LED Bulbs in Tails 987.1?

I've done a search but either I'm bad at it or the only thing that's really been discussed is aftermarket tail lights themselves. I'm wondering if folks have put LED bulbs in their tail lights, reverse lights and signal lights. I like the OEM tails - just interested in more light.

Most likely if you put an LED bulb into a mount/ reflector designed for regular bulbs you'll get reduced light output as the LEDs often don't play well with the reflectors. The reflectors are designed to focus a point source of light, not an array of LEDs .

Makes sense to me and I'd tend to agree - I think it would depend on the bulb though in where the chips are on the LED . Maybe something to experiment with when I get the car with a cheap bulb first. For reverse, going LED made my Mk7 Golf much better.

Sayhota, did you successful replace the bulbs in the tail with LED lights ? If so can you post what LED 's you used and where you purchased them? I want to do the same on my 2008 Cayman S .

I replaced all of my bulbs in my ‘08 Boxster , front Hi and Lo beams, side marker, fogs and parking; then did all of the rear lighting as well as frunk and rear cargo lighting. The results are amazing, much brighter than original. Had a friend behind me one night and he commented how much more visible the tail, brake and directionals are from behind. And when backing into my garage, the LED reverse lights illuminate the whole garage. The attached pic shows a sampling of what I used, but between trial and error and some returns I’m not sure which ones apply to each bulb location. I started with the bulb listing in the manual and cross referenced each one with Amazon ’s offerings. It took some time, and the addition of some in-line resistors to avoid the error messages you get from the CAN-bus not reading the proper load over the OEM. But in the end it was worth the effort. Other benefits over filament bulbs are reduced heat, and the cleaner flash of the directionals. A standard filament bulb lights, then fades out before reflashing. The LED ’s are full on, then full off between flashes, making for a more distinct pattern.