LEDs—from Porsche!

[Newsguy]

I just noticed this in the new legacy parts notice.
This could solve the search for better lighting in our Boxsters.

[10/10ths]

….they launched those last year.

$250 USA.

[BRAN]

Yup, I installed those as Hi-Beams in my Litronics. Way better than any existing H7, no doubt.
https://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/68234-brans-986-seal-gray-anatomy-29.html
There are legal Philips and Osram LEDs available now, too.
And legal parking light LEDs, too. SADLY not (yet) for the Litronics, as they have a different socket.

[JBauer]

New 986 factory halogens now come with leds. Not as good as real projector LEDs but brighter than halogens.
New and old:

[JayG]

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

….they launched those last year.

$250 USA.

That's bonkers, even for a Porsche part for a headlight bulb

[997_986]

So unfortunately there is a lot of qualification work and costs for higher-level expertises involved, because there is a certificate (which you have to show at the vehicle inspection, for example), which confirms the use of the LED in a lens designed for halogen.

Unfortunately, this is very expensive because bureaucratic -- at least in europe.