Porsche Headlight Retrofit [from CAD, prototyping to finish)

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by MitchSF

Great idea! If the LED is bright enough to see during the day, maybe it would make a good angel eye alternative. My lights are sealed, otherwise I'd experiment with this, too.

Mitch, we actually just retrofitted a set of 996's this weekend here and borowed Particlewave's Devil Eyes idea (as he posted above). We mounted the (rgb)LED onto the solenoid casing and it glows quite right. I kinda like the dim'ed effect of the devil eyes more than the angel eyes (my pref anyway). Looks bad as*

We should be able to see them re-installed on the car this coming Wed so I'll try to snap a few pics during both day & evening time. Looked bright in the garage that is for sure

[Van914]

Fred,
Wow I guess I bought to early! LOL!
Van

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Van914

Fred,
Wow I guess I bought to early! LOL!
Van

Van - I personally prefer the standard one.... the same one you got for your Boxster mate. It's not that I don't like the angel eyes or the design, I think is damn cool, but it's just a personal preference. Might be because my 986 is already plenty tricked

If you haven't installed the one you already received I can take them back and replace them with one of those funky angel eyed projector kit instead. Extra shipping is on you mate (you loose).

EDIT: in fact, you would only need to buy another set of bezel w/ angel eye + the skirt. The HP projector, bulbs, ballasts, hardware etc are all the same fit so you get to keep those. Would be much cheaper than sending back the kit you already have

Happy to discuss

The prod deadline on those is for mid-December, ready to ship up to JP for xmas.

[particlewave]

"What's the holdup?", you ask?
Well, I decided to cover up my gloss black from the previous projector install and went with matte black all around. Looks pretty sharp, I think.

Headlights are buttoned up and ready to be installed today
Unfortunately, it's all of 10 degrees outside.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by particlewave

"What's the holdup?", you ask?
Well, I decided to cover up my gloss black from the previous projector install and went with matte black all around. Looks pretty sharp, I think.

Headlights are buttoned up and ready to be installed today
Unfortunately, it's all of 10 degrees outside.

This is looking sexy just sitting there on the workbench. I bet we will all have a blast when seen on your car. Absolutely love the day-light green effect

[Crono0001]

I may rip open my LED Projectors and replace these for a true custom look.

keep up the good work, madmods.

[particlewave]

Thanks Fred
I had the easy part, though. These projectors are works of art

It's only about 15f degrees today, but the sun is shining. I may have to roll her out for some pics

[heliguy]

Yes!!! Pics!!!

[particlewave]

Here's one or two...

[Nine8Six]

Just a quick update on where I am at with the development of the Ultimate High Performance Bi-Xenon Projector for Porsche 9X6. With Angel Eyes of course

The COB LED boards are finally in and I am now preparing a bigger aluminum mold that I will be using to make the acrylic filters. The artificial LED glare is gone for info.... that was achieved by simply using a white filler mixed with the acrylic. Makes the filter cloudy and therefore acts as a perfect light diffuser. Great success with that.

Below are some visuals of the real deal. Green ranks high on my list of favorite color to design with so no questions as why green was the color used to develop the prototype! It happens that the other color are far more interesting (yellow, blue, red, white). The red being simply the sickest, and the white being the smartest/cleanest of all imo.

The final product will be ready on Dec 20th and ready to ship out on Dec 23rd. As usual I am accepting custom-work requests on those so contact me if you are interested in a kit.







^ This one above has a thick (2.5mm) acrylic diffuser installed. It doesn't glow much but emits strong enough to see the light tunneling out of the 32x slots around the bezel. 10x times more sexier than the BMW's angel eyes, unique design as well

[MitchSF]

I applied the Lamin-X film today and installed the lights. Everything works perfectly. The spots on the lenses are water under the film, it needs a few days to set.

I'm still thinking about wiring the LED parking lights to an ignition source so they would work as angel eyes/driving lights.

[ohhh my]

Originally Posted by MitchSF

I applied the Lamin-X film today and installed the lights. Everything works perfectly. The spots on the lenses are water under the film, it needs a few days to set.

I'm still thinking about wiring the LED parking lights to an ignition source so they would work as angel eyes/driving lights.

Can you post up a picture of the entire car. I have the same color car and am debating on painting the headlights black or leaving it chrome.

[MitchSF]

I left the reflector chrome, and painted the trip using VHT Satin Black. Color is Arctic Silver.

I can't get a good picture of the lights. Sorry.

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Here's one or two...

I wonder what single pulsating red LED would do inside the projector with the HID off. Perhaps a security light like on the dash?



^Hal 9000 from 2001 Space Odessy.

[MitchSF]

No, they both look the same. OK, I'll try to take a better picture.

[Nine8Six]

I bet you are just like me and don't want to take pics unless the car is washed.... here goes my 1 (one) CGT style projector when I washed it last












My next Pcar will certainly be SILVER!

[MitchSF]

Nice picture, Fred. Car looks very smog free!

Here's one with both lights. I just ordered smoked LED tails to match.

[Nine8Six]

Nice one Mitch, looks really good and "modern". If one day you get to shoot pics of the whole car, please post.... that'd be fab (silver is my favorite pcar color btw). I sincerely hope you are happy with the set-up and the new look mate. Nice work!

Re smog... lol, we are getting the breeze from the China Sea therefore No Smog for us in Shanghai

[MitchSF]

Thanks, Fred. The look is exactly what I wanted, and the lights are a big improvement over the old halogens.

Mitch

[particlewave]

Christmas time

I switched them over to red and snapped this pic in between

...and a pic of the little rocker switch board. The tiny 12V relay shuts the devil eyes off when the headlights are on (devil eyes are only on in the parking light switch position).