Xenon Litronics

[lkchris]

Litronics are not really "plug and play."

A 986 with Litronics as standard equipment also was fitted with automatic headlight leveling as required by law and your car won't have the level sensor or the wiring to the headlight unit to move the beam as required.

The HID "bulb" in Litronics is used for both low and high beam. The internal motor tilts the projector up for high beam.

Since HID burners are slow to come to full brightness, an auxiliary H7 high beam is also provided. It's halogen so it can be used for flashers as well. You will note that with main headlight switch off, the H7 flasher will work and the HID in the projector doesn't when using flasher lever. This means different circuits for high beam action, not needed with standard halogen light units.

Not as relevant ... cars with HID lighting are required by German law to have standard headlight washing fitted as well.

[KevinH1990]

Originally Posted by lkchris

Litronics are not really "plug and play."

A 986 with Litronics as standard equipment also was fitted with automatic headlight leveling as required by law and your car won't have the level sensor or the wiring to the headlight unit to move the beam as required.

The HID "bulb" in Litronics is used for both low and high beam. The internal motor tilts the projector up for high beam.

Since HID burners are slow to come to full brightness, an auxiliary H7 high beam is also provided. It's halogen so it can be used for flashers as well. You will note that with main headlight switch off, the H7 flasher will work and the HID in the projector doesn't when using flasher lever. This means different circuits for high beam action, not needed with standard halogen light units.

Not as relevant ... cars with HID lighting are required by German law to have standard headlight washing fitted as well.

I added the the tilt function and the dynamic self-leveling capability. The document I created with the instructions is too large to upload on this forum, but if anyone is interested, send me a PM with your email address and I will respond with the instructions. The instructions include information on the headlight washers, but I decided not to install them on my car due to the expense.

[Seal1968]

Glad to hear it appears you fixed the issue with a simple fuse...you must be relieved.

Post up a pic of your updated lights!

And ya, baking in the oven scared the hell out of me, but it worked like a charm. Really it was the toughest obstacle...the fear of melting your lights to a useless blob of plastic is pretty daunting.

Not for everyone, that's for sure.