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> Side Markers? Yes or no?
N_Jay
post Sep 14 2016, 02:37 PM
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Wondering what people think about getting rid of the side markers when re(sort-of)storing a 914?

Yes, to make it cleaner?
Yes, to get rid of holes for water and rust reasons?
No, because it is not original to the car?
No, because it is less safe?

Any other ideas? Better looking side markers?
Flat ones like a 924? Small ones like a 90's VW/Audi?

Thoughts???
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post Sep 14 2016, 02:47 PM
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It depends on what your going to do with your car.if you plan on keeping stock or making it your own.I personally don't like the warts. Here's mine without.Attached Image
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post Sep 14 2016, 02:48 PM
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Agree with SB914. I shaved mine when last working on the fenders. I like the clean look.

However, if you have an all original US-SPEC car (they were not on the Euro models), and are restoring for investment purposes, I guess I'd leave them.
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post Sep 14 2016, 02:56 PM
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I prefer without, to hell with US-Spec originality!
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post Sep 14 2016, 02:58 PM
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They really look bad on M471 fender flares!!!
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post Sep 14 2016, 03:01 PM
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I like them in a cheeky, 70s-styling way. Big round dots. Cindy Crawford's beauty mark.
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post Sep 14 2016, 03:16 PM
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They are there for safety/visibility reasons. I wired mine so they blink when turn signal is activated. I had a euro version where the side markers were much lower and more to the front that was quite acceptable.

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post Sep 14 2016, 03:20 PM
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I love them and would only remove them from a car with fender flares. On a narrow bodied car, I think it looks naked without them.

Also, probably people who lived through the 70's like them less than those of us who didn't. I think all that tacky 70's style is really cool!
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post Sep 14 2016, 03:20 PM
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I don't really care for them. I'm leaving them on my 74 concours restore (for obvious reasons).
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post Sep 14 2016, 03:21 PM
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Every time this topic comes up, the results are the same. The majority prefer the clean look without the warts (myself included). Some like them for originality (although it was a US only thing). Some replace the warts with more modern lower-profile markers (and often move them back behind the wheel) as seen below.

Bottom line is, it's purely a matter of personal preference. You should do what you like best on your car.



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post Sep 14 2016, 03:59 PM
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Without definitely. They look like zits that I really want to go away.
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post Sep 14 2016, 04:28 PM
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Shave it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Sep 14 2016, 04:33 PM
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Wartlamps,skintags.
A few other European autos were quick to solve the new mandates in the '70s the same way.
They didn't want to,but were forced on short notice to comply with new visibility legislation.
They used off the shelf aircraft or marine lenses,to expedite,without incurring production costs.
Easily replaced with a modern,flush-fitting leds.
The Cayman has a nice design that might suit placing near the front lense.

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Looks nice,low profile.

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Something like this might appeal,the lenses and bases in molded acrylic/polyurethane as a pair in the mold.
Smooth,flush,mod,waterproof,bulbless,unobtrusive.
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This is the resin for such custom,or 'factory emulating' marker and turn signal lamps.
http://www.hapcoweb.com/ultraclear.htm
A mold with optical surface smoothness is the next step,once a design has been decided.
A <6-8 RA polish and plating of a P20 block http://www.hudsontoolsteel.com/technical-data/steelP0
with heaters and coolant lines installed,a vacuum pump,then production can begin.
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Flush,or maybe a 2mm proud roundel led to 'mimic' the aftermarket lamps installed at the factory.
And yes,the rules are that they must be as high as the wheel height.
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post Sep 14 2016, 04:54 PM
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Mine are gone but the wiring and connectors remain out of sight tucked behind the fenders should the need occur to put them back on.

I also have some cheap reflectors that I glued earth magnets on the back so if for any reson I need reflectors at night I can slip them on the fenders.
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post Sep 14 2016, 04:58 PM
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They look like a big orange pimple. Squeeze them off.
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post Sep 14 2016, 05:06 PM
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They weren't the best design Porsche ever came up with. If I were repainting a car, I'd leave them off.

On a stock car, they are fine. If you use anything else, it will look like shit and be wrong.

I like the idea of some sort of side markers behind the wheel wells (between the doors and wheels) if they are appropriately Euro looking and tasteful.

My $.02.
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post Sep 14 2016, 05:14 PM
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QUOTE(luskesq @ Sep 14 2016, 04:16 PM) *

They are there for safety/visibility reasons. I wired mine so they blink when turn signal is activated. I had a euro version where the side markers were much lower and more to the front that was quite acceptable.

Keith



How much difference was there?

I thought euro did not have any.
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post Sep 14 2016, 05:27 PM
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Well, I am not overly into "originality. I have neither the money nor the patience to try to restore for "value".
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post Sep 14 2016, 05:42 PM
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Don't like them
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post Sep 14 2016, 06:16 PM
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Don't like them either, got rid of them when I had the car painted.
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