Porsche Headlight Retrofit [from CAD, prototyping to finish)

[alanqning]

Nine8Six, how many do you have for sale?

[Nine8Six]

If anyone is interested to know about pricing, availability or customization, please PM me anytime!

All the best wishes from this side of the world and Merry Xmas to all

[rfuerst911sc]

I've read all 10 pages and must say I am impressed by your excellent execution of this conversion. However I did pick up that when painting the light housings black you can't/shouldn't park in the sun ? I'm in the deep South and we get sun in the summer that will melt your face . So if your car is a daily driver and it sits in the exposed parking lot at your employer all day what's going to happen ? Will the housings get damaged from heat ? Will the lense be damaged ? I am interested in your kit but the exposure to sun may be a deal breaker for me Anyone have any " sun " experience with these ? And if the black is a no go what about staying with the OEM silver/chrome finish ? I assume that is OK just like the original bulbs ?

[Nine8Six]

Thanks for reading and for the compliment!

If you are likely to park your Boxster facing South-West on a daily basis then the trick is to use "Satin Black" instead of a pure flat black paint. The satin black will reflect 50% of the light. Use a quality high temp paint and your headlights will be just fine. VHT does a very nice satin black, looks very modern e.g. 90% black, 10% grayish.

This is a subject that was discussed here on the Chinese retrofitting forum here and everyone told me I was full of BS for saying that flat black wouldn't work under the hot sun (they are maybe right, what do I know!). Hundreds have done it on their other cars and never got a hot spot/burn years after their retrofit. Like you guys we also do get these (hell-like) burning sun days here in Shanghai.

Their reasoning is; if you use the VHT(-like) quality high temp paint e.g. the same they paint headers with, then all should be well protected under there.

Hope this helps a bit mate