I found the best Porsche 911 996 Headlight upgrade

The Porsche 911 is the most successful sports car EVER produced. (FACT)
The Porsche 996 is the worst 911 model EVER produced (OPINION)
The Porsche 996 is the cheapest 911 and we can mod it without guilt. (OPINION)

Allow me to share the Variel Designs 996 headlight mod!

Where to find the items that I used in this video!!:

[_Honda_CRX_Si]

when the 911 is so good that the worst one is still a good car

[boffam]

Headlight covers on a 996 are like a mesh baseball cap on an otherwise handsome-ish dude.

[atischer]

“I’m ….an idiot” Only sensible thing you said this entire video.

[khestehave]

Thanks Ed for doing your part in keeping the 996 affordable 😆

[goncalomafra]

The headlights are iconic, one of the reasons i love the 996

[diggerhush]

My motor isn’t junk. My interior is just fine. I love my $18, 000 911 Carerra C4 Cabriolet 996.2.

[henryatkinson]

Not sure how covering up your own fog lights and front reflectors is an "upgrade."

[James_Sovereign]

The headlights are iconic and (now) look fantastic. Those covers, however, are f*cking disgusting and anyone fitting them should have their keys taken off them.

[AnthonyF]

Anything you do to ‘improve’ the 996 headlights only makes it worse. They are fine from factory. Those headlight additions look horrible.

[halfunkbass]

There is no way in hell I would put plastic on my 996 to pretend it looks better... lol. Im not one to follow the crowd ever.

I bought my 996 turbo because its different from the average VW beetle head lights look on Porsche. I actually think its the best looking Porsche ever designed.

I will probably buy this classic version of the 996. My Turbo version has the updated fried eggs look... but I want the first edition of the fried eggs headlights. Porsche can continue to make the same old headlights for years to come, but my 996 will stand alone from the crowd.

[blufftontiger]

I like the stock early 996 headlights.

[paulbellas]

The 996 is not the worst 911. Love the gen 1 headlights. Haters be damned...

[Wildspeed]

996 is amazing. The headlights are some of the most beautiful headlights ever made. What are you tallking about.

[canuckleshucks]

1997 air cooled 993, $100, 000- $430, 000. 1998 water cooled 996, $19, 000. Throwing quality out the window, priceless.

[paulbellas]

Ed, I am the original owner of a 1999 C2. When this car came out it was heralded by the automotive magazines as one of the best 911's ever made. It tracked faster, had a better coefficient of drag, wasn't spin crazy, had a real air conditioning and smoked corvettes. In fact it was so good that it sold more copies than any other 911 model in history. Nobody, and I mean nobody hated the headlights. There is understandable resentment that it shared the front end with the Boxster. But again, nobody hated the Boxster headlights either. That all being said, I've had mine for 25 years, it steel runs, pulls and handles great. Interior while plasticky has in held up very well. I think the switch from air cooled to water and sanitizing of the car over previous generations were the biggest complaints (understandably). If you are a real fan of Porsche's, the Boxster and 911 of the late 90's saved the auto company and for that we should be thankful.

[LivingOnCash]

Great and fun video!
Former 996 owner here. I strongly believe that the ONLY reason people (and when I say "people" I really mean Porsche fanatics because regular people couldn't care less about the headlights) is because the Boxster used the same headlights. While I do prefer the looks of the round headlights, the 996 lights aren't bad. I guarantee, if the Boxster front end was different than the 996, very few people would complain about them.
Also, beside the head crack and the IMS, there is the RMS, bore score, AOS intermix, and a bunch of other issues with the M96 engine. Wonderful car but bad engine.

[jtocher]

Hilarious video! Still love the headlights on my 986 though!

[samzam]

funny nobody ever says that the 911 GT1 (996 lights) is ugly even thou exact same lights.. i have a 996 with gt3 body kit and looks killer.. if you want to improve the interior of those monocromatic interiors get some color accents, i swapped out alot of my grey interior for black (steering wheel, center console .. etc) if anything is bad about this gen 911 are the seats 100% uncomfortable, ,, some aftermarket Recaros and away we go!!!

[yongkim]

The 996 looks fine! As a 911S & 996 C4 owner remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

[stewartbruce]

What a waste of effort, looks rubbish and definitely devalues the car