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I''m back in a 911!!!.. 996 C2 project begins.
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Alex
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kas750 said:
Call me new-fashioned but I'm with Mark. I always think the ambers just make the car look like an old Corgi toy.
Clear light pack all round, silver flasher bulbs all round and the internal orange filter removed. Keeps the car looking ice-cool.
All personal preference I suppose.
Same goes for reg plates too. No messy stuff like GB badge, garage name, postcode, etc. Nice and clean to the point you get that monochrome look.
I think this Boxster concept shows the underlying idea quite well:
As I understand it (which is doubtless imperfectly) the idea was to bring the scattering of lights into one coherent unit, whilst maintaining the iconic round headlight shape within the new single piece lamp assembly, and at the same time emphasise the single shut line across the nose.
If you look at the 993 you have two distinct units (ironically all clear on this car):
What Pinky Lai did was to move them all into a single assembly whilst trying to maintain the character of the 911 - which based on the public reaction to the design wasn't a massive success it must be said.
But! If you look at the car you can see the iconic shape:
As I understand it (which is doubtless imperfectly) the idea was to bring the scattering of lights into one coherent unit, whilst maintaining the iconic round headlight shape within the new single piece lamp assembly, and at the same time emphasise the single shut line across the nose.
If you look at the 993 you have two distinct units (ironically all clear on this car):
What Pinky Lai did was to move them all into a single assembly whilst trying to maintain the character of the 911 - which based on the public reaction to the design wasn't a massive success it must be said.
But! If you look at the car you can see the iconic shape:
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timm996 said:
Not you if that's your attire. Although I never mentioned anything about cool customers, just cars looking cooler with clear light packs. Most 90s cars I owned had already ditched ambers. Can't believe Porsche fit ambers on a late 90s model.
Dammit said:
In this photo you can quite clearly see the family from the lights - they look like theyve been darkened outside the oval though. Cant seem to find a photo to show what mine look like (its at Chelsea Carerra today) but theyre definately a lot "brighter" with less defined ovals. I like the look of these ones - anyone know if those lights are modified?
Dammit said:
I agree with this. I do think most cars look much better "as the designer originally intended", before they are "updated".
Most likely Pinky Lai agonised over those headlights for months, only to be overruled later because the public connected ambers with dated looks (every other car company at the time was dropping ambers). You do loose the continuation of the line and the separation of the lights as you say with clears.
I have ambers front and rear still waiting to go on mine, as it would have been originally supplied.
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