Headlights STOLEN - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

meerzee · 11-01-2007, 06:51 AM

What in the @#$@#$ is the world coming too? Seems like it would take more time to get them out then they would be of value to steal and try to resell. How did they get your hood open, was the car unlocked too? Unless the scratches were from prying the hood open. Man, don't know how you guys park everything on the street like that all of the time... Well, at least you can upgrade your lights now.

all the best.

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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

Rant time for me, So i wake up this morning, feeling tired. Walk to my car at 545am that i had to park 1 block away from my apt cause the street was full of parked cars on my block. Drive to work and dont notice anything out of the ordinary UNTIL i pull into the underground parking garage at work and notice that i do not see my headlights against the walls or floor. I think to myself "GREAT! damn headlight switch is fried" so i park in a space and start to turn the headlight switch on and off rapidly to see if i can get the lamps on at all, and it didnt work....

So i get out and im already thinking about what terms i should use in my search for headlight switch replacement on 986forum.com but then i notice something... my sidemarker is missing and the wire and bulb are dangling

then i walk to the front of the car and notice both of my headlights are stolen !and! the edge of the hood, front bumper and fender are scratched!

That is the moment i realized my headlight were stolen today... WTF!!!!! why would someone one yellow egg yolk headlights!

venting... venting... venting...

I called my insurance claims department to notify them, I have full coverage Progressive Insurance with $250 deductible, does anyone know what i am to expect from the Porgressive as far as repair and or compensation?

bigb · 11-01-2007, 06:59 AM

Damn - sorry to hear that CJ. Make sure your insurance also pays for getting those scratches removed, not just for replacing the lights. In fact, if you want to save some $$, have them pay for the parts + install, then do it yourself. That should ease your "deductible" pain.

blinkwatt · 11-01-2007, 07:03 AM

Dude CJ if you want some amber halogens for a good price let me know.

Don't pay $2.5k for Litronics! I paid $350/shipped for my driver side Litronic the other day. All the Porsche dismantlers said they would let me have a passenger side for $500 when they get a set in. Just wait it out if you can and you'll save yourself a ton of money.

blinkwatt · 11-01-2007, 07:04 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSCHE-996-911-99-01-LITRONICS-XENON-HEADLIGHT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ019 QQitemZ290171532033QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

If you build a set of clear halogens

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-996-C2-driver-sd-headlight-used-off-2000-Cabri_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ003QQit emZ130169277001QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

ozspearo · 11-01-2007, 09:16 PM

[If you build a set of clear halogens

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-996-C2-driver-sd-headlight-used-off-2000-Cabri_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ003QQit emZ130169277001QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW[/QUOTE]

You've got to wonder about someone from Miami who is as illiterate as this person, and can't spell defect or scratch, selling Porsche parts! It might be a good buy, but it may have come from the same supplier who now has CJ's old headlights.

CJ_Boxster · 11-06-2007, 06:43 AM

I'd like to thank everyone who gave me advice and helped me locate headlights and offered to let me barrow there spares until I had bought my own! I want you to know that I really appreiciate it. Your all a great bunch of guys

.

Now, I'd like to show you why I drove all the way to Palm Springs during 6pm freeway traffic yesterday from Torrance with $1300 in hand. I bought myself a set of Litronics with the Self-leveling control box and wireharness!!!!

11-06-2007, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

I'd like to thank everyone who gave me advice and helped me locate headlights and offered to let me barrow there spares until I had bought my own! I want you to know that I really appreiciate it. Your all a great bunch of guys

.

Now, I'd like to show you why I drove all the way to Palm Springs during 6pm freeway traffic yesterday from Torrance with $1300 in hand. I bought myself a set of Litronics with the Self-leveling control box and wireharness!!!!

Very nice, i cant wait to do the same, post pix when your done installing

Your car will look 100x nicer

djomlas · 11-06-2007, 07:02 AM

sweet man,the photoshop i did for you is coming alive

CJ_Boxster · 11-06-2007, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by blkboxster

Very nice, i cant wait to do the same, post pix when your done installing

Your car will look 100x nicer

I sure will! I should have the Box back from the bodyshop the weekend from there projections, Im also working on getting a 2003+ boxster bumper, just need to wait and see if my present bumper is "Repairable" cause progressive wants to check before buying a new one.

bigb · 11-06-2007, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

I'd like to thank everyone who gave me advice and helped me locate headlights and offered to let me barrow there spares until I had bought my own! I want you to know that I really appreiciate it. Your all a great bunch of guys

.

Now, I'd like to show you why I drove all the way to Palm Springs during 6pm freeway traffic yesterday from Torrance with $1300 in hand. I bought myself a set of Litronics with the Self-leveling control box and wireharness!!!!

Awesome CJ - can't wait to see them on. It would also be great if you could document the install process - I am specifically interested in the install of the auto-leveling part (the lights by themselves are easy, afaik). Don't forget to post pics once you are done

CJ_Boxster · 11-06-2007, 07:14 AM

Sure, Ill document the install process for the Self Leveling Unit. What Ill do is install without first and drive it to see what the litronics do without and then install it and document what i see the litronics do afterwards. That way we atleast know what the hell that thing does exactly.

Tool Pants · 11-07-2007, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by bigb

Awesome CJ - can't wait to see them on. It would also be great if you could document the install process - I am specifically interested in the install of the auto-leveling part (the lights by themselves are easy, afaik). Don't forget to post pics once you are done

The local owners have installed litronics with the control unit on 2 cars. One of the installs was filmed for the DVD set. The control unit only needs 3 wires to be hooked up in the front trunk.

The thing to watch out for is the year of the car when hooking up the control unit, because there are old instructions floating around. Porsche changed the front trunk wiring in 2002.

CJ_Boxster · 11-08-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bigb

Awesome CJ - can't wait to see them on. It would also be great if you could document the install process - I am specifically interested in the install of the auto-leveling part (the lights by themselves are easy, afaik). Don't forget to post pics once you are done

Oops, turns out the control box isnt for leveling, the Litronics have that built in, the control box is for use of High beams only, nothing else.

CJ_Boxster · 11-01-2007, 07:17 AM

bmussatti: thanks for the links, i wont know what i can afford till i talk to the claims adjuster and find out what they think i should get for the lights.

meerzee: yeah street parking sucks because anyone can just bump your car or steal something and they probably wont get caught. I think they pryed the headlights out, the plastic on passenger headlight track is got a broken peice of plastic in it. Hood was never opened

bigb: yeah, im expectin them to repaint those area that were damaged cause theres no way they were there before cause i mean... the paint it relatively NEW!

blinkwatt: Yeah, im looking around ebay for lits incase i can afford them with the insurance, The dealer next to me "Pacific Porsche" says a set of new Ambers are 1745, so i hope to get something close to that from Progressive. Oh yeah i seen those headlamps on ebay minutes before you posted them lol thanks!

yurkope · 11-01-2007, 07:31 AM

CJ,
Make sure that Progressive sends your car to a good shop for the paint work to get the scratch fixed. I had Progressive insurance until I got hail damage last year. They had a list of approved shops I could send the car to, most of them I had never heard of. They would not let me go to a shop of my choice, no option of paying the difference for choosing my own shop. The shop I picked is owned by a Porsche driver and PCA member so I thought I would be in good shape. These guys were horrible, missed hail damage and had other things go wrong that I won't go into.

The remedy Progressive had was to send the car back to the same shop to fix, after 3 trips back and forth to fix the fixes I had enough, took the car to a stealership bodyshop and paid out of pocket, dropped Progressive and got premium insurance through Fireman's.

Laws in Cally might be different for insurance, just another thing to think of.

ichiro75 · 11-01-2007, 07:43 AM

CJ, sorry to hear what happened to your car. I also park my car on the streets and have been thinking about installing 2 way viper alarm in case something like this happens to me. If you want to buy a set of used headlights(Amber). I am selling mine.

Dr. Kill · 11-01-2007, 07:48 AM

Sorry to hear about your loss. That is a financial and logistical burden. I would suggest you follow the advice previously posted and take advantage of the situation to upgrade - that way something positive can come of it.

Chills · 11-01-2007, 07:58 AM

Damn CJ I'm sorry to hear about that. Your poor Boxster.

I hope the ins. co. doesn't hassle you at all.

Perfectlap · 11-01-2007, 08:14 AM

I would be verrrrry leary about replacing those headlights with Litronics or anything that is going to cost you more $$$.
1- the dude that stole your lights didn't just stumble upon your car. He noticed your car parked outside and made an appointment to visit your car at 4am when everyone was sleeping. I'm betting he used a van to block the view of passing cars.
2-this person is probably roaming the area and he will be back to pump that well again. Or he will tell one of his Porsche-familiar parts theives about his score.

You need to move out to a different area or find garaged parking.

This is why I never leave my car with the top down when I'm running errands.
These guys know how to get in and out quick. I'd say you are lucky they weren't Litronics that required disconnecting wires, these idiots have known to do big $$$ damage to the electrics.

AUDIOGUY · 11-06-2007, 02:31 PM

Here is the deal with Progressive. I worked for them for 7 years as a claims manager and trainer. They will try to force you to bring the car to one of their shops. You can choose this or a shop of your choice. I would definately take it to the highest quality shop you can. You dont have to take it to their shop. The shop you choose will negotiate the price with the Progressive claims rep. Progressive will most likely choose used or aftermarket headlamps. You dont have much choice there unless they are unable to find "like kind and quality" meaning as good as new or the ones you had on the car at the time of the loss. Any great bodyshop will be able to negotiate a settlement with the claims department. You should only have to pay your comprehensive deductible.

Best of luck and remember that it is your car and your choice.