Porsche Headlight Retrofit [from CAD, prototyping to finish)

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by Davev

These are the lights from this thread. Just installed in the 986 last night. Projectors by Nine8Six/Assembled by particlewave.

Did you have factory Litronics? Did you retain all the auto levelling and aiming wizardry by simply swapping the projector?

What is your high beam and low beam like?

It looks like you have driving lights as well?

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by jaykay

Take me to your leader....awesome! Is this what I think it is?

Agreed, this looks great

[Davev]

I did not have Litronics nor leveling. I was looking to upgrade to Litronics but choose this. I know this is a long thread but there is a lot of info contained that I would defer to.
The lights are awesome --as are most all HID lights I have ever had. Running lights are the HALO LED's.

Me likey. But I am not the expert. Check user "particlewave"

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Davev

I did not have Litronics nor leveling. I was looking to upgrade to Litronics but choose this. I know this is a long thread but there is a lot of info contained that I would defer to.
The lights are awesome --as are most all HID lights I have ever had. Running lights are the HALO LED's.

Me likey. But I am not the expert. Check user "particlewave"

Nicely done. Yep that style works for me too... car looks so much younger.

Glad to hear you are happy with how the kit performs Dave. Thanks for that note mate. Anything you need from Shanghai beach you know where to find me (Charles got my mobby in case its urgent )

[particlewave]

Looking great Dave! I think the look is very stock, yet better than any stock option
Very nice look with your car color

[Davev]

Thanks for putting the projectors in the lights for me. I would have buggered it up- or worse yet (and most likely) never gotten around to finishing. I think the choice to go 'no paint' was the right one for my car color.

[BFeller]

The no paint option does look nice on the Seal Grey and Arctic Silver

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by BFeller

The no paint option does look nice on the Seal Grey and Arctic Silver

Pricey sense of humor you got there Good eye as well

Talk to Charles (user Particlewave) if you want it to happen like magic
(Edit: Charles offers all kind of retrofit services. Incl professionally installing those projectors, dash color leds, and other interior mods)

[Crono0001]

I still need to get particlewave to retrofit my LED custom headlights to use these awesome projectors.

I'll be seeing my car again on the 15th. Since the car is sitting in a shop and won't need any headlights, I'll probably extract them for particlewave.

[rfuerst911sc]

OK guys another mini update . Just received an email from the vendor he has conducted pull tests ( didn't know this was needed ) on the satoprene and he's very happy with the results. Apparently next he's going to try silicone. Then the next will be a harder material, this harder material would drastically reduce the tooling costs. So this R&D is moving forward and he believes by late next week he " may " decide the material he is going to move forward with. I'm quite excited by the progress to date but looking forward to having some prototypes in my hands !

[Pdwight]

Eagerly awaiting results :-)

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

OK guys another mini update . Just received an email from the vendor he has conducted pull tests ( didn't know this was needed ) on the satoprene and he's very happy with the results. Apparently next he's going to try silicone. Then the next will be a harder material, this harder material would drastically reduce the tooling costs. So this R&D is moving forward and he believes by late next week he " may " decide the material he is going to move forward with. I'm quite excited by the progress to date but looking forward to having some prototypes in my hands !

Thanks for the update!

[Nine8Six]

(< Bruce, Dave, Coaster, JayKay, some comments left for you on previous page.)

New Projectors Styles - The new family!

This thread and the support from members of 986forum have given me invaluable inspiration throughout the life and development of this projector. The interest, the demand, satisfaction and enthusiasms, have made me realized that there were a demand to bring this product to its next level. So.... I did!

Most importantly and before going any further, I would like to thanks everyone who have shown interest in the kit and to those who've purchased it from Charles or myself (very special thanks to you). Without all of you guys, 986forum, this would NOT have been possible. So thanks x100 again, I'll forever be grateful to all of you here

Once a personal idea meant to mimic the front-end of a half-million dollar car, some could now call it The Ultimate Halogen-to-HID headlight retrofit kit for sport & super cars series. While keeping up to the theme of this thread, i.e. sharing, and without any further due (apologies to those who've been waiting), here goes some previews of what I am rumbling about.



The final High Performance Bi-Xenon Projector Series (2014 models lol).

All of the models are sharing the same dotted angel eyes concept and most technical features and performance identical to the classic CGT style projector. With few cosmetic exceptions and design revisions however:

1. The lens is now secured with a retaining ring. Machined in house and made of POM material (Delrin)
2. Angel eyes now mounted on the lens' retaining ring
3. The LED diffuser are also machined in-house using clear PMMA (Acrylic, frosted filter effect)
4. 15% weight reduction using thin wall thickness machining techniques, and less filling chemicals. Total assembly now only weight total 338 grams
5. Transient thermal analysis simulation, R&D and tests have been carried. Thermal management vs material properties (AE hotspots avoidance, heat dissipation tests)
6. And finally, each design have been given a name















^ Although the kit remains fully customizable (anodizing colors, laser script, etc), that is how they are going to be branded and laser-scripted by default. The Gunmetal is also the default color. Less the chemical green LEDs of course

ps. this green is what I prefer using for 3D renderings!

[Nine8Six]

Some (real) photos of the Luminoso Series projector, angel eyes reflections. In Gunmetal gray

[Nine8Six]

And those are the Vivo Series. Compact, can be adapted to any cars













Enjoy!

[Coaster]

Those are some sweet lights! Choices, choices.

[particlewave]

These are my babies

I have something different in mind for this set...stay tuned

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by particlewave

These are my babies

I have something different in mind for this set...stay tuned

Those are also the style I would like to install. Can't wait to see someone get the first set installed.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by BFeller

Those are also the style I would like to install. Can't wait to see someone get the first set installed.

I hope to have them installed in 2-3 weeks and will post results

I also plan to finally do a full write up with pictures and videos of the retrofit process for the die-hard DIYers like myself

It's not rocket science, but there are many opportunities to damage things.

[Pdwight]

I would like to see a complete start to finish on this project. I plan on doing this when funds become available for my kit