units. The thruth is though that it was finished a few months before the 993 and therefore this option did not exist even if I have been told that these headlight units were also on the plan / discussed by Porsche. I think the 968 and 993 share a lot of design aspects when looking at front bumper, wings, bonnet and also a bit the rear. So the style of the headlights work perfect.

I can't confirm and final prices yet but I assume that the kit will be around 1500 Euros for 2 wings, the OEM lenses and Hella E-approved Headlight units.

Should there be at least 5 buyers from this forum, I am willing to offer a discount as well and arrange cheaper bulk-shipping as well.

Cheers

Beni

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Re : 993 headlight conversion for Porsche 968, 968CS and 968 turbo (R)S
« Réponse #14 le: 13 Septembre 2009, 22:01:01 »
Can you please advise if wings will be lighter than stock versions  :?: