Black HIDs

[Boxyouout]

Your Headlights look waaaay better than the new black housed LED ones. I have the litronic headlights and I want to do the inside like yours. I would appreciate your help if you have some time to advise me on how to get started.

[boxster7614]

I never could get my camera to take a good pic of the angel eyes at night so I snapped one in the early morning.

[Ghostrider 310]

7614 You did an excellent job on those lights, they look truly unique in a good way.

[sasha055]

Thanks a lot 7614!, you answered all my questions!
Now a couple more:
1. Where did you get the projectors and angel eyes?
2. How did you connect the H1 projector to the headlight? did you have to manufacture something?

Thanks again for all the help!

[tuanle16]

damn that looks good. i want!!! but my lens is yellowed from the inside. tried buffing the outside, but it seems like it's the inside. anyone else have that issue? i am so tempted to send you mine 7614.

[boxster7614]

If your lens is yellow I can also refinish them. Many people burn the inner lens using the Silverstar bulbs trying to achieve that HID look, but the bulbs just ran too hot and burned/yellowed them. This is what happened to my original amber headlights.

Sasha055......You should really Google that place I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I think you will find a lot of answers.

[cbbepop]

pics with the halos on! MOAR!

[boxster7614]

I've tried to take pics of the lights lit up but my iphone just blurs the light. I need to find a camera that take good pics at night.

[BruceH]

Can anything be done with the amber on this style? The de ambering seems to be on the style with the minimal amount of amber showing like yours.

[SF-Rockster]

Originally Posted by BruceH

Can anything be done with the amber on this style? The de ambering seems to be on the style with the minimal amount of amber showing like yours.

Yes something can be done.
Replace them with the clear headlights or the Depo LED's

[dagdisco03]

I'm going to try to take on this project later this winter since the standard light output sucks on the Box.

theretrofitsource seems to have the best setups for DYI. I've been following this for years and never took the plunge.

I think I'm going to do the Amber angle eyes to lessen the BMW look and the Panamera shrouds.

I do love the way yours came out with the blackout and I saw your old post before about the 996 and 986 light changes with your mixed set.

[clickman]

I love the look of this retrofit. I think it totally smartens up the look of the car. But I've got a couple of concerns around safety that I need to deal with before taking the plunge:

1. Is this retrofit dangerous to other drivers? While I believe this approach is much safer than the HID capsule, there are concerns (Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply):

The projector has to be mounted very precisely with respect to its centre of gravity; if not, it will shake out of alignment (and eventually off its mounts).

Many sealants, adhesives, and paints produce gases that attack and fog lamp optics.

The low beam projector has to be aimed correctly relative to the high beam or else the finished headlamp will be aimable so the lows or the highs are pointed in the correct direction, but not both.

Once the headlamp has been opened, it is very challenging to get a good and durable seal against moisture and dirt ingress.

2. Will I get pulled over and told that the lights are illegal and I have to have them replaced? Anything but the original factory HID setup as offered by the original manufacturer and designed for that SPECIFIC vehicle is not legal anywhere in North America... and in my jurisdiction in particular (BC). The BC MVA, Regulations and Provincial Inspection standards prohibit the "conversions" of anything but factory.

[clickman]

Anyone having any issues with the Morimoto Minis? According to this site they are plagued with quality problems. I'd love to do this retrofit, but not multiple times and with unsure end results.

How To: Pre-Install Morimoto Mini Tips

[kefboy]

Wow. These look great!

[boxster7614]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

First off I don't know about the legal issues of modifying your headlights! However if you are going to run aftermarket HID lights this is the way to go about doing it, just swapping out the bulbs will shine scattered light into other drivers eyes. As far as I know even the new DEPO lights do not come with a true HID projector, The H1 projectors have a true cutoff beam and light pattern as OEM HID lights. I do purchase from retrofitsource and yes the earlier model of the H1 projector did have problems, but they have updated the design since then. You can see that post was from 2010! I also did a few mods of my own to improve the cut off color line! They do not throw scattered light all over the road like just swapping in the cheap bulbs do. As far as getting pulled over or not passing inspection...unless YOU specifically TELL the officer YOU modified them...... I highly doubt anyone would question HID headlights (with a OEM light pattern) on a Porsche. Unless that officer happens to be a Porsche Boxster fanatic and knows every change and model of which headlights were offered.

[Cope]

Wow, looks like you'll be retro fitting for months...... I'm a newbie but have owned multiple boxsters for years, I know have my car of choice with most work completed but I want to have those headlights..... I'm ready and willing to send them out..... Let me know when you can.....

[Pup]

Very, very nice work! Love it!

What kind of wheels are those? Like them very much!

Pup

[Cope]

You can see the side profile of the front bumper a little better in this pic.

[clickman]

I'm in Canada so have daytime running lights with the M113 control module.

Can I wire angel eyes to serve that function, like BMW? I'd like to keep the original high beams too.

[boxster7614]

Yes you could wire the Angel eyes to use as Daytime lights, but no go on keeping the original high beams as that's where the new hi/lo hid projectors mount.