$120 HID light upgrade for you Halogen guys

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

Its funny you say Xenon cause wednesday i had this conversation with someone about my Litronics headlights and he asked me if i had Xenon or HID, and i said hmmm isnt it the same thing and he said Xenon are just bulbs that dont require a balast cause they arent High Intensity... and HID are High Intensity and are better than Xenon.


Is this true, is Xenon a halfway point between a Halogen and a HID Litronic?

Xenon is the gas within the headlight that's charged with electricity to produce light. These require the ballast and are the bulbs used in "litronics" and "HID" systems.

Direct fit Halogen replacement blue bulbs that are sometimes called Xenon (on ebay and such) aren't really Xenon at all.

[brp987]

Hey incase any of you are interested in replacing your halogen bulbs with a good HID bulb kit, Goto the link i post and select the bulb color you like and the bulb size your boxster uses ignore the other options cause you dont need them.

If you have oem litronics but don't like the color, or if your litronic bulb burns out, can you use the bulbs in this kit rather than buy the oem bulbs which I understand are $250/ea?

What do you mean by size? Does "H7" relate to size?

[CJ_Boxster]

Originally Posted by brp987

If you have oem litronics but don't like the color, or if your litronic bulb burns out, can you use the bulbs in this kit rather than buy the oem bulbs which I understand are $250/ea?

What do you mean by size? Does "H7" relate to size?

H7 is the size of the bulb for a non-litronic headlight assembly, if you want to replace your factory litronic bulb, you need to ask the vendor for a replacement DS2 bulb which is what litronics are which is No you cant use the ones in the kit, but the vendor does carry the DS2 bulbs for our litronics... you'll have to email them and ask for pricing.


EDIT: i think its called a D2c bulb for litronic replacement bulbs... A way to check is to remove the bulb from the housing and itll say what type on bulbs housing.

[TimAustinW]

So the size is H7 for the Boxster 986? Do I need to get the wire harness? They are offering a free Luminics halogen bulb set? What are those all about and if free why not take them?

[CJ_Boxster]

I forget what size the OEM 986 bulb size is. No you dont need the wire harness but if you want some redundancy added to your wiring, the extra harness has fuses incase the balast shorts out, the new harness will blow its fuse to protect your factory wiring.