Notes about Headlight Retrofit

[PaulE]

Morimoto now has LED projectors in addition to their tried and true bi-xenon projectors. They are pricey but Morimoto is great quality and their mini projectors will mount in the 986 headlight reflector. for sure I wonder if those Jeep round lights would fit in the oval 986 reflectors or how you would mount them to the reflectors.

[JBauer]

I'm working on this set up. Waiting for a different fog projector. I think you could probably get that led to fit but how would you aim it?

[78F350]

This is not about needing good headlights for a car, but having Many sets of old halogen lights sitting around and wanting to experiment. I have have a set of Fred's lights that I installed years ago and I'm familiar with the Morimoto Bi-Xenons. For these headlights I had thought of installing projectors and guts from some Audi headlights, but the advances in LED headlights has me wanting to give them a try.

I went ahead and ordered a set of the Jeep LED lights for about $50. They have a simple harness that should be easy to splice in and they have a built-in anti-flicker capacitor.



I don't know how I'm going to mount them yet. I need to see them first to determine what challenges they present. Adapting the reflector bowl to receive them would make adjusting them easy. Worst case, I can strip out the reflector and fabricate three mounting points. If I do that I will probably aim them before I seal the lights back up.

That poor yellow 914? It shall die, that others may live.


...really, I'd guess it died a couple decades ago.

[solo118]

Originally Posted by JBauer

I'm working on this set up. Waiting for a different fog projector. I think you could probably get that led to fit but how would you aim it?

Looks amazing.

[78F350]

The 7" headlights arrived and they are just a tiny bit too tall. They are perfect for the 914 though (The black one I'm building, not the yellow one I'm taking apart).

Next: Buy some 5.75" lights of similar design. They will fit within the reflector and be easier to mount (and i can put them in the Scirocco if they don't work out).

[pilot4fn]

Double.....