Anyone have hyper white or Hid kit for their boxster? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

bigborian · 08-26-2009, 04:57 AM

also was the installation difficult? Did you have to drill anything or cut and splice any wires? Are there any negative effects from doing this that you noticed? I just found out that the 35w runs cooler than the stock lamps so it lasts longer is this true?

I'm awaiting pics too hehe i'd like to see what it looks like on a boxster.

al83s · 08-26-2009, 07:58 AM

Somebody correct me if Im wrong.
35 watt is street legal, 55 isnt.
4300, 5000, 6000 etc. all refer to the Kelvin Temperature, thus affect the color of the light from yellow-white-blue-purple etc.
As temp increases, light intensity drops thus I wouldn't go higher than 6000K (personal choise, since I do alot of night/bad weather driving and visibility is more important for me than looks).
Just search "HID" on this forum and you will come across several HID retrofit examples.
Some kits will require drilling a hole on the headlight back cover (dont worry, kit comes with a gromet and long enough wires), but I managed to squize mine in without any modifications. It is not much harder that replacing burned out bulb, plug n play.
Hope it helps.

bigborian · 08-26-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by al83s

Somebody correct me if Im wrong.
35 watt is street legal, 55 isnt.
4300, 5000, 6000 etc. all refer to the Kelvin Temperature, thus affect the color of the light from yellow-white-blue-purple etc.
As temp increases, light intensity drops thus I wouldn't go higher than 6000K (personal choise, since I do alot of night/bad weather driving and visibility is more important for me than looks).
Just search "HID" on this forum and you will come across several HID retrofit examples.
Some kits will require drilling a hole on the headlight back cover (dont worry, kit comes with a gromet and long enough wires), but I managed to squize mine in without any modifications. It is not much harder that replacing burned out bulb, plug n play.
Hope it helps.

I think i'm just going to go with the ones that you got. $70 is not a bad deal and i like the color that it makes from the website, when you post pics i can see what it looks like on the boxster. You metioned you squeezed yours in, what do u mean by that? You squeezed the wires through somewhere? thanks for the info

Also if i just want to change the low beam bulbs how many sets would i need? Just the 1 set right?

TimAustinW · 08-27-2009, 01:59 PM

What bulb type did you go with?

bigborian · 08-28-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TimAustinW

What bulb type did you go with?

I got the h7 bulbs and the 6000k 35w hid kit

al83s · 08-28-2009, 08:58 PM

I managed to squize ballast and igniter within the headlight housing (under back cover).
Here are the pictures to compare stock halogen to 6000k Hid.
Although light patterns look different - its normal due to safety reasons and not due to messed up headlights. I did before and after and patterns are the same, just brighter.
Also, camera was in the automatic mode, so the color is not exactly spot on, but you can clearly see the difference it made. yep, its h7 and you only need one set for low-beam installation. High beams will stay functional. btw, low beam is the top bulb.

bigborian · 08-29-2009, 06:52 PM

NICE thanks man! I got em yesterday and i put em in today. I will post some pics in a little bit they look rad. We did a pamper day for the boxster we changed fuel filter, spark plugs and did the HIDs after. You were right it was a very simple install and the lights look great. The only difficult part was trying to find a socket that fit the little hole to pop the headlight off. We used a deep socket 4mm and it worked perfect. We just shoved all the extra parts in the headlight assembly and then closed the backside of it.

I'll post pics in a few but yea i might even write up a diy for it. For this particular one i guess