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Old 05-28-2021, 11:13 AM   #1
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What do you mean by fixed manual adjustable light via auto levelling and high beam. I won’t be doing a lot of night driving and just want to replace my halogens because the reflectors are cracked.
OK, so 911monty confirmed what I suspected.

see this vidieo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQfR5Q2KlQ

To remove the headlight - it just comes out, but this one, equipped with Litronics, has an additional plug that is used to adjust the headlights.

Many HID systems had autoleveling - if the car is empty, the lights will light up the road fine, if the car gets heavy, front may lift up and then they light up too high. Hence, autoleveling will adjust them down.

Can be done manually or, if you never drive with extra load (actually, quite hard to do in Boxster) - never touch it again.
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Old 05-28-2021, 01:53 PM   #2
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Ok thanks PLP. So basically because my car was originally fitted with the Xenon assembly I won’t have that extra connector?

What about the washer at the corner? Would that be an issue?

Forgive me for my ignorance. I am new to this world.

I may have been able to source a pair of Xenon headlight assemblies for a reasonable price so this is why I am asking. I don’t want to purchase it and then it doesn’t work. As long as it works I am ok with that.

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OK, so 911monty confirmed what I suspected.

see this vidieo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQfR5Q2KlQ

To remove the headlight - it just comes out, but this one, equipped with Litronics, has an additional plug that is used to adjust the headlights.

Many HID systems had autoleveling - if the car is empty, the lights will light up the road fine, if the car gets heavy, front may lift up and then they light up too high. Hence, autoleveling will adjust them down.

Can be done manually or, if you never drive with extra load (actually, quite hard to do in Boxster) - never touch it again.
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Old 05-28-2021, 04:22 PM   #3
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OK, so 911monty confirmed what I suspected.

see this vidieo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQfR5Q2KlQ

To remove the headlight - it just comes out, but this one, equipped with Litronics, has an additional plug that is used to adjust the headlights.

Many HID systems had autoleveling - if the car is empty, the lights will light up the road fine, if the car gets heavy, front may lift up and then they light up too high. Hence, autoleveling will adjust them down.

Can be done manually or, if you never drive with extra load (actually, quite hard to do in Boxster) - never touch it again.
Ok so the only thing that won’t work is the auto level feature. How do you manually adjust?
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