Looking good!

They could be unplugged in the rear if it became a problem.[/QUOTE]

I used to date a girl like that ;-)

Those are the Devil Eyes, btw, not the actual headlights. You can barely see the red when the lights are on.

Pretty cool, I wanted that in the set I ordered....but I was afraid it would be illegal and settled on white.

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Hi Fred, found this pic in another thread. I have a 02 boxster S what do I need for my headlights to look identical. Turismo projectors and what else?

Tom

Hey man, that's my car!!! (I wish). Thanks for posting this pic here btw

Tom - if you want the exact same results, other than the Turismo kit, you'll need additional:

1. High temp black spray paint (matte or semi/satin finish)
2. Silicon base sealant (to reseal your lens)
3. Some #600 abrasive paper to prep the surface of the reflector before painting

You may want to weld your new connections, electric tape is 'fine' however soldering those and securing everything with heat shrink wraps/tubing is recommended.

4. Soldering gun/lead kit
5. heat shrink wraps

Can't think of anything else. Some flat bars or large flat screw driver to pry open the headlight. That's it really. Let me know if you have an questions or aren't sure about anything you'll find in this thread mate

Hi Tom, since this is my car I think I can help you. Silver Turismo (original style) projectors with black base. White angel eyes and 6000K HID bulb. Painted black inside the light housing and clear headlight corners. By the way if you send them to Charles for retrofit he does outstanding work. Oh and Fred's lights are awesome, like a work of art.

Fred, lights arrived today wow just wow! can't wait to get them fitted pics to follow
Cheers
David

Well well, David. It's good to know that it's you. The name you've used on that GTP site differs from your forum alias a little. Not to worry at all mate

Anything you are stuck with you got my mobby # on the slip... just give me a call (+0800). IP calls.

Looking forward for the pics :cheers:

ps. I still haven't had time to install the new projectors... still running the prototypes in my car. Seeing a few of you guys going for the new kits is a tad irritating lol

Does Pelican carry these? I can't locate them in their online catalog.

Alan

Alan

Hopefully the team at Pelican will settle for a few sets and have them in stock ready to shoot for you guys in the states and Canada soon. Can't really tell when however. Samples we're sent, tax details sent etc... the ball is in their camp ;)

I think the problem is... they are not sure what color(s) or model(s) to chose! e.g. two kits of each color in each model takes a bit of space (inventory-wise)

Can't really push them as this will only look like I'm begging or something lol embarrassing, so I'll just wait until they decide what they want to do for you chaps down there

In a meantime, let me know if I can be from any help

I got mine from gtprojectors.com

Nine8six I received them yesterday morning. Amazing kit :cheers:

Fred, it time for a little "Me & my Porsche time" Get those bad boys istalled.

Dr. Charles just performed an interocular transplant on my old set and will be shipping them back shortly. I feel like a little kid at Christmas again.:D

Before and after pics when installed!

Don

Best $ I ever spent on my Boxster. Fred's products and service are Top Shelf. Charles is great to deal with and his work and service are #1.
Thank you guys
Merry Christmas
Van

Pelican should order two colors for their catalog. Gunmetal and Black. The gunmetal works well for unpainted inners, the black for the blacked out lenses. Other colors could be custom ordered with an appropriate lead time. My two cents. I think that once they are in the Pelican Catalog sales will increase because Pelican reaches beyond the message boards.

Don - LOL, "me & my Porsche time". I know what you mean!

On the Pelican note, I'll be honest I am not rushing them at all. The fact that the product is exclusive to us only atm, few friends in JP/CN and chaps from the 996 crowd is "plenty" enough to keep both Charles and I busy doing what we like doing most (late-evening work, part-time, hobby pace). If you ask me, I'm kinda scared this going "catalogue" mode lol

Yes it's financially motivating but there is not only that to it. Not sure how to put this into words, here, now. Maybe just leaving it as it is for now is best and let's see what the future brings to this product.

Let's not forget, those lights are a 986forum community property. Pelican to decide what they want to do with them!

Did I really forgot to say thanks to the first Merry Xmas wish of the year. What a nasty arse I can be s'times :/ Sorry Van

All the best wishes to you Van. Merry Christmas the same!

(sent from my mobby, sitting in my real supercar (vw Passat lol), rush hour traffic, red light ahead)

Porsche very cool!

thanks. your excellent picture.

Haha, Porsche.... it's all good mate. Thanks for stopping by and for the note :cheers:

So having received my lights I've been eager to get on with fitting so this has been everything has worked well. Except I can't get the high / low beam to work as I wish
I want:
Headlights off, halogen high beam to enable quick flash
Headlights on, Bi Xenon to provide high beam
Now I know this is not rocket science but I can not get it to work as I want. Somebody please just tell me how to wire up my relays because I've something fundamentally wrong or 2 faulty relays as on one the halogen works all the time and the other the halogen never works!

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Connect the coil (pins 85 and 86) of a DPDT automotive relay to ground, and to + of the low beam. Either one to + and ground, doesn't matter.

Cut the + wire going to the halogen high beam. Connect the beam side of the wire to NC (pin 87a) of the relay. Connect the other side of the wire that was cut going to the halogen high beam, to pin 30 of the relay.

Finally, connect the + wire from the bi-xenon relay to NO (pin 87), and the other side to ground.

That should do it. When the low beam is on the relay is engaged, switching high beam + to the bi-xenon coil. When it is off, + is switched to the halogen bulb.

Thanks for the quick reply, that's what I thought so will double check the wiring and try 2 new relays

Wow, dunno what to say to you Mitch.....

You are Top Man, thanks for helping David there. Literally minutes after he posted. Sure he appreciated it.

"Anything" you need from this side of the world you know where to find me bro :cheers:

mavis.d - That's the look I'm looking for! What's the recipe: Turismo kit, unpainted reflector and black internals?

Alan

Hi Alan
Turismo kit, Shroud Silver, White angel eye and custom script. The rest of the light is standard, but the whole unit came out of a 996 with amber lens replaced with clear ones


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The first pic of the Porsche bodylines you posted on top is mental if you don't mind me saying mate - that can't be done here again sorry :o paint look titanium or something.....

David, also what type of camera or software settings are you using? Please don't tell me this is the new iPhone, Samsung or something like that lol

(having difficulties taking decent shots of other LED I'm playing with at the moment. completely demoralized. red shows pink, amber looks like coffee, glaring fiesta)

Thanks Fred

No not a new iPhone, it's an old one! ha ha

David

is that what it is.... looks like my wife will get her iphone hacked into tomorrow

no dice with my DSLR (Canon 500d). Throw it leds in any settings and it auto-add MARS radiation effects to your shots lol

ta

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I was planning on having "986S" on the bottom also! Great minds think alike!

Alan

Hi Fred,
I received my Vivo's from Charles today. Kudos to both of you. Charles makes your masterpieces look even better. Both of you are craftsmen. The units are installed & I love the look. Pictures coming soon.

Thanks very much to both of you.
Don

Fred,
As promised, here are the before & after photos.

Vivo Series, Gunmetal Shroud, White Angel Eyes, 6000 K

Thanks again to you and Charles. Have a Happy New Year!

Looking great, Don! Glad to help ;)

Don! thanks for those man

Yummy aluminum CNC parts. Anodized, etched and all... those should last you 20 years min. Change your xenon lamps every 1,500hrs, or every two years, and you and the car should have a blast with those Vivo.

Beautiful, factory looking stuff.... Exterminate the old melty halogens lol

Happy New Year to you and your family there mate. Best Wishes from the orient!!!

Hi Fred
Happy New Year 2015.
Its taken me 3 nights to read the thread top to bottom back to front and its an amazing project congratulations on your progress, I'm super I'mpressed :) so much so i want your lights in my 2004 996 C4S.
The standard halogens fitted are woefully bad, i have not long owned the car and was looking at the different upgrade paths available from new bulbs to led to hid inc litronic... my mind is set if i can make these fit i really want them ;)
I did look to see if anyone else had done the upgrade on a newer 911 but i haven't seen one, i have included a pic of my headlight as the reflector is different and it already has an internal lens.
Do you think it will be possible to do?
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Happy New Year to U2! and thanks for stopping by. Yea that thread is now almost two years old... sure does take a little moment to go through it :)

I haven't looked in the mkII style headlight as off lately to be honest. All it needs is a mounting bracket where the projector screws in. Atm I am designing an ultralight mounting kit for the litronic for a few members who've asked for that. Really hope to get this out for spring. Only after then I'll be able to move onto the mkIIs.

Not sure how are your fabrication skills are but it appears that there 2 or 3 different ways to adapt those CGT projectors into the mkII - pretty easy if you are tooled sufficiently. If not, Charles (Particlewave) is possibly the only guy that I know of who could help you from the USA side - if you want those retrofitted before the summer. I'd send him a quick PM and check with his schedule.

In meantime do bookmark this thread, set it in RSS mode or give it a check from time to time. I promise I'll get something top notch out for you MKII guys - just can't confirm timing atm (likely beg of the summer).

Unrelated, you've seen this? My Black headlight DIY - 6speedonline.com Forums

When I looked at the picture of your headlight, it appeared to look like it was a Xenon headlight. Here's one for sale on Ebay that looks similar: Porsche 996 Passenger Right Headlight Assembly Xenon Genuine New | eBay

I don't know anything about the 2002 and later 996 headlights. For the 986 and the early 996's, the halogen headlights have a flat surface over the high and low beams while the Xenons have the projector over the low beam.

986 Xenon:
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986 Halogen:
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Your's appear to have a projector so that is why I am asking.

Kevin, the Mkll halogen headlights are projectors, also. ;)

Hmmm ok i really wanted to get this done ASAP ill have to do some investigating.... i think they will need a custom mount for the projector and bulb housing to simply replace the halogen housing, i looked and even my halogen housing has a projector screen inside. I think it looks fairly straight forward but i cant see a way to have the led bezel :(
Theres a H7 bulb for dipped (projector), H9 for main, H3 for fog and a small bayonet bulb for the park light.
I need to get a hold of one to pull apart....

It's true they have a projector but are a H7 halogen bulb Kevin, i think it should be a simple exchange of the projector housing maybe with a custom mounting plate/adapter.