Set of new Luminoso for sale
 

Bumping my own post here as I missed the replies later last year, the current lockdown giving me chance to catch up on lots of things.

If anyone is interested in these drop me a line or DM.

All the best,

Adam

Hi Fred, Charles, I hope you're both good. I haven't done anything with my lights for a while. AE's are still disconnected after the talk of the issues, do I get the impression even putting a relay in is now not advisable? Am I better off using that wiring for a standard side/parking light bulb through the old main beam? I currently have a set of amber lights I put in the car for tests (UK) but I'd love to get the HID's capable of going through a test successfully, I would still like the facility to flash a main beam too, am I asking a lot? 😁

If you want to send me a message feel free. I had a set in my last Boxster and had no problems with the MOT let me know what your issues are.
Cheers
David

A while back, I bought an unused, parted-out Nine8Six headlight kit from a fellow Dutchman. Since the kit was already parted-out, it gave me an opportunity to modify a few things.

I used different angel eyes; 85mm SMD3014-led, 6.000k, with automatic dimming function (when lowbeams are turned on) :

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/AE_S1587458941.jpg

Glued the lens and angel eyes using JB Weld and I added spacers between the reflector and lens holder (for extra security in case the glue fails and to get the lens perfectly mounted into the shroud) :

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1587459040.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1587459141.jpg

Shimmed the bulb (more about this here) to get the hotspot exactly centered:

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1587459168.jpg

Testing and levelling:

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1587459642.jpg

Next and final step: clean and seal the headlights..

Hi Evan

Impressed to see how you've managed this, all great ideas in my opinion, good work. If I may add; the car front-end already looks killer, must be that triple black :cool: Anxious to see the final result, let us have a look when completed.

:cheers::cheers:

Hi Fred, glad to see you are back in action, hope all is well!

Hey Fred welcome back again. Big Jake is back as well. I wonder who is next? Could be Johnny Danger of Maybe Johnathan Landa.

Thanx! :cheers:

Will do, headlight are currently at the paintshop for a fresh clearcoat.

I was having a good morning until this post. :p

As promised, a few pics:

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/11593444362.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/21593444381.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/31593444397.jpg

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http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/51593444459.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/6s1593444649.jpg

I'm very happy with the final result and already got a lot of compliments on 'em! :cool:

Last little detail was adding a flash-to-pass relay (with a little help from a post earlier in this topic :))
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02/71593444736.jpg

Looks great!

I need some help here. I have a set of these lights that I installed in 2015. Now I have a couple of issues with them. First is that the angel eyes don't work anymore. How do I go about testing to see what has gone wrong? Second, the lens in one of them has come unglued. I know that Fred initially used a high temp epoxy when he built them. What should I use to reattach the lens?

Thanks.

Tony

JB Weld is what I use to reattach lenses...carefully. You don’t want to see it.
Several years after many repairs, I can say it is far superior to the original epoxy, it’s just not clear.
Not a dig at Fred, just what it is. ;)

Your AE’s are dead. Mourn them, then move on. :(

Well, if I have to take that stupid thing apart to reattach the lens, I might as well fix the AE at the same time. My real problem now is looking at the factory wiring, all the jacket is peeling away from the wire on the original wiring. I think I'm going to have to rewire the factory plugs. What a pain.

Tony

BTW...do you happen to have the "flash to pass" relay diagram?

Tony

These are the flash to pass relay diagrams. They are somewhere in the 81 pages of this thread but I happened to have saved it. I was in the same boat as you with the Angel Eyes last year. They start to burn out and flicker. They are epoxied into the inside of the shroud, and looked impossible to get out without ruining the shroud, so I just deactivated them by cutting the wires to them and reactivating my parking lights. You will see what I mean when you take yours apart.

I also had to re-glue one of the lenses in my projectors. I found that a clean, empty Progresso soup can was the perfect diameter for resting the shroud in face down after carefully gluing in the lens so that it could cure with the lens in the correct position.

For the cracked and falling off insulation, I found that clear flexible heat shrink tubing and heat shrink butt connectors with solder and new sections of wire did the trick for me on a spare set of headlights I built up over last winter. Good luck!

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1604539074.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1604539242.jpg

anyone know the size and tread pattern of the nut on the back of the stalk that holds the light in the housing? I have to repair my lens and this is proving impossible to get off.

Tony

The serrated nut circled in blue? After removing the bulb, you should be able to get a pair of pliers or channel locks on it and loosen it.



http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1604977224.jpg

Yep that's the one. It's stuck on, but good. I think I got some rtv on it or something because it will not move.

Tony

IIRC, the LED AE ring is epoxied in, as well. It shouldn't be too hard to dig (dremel?) it out, though.

The diagrams Paul posted are not quite right...the first one is to turn the AE's off when headlights are on and the second was for a more specific application.
This is the flash to pass relay diagram if you have original halogen high bulbs:

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1605196504.jpg

Also, to remove the nut, try some heat. Get a small butane torch and heat the post so you don't damage the reflector bowl. Careful, now...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, sorry!

No worries, Paul!

The second one would work, but I think Tony has the single throw relay. I’m not 100% sure either, I guess. :confused:

The AE on mine wasn't epoxied in. It was held in by the black retainer ring, which was epoxied to the lens that was epoxied to the aluminum base. The black ring and the lens were no longer epoxied so everything came out with no issues. We'll have to wait an see if the other one is like that too.


I used wd40 and a heat gun, I got it to the point where the WD40 was smoking, and still no go. What I'm going to do is unscrew the assembly (with the lens, AE, and the high beam iris) off the post and leave the post in there.

Tony

Recently inherited a water-damaged 986 and brought her back to life. Now getting the mod itch and just stumbled across this. A shame Im so late to such an awesome upgrade. If they ever come back in stock, add me to the list (or if any other members have a set theyre selling, let me know).

Hey folks -- any thoughts about bolting the ballasts to the back of the light housing and having it live in the fender well?

That's the general consensus, it's in the pdf instructions and other posts within this thread. I's also what the factory did on the Litronic headlights.

I have a pair Particleweave converted for me. Some scratches on lens. I only track the car now so I want to sell.

If you're up for it you can also follow the basic instructions in this thread and make a similar pair of headlights using Bi-Xenon projectors like the Morimoto Mini. This is a pair I made last winter and then late this summer I finally got around to wet sanding, polishing and clear coating the outer lenses. I acquired a set of junk Litronics and some badly burned amber halogen lights. I used the Litronic reflector bowls and inner shrouds with the halogen housings. If you just use the halogen lights, you can get shrouds for the projectors similar to those Porsche uses on its current models.

Has anyone designed a mount for this yet?

No need. The ballasts always have at least one bolt hole for mounting. The headlight rear covers also have some unused bolt holes that just need to be drilled out. It’s all fairly self explanatory once you see it ;)

That looks great. Im pretty handy so I may look into this further. Thanks!

Sent you a note on your profile

I was able to repair the light that came apart, and while I was in there, I removed the dead angel eye and replaced it with this:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CYV3CV4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The main difference is that it has a third wire that can power an amber set of LEDs. When voltage is applied to the third wire (to light the amber LEDs), a relay turns off the white LEDs until power is removed from the amber lights for a second. This allows it to flash the amber lights without the white lights coming until the flashing is done. I connected the amber lights to the turn signal light. When the turn signal is on, the amber flashes, when the turn signal is turned off, they white comes back. It looks really great. I went through the extra effort of applying a water proof coating on it. I'm in the process of doing the same thing to the other side as well (obviously).

Tony

Any chance of pictures and/or a video? Sounds interesting.

Next project is to re-polish the headlights.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9cgmrp4rp8xzul3/20210218_095003.mp4?dl=0

CGT light kit availability
 

Just stumbled on this and as a recent 986/996 convert and just discovering the HID ‘upgrade’ in my 2002 996 less than desirable looking to install an OEM quality /look product

These appear to be duks nuts military grade

How where when can I source a set for 2002
996 (RHD and also an equivalent upgrade for 1997 986 (silver red)

Cheers from Oz

I'm resurrecting this thread to ask if anyone has an extra set of internal headlight lenses for the 1999-2000 996-style halogen headlights (1-piece internal lenses with a slot for the level indicator bar.) It appears @ParticleWave is no longer active on the forum, so I'm hoping someone else can help.

These are the style of internal lenses (luckily mine are not in this bad shape.)
https://i.imgur.com/WItT6WJl.jpg

I have one complete bucket with a pretty nice lens for the passenger side. It's got the tiniest start of a burn mark that is only perceptible from certain angles. This picture is probably the worst, I could take a picture from a different angle and you wouldn't see any burn at all. I don't know how to remove the lens from the bucket and don't want to try and possibly break it. A USPS Medium size Priority Mail box would fit and cost $16.10 to ship. If you want to pay for shipping via PayPal or Zelle and you could have it. Send me a PM. Honestly though, if you're going to the trouble of opening up the headlghts, why don't you convert them over to bi-xenon projectors with a quality set, like the Morimotos. Here is a picture of the lens-

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1657058109.jpg

Not to derail the thread... but the name Particlewave struck me.

Does anyone reading this post have the install instructions for the SAI device he invented? Some of you will know what I'm talking about. If you could PM me those install instructions that'd be great. PW scrubbed all mention of the device's install. Thank you. :cheers:

I looked into the RetorfitLab.com projector upgrade, but I don't like the "black hole" that exists because the main reflector was removed. I prefer a more factory look with the silver reflector bowl in place. Is there another option that enables this?

https://i.imgur.com/pP4XZG2l.jpg

If there's not a more factory-looking upgrade, I think my only options are to replace the burnt lens or switch to factory Litronics. I'm not too excited about either due to cost and complexity.