Litronic (Xenon) beam effectiveness...

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by Smallblock454

Hello,

if you're Litronics are not self adjusting, they don't work correctly. So hahaha - funny you wonder why your headlights are bad.

I've replaced all bulbs and the D2S in my stock OEM Litronics lately. And yes, that makes a difference. I did use good quality bulbs from Osram. But nothing fancy.

Don't compare modern LED OEM headlamp systems like 2017 Audis and Mercedes have with a 15 year old Porsche Litronic. The new ones are better. But i don't like them, because they tend to glare me when other cars have them and i drive at night.

Regards, Markus

They are working correctly. They don't have the feature of self leveling because I chose not to wire in the electronics, but they still are set to whatever beam aim I set it at, and don't move from that height, so it just doesn't dip up when I go downhill or dip down a little when I go uphill, which is the same as what the OEM xenons do in my previous FX35. Self leveling is just an additional nice feature of the OEM lights, but not absolutely necessary and I still can see a long way with the Litronics. They also don't tilt upwards a bit when I turn on the highbeams, but I don't think that is necessary either because the halogen high beams alone are just fine. The only thing is that the newer Xenons today are much brighter and more focused than what I see in the Litronics and in our 05 FX35.

[Smallblock454]

Originally Posted by Boxtaboy

They are working correctly. They don't have the feature of self leveling because I chose not to wire in the electronics, but they still are set to whatever beam aim I set it at, and don't move from that height, so it just doesn't dip up when I go downhill or dip down a little when I go uphill, which is the same as what the OEM xenons do in my previous FX35. Self leveling is just an additional nice feature of the OEM lights, but not absolutely necessary and I still can see a long way with the Litronics. They also don't tilt upwards a bit when I turn on the highbeams, but I don't think that is necessary either because the halogen high beams alone are just fine. The only thing is that the newer Xenons today are much brighter and more focused than what I see in the Litronics and in our 05 FX35.

I'm sorry, but you are wrong.

1. they are self leveling - they get the signal from the sensors in the front and rear left. That way they adjust if you have luggage / weight in front and / or back. Nothing to do with up or downhill.
2. the xenon unit doesn't move up and down if you use high beam and don't have the sensors connected.

Regards, Markus

[Boxtaboy]

Yes.... please see below for my responses...

Originally Posted by Smallblock454

I'm sorry, but you are wrong. - no need to apologize.

1. they are self leveling - they get the signal from the sensors in the front and rear left. That way they adjust if you have luggage / weight in front and / or back. Nothing to do with up or downhill. - This being the case, do you really think that this adjustment if you have weight bears a big difference in the light throw? I saw the lights in my friends factory set up before he gave them to me, and could not see a difference. They are still worse than the newer model xenons by far. In the meantime, I have mine aimed correctly, and they are decent, but not as good as the newer xenon set ups. That was my point...that they are not as good as the ones today even though they are still xenons. Wondering if newer bulbs that are not 15 years old will do any better.
2. the xenon unit doesn't move up and down if you use high beam and don't have the sensors connected. - I know this. It will only move up with high beams if I have them connected. I don't see a need for this though, as I think the halogen high beams are fine.
Regards, Markus