The Ultimate Cheap Fix For The Fried-Egg 996 Porsche 911? - Storyboard

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The 996 generation's headlight design turned out to be a big bummer for 911 enthusiasts

Besides the move to water-cooled engines, the 996 ditched the round headlights to a weird-looking "fried egg" design unit which gets widely criticized even today
YouTuber Ed Gasket has an inexpensive remedy for the bug-eyed 911

He outlines a DIY step-by-step process on how to transform the front-end of your 996 on the cheap
This $395 pair of plastic covers offers exceptional value for what it does

These headlight covers designed by Ariel Automotive come prepped, so that you can paint them to match the exterior of your 996
It's vital to get the paint job right to match the car

After applying primer, the presenter paints the covers with Arctic Silver paint to match the paint job of his 996
To apply the cover in a semi-permanent way, to retain the car's originality

Before slapping on the headlight covers, the presenter applied tinted wrap on the borders followed by a silicon adhesive along the perimeter
The application of those painted headlight covers is a work of patience

It's advised to be really careful at this stage and apply pressure on all sides to get the glue to stick to the headlight cover
The final step before the results

In order to ensure proper application, the presenter applies duct tape to the headlight cover and lets it cure for about an hour
The ugly headlights are gone!

Of course, the application of these $395 plastic headlight covers isn't as seamless as a full front-end kit, but they do the job just fine.