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For the rears, if you wanted to take a budget approach in making them look more modern and unified to the clear fronts, you could always use transparent red tint spray or vinyl wrap.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have a 1999 996. Can I perform an amberectomy on these headlight turn signals and taillights? I do not want to get in there and make a mess of things. Please advise.

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A few of the many threads about this (in case you missed them when you searched) https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...e-ambered.html https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...berectomy.html https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...ggestions.html Good pics in post #32: https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...berectomy.html One more link: http://hverheyen.vssi-eda.com/box_pics/lights/

POST 3Original post

Why ruin a good early car - just sell it to someone who cares and buy a face lift model.

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Nope. Those early cars had amber covers. In later cars the amber on the headlights was an interior piece that could be removed, I did mine.

POST 5Original post

I kinda like the amber. But I guess you could always upgrade to Litronics, which had clear turn signals?

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You could sand off the amber portion on the headlights. This has been down a few times but it requires a lot of elbow grease/labor. For the rears, if you wanted to take a budget approach in making them look more modern and unified to the clear fronts, you could always use transparent red tint spray or vinyl wrap.

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