Driving/side-light bulbs replacement

[BoxsterDuke]

Originally Posted by Jaak

Unit is easy to "pop" out.

5mm Allen key required........Insert 5 mm Allen key into the opening and rotate the key 180 degress to the front of the car. Key starts with the handle facing the rear of the car. The headlight pod will move forward. Rotate the key 90 degrees to the rear.......You only have to move the allen key 90 degrees to the rear when installing the "pod". make sure it is locked in.

I followed your instructions Jaak, but mine seems to be a 5mm "box spanner", not a 5mm allen key, got the whole front light assembly out only to find the shop had sold me a push fit bulb and not the bayonet fitting bulb I need. So put it all back together. Got the correct bulb tonight, went to unlock the assembly with the 5mm box spanner......and the whole box spanner shattered in my hands like it was made of glass, nearly slashed my wrists!!!!

Looks like I need to buy a new tool from somewhere now!

[BoxsterDuke]

Ok, so having gone back to the Motorist shop and changed the push-in bulb for the bayonet bulb, then having the 5mm box spanner shatter in my hands last night, I turn to a 5mm "Nut-Spinner", which drops the headlight assembly out with no bother. Then I discover that the Porsche bayonet is slightly off-set, and the replacement bulb has a parallel bayonet, so it won't fit either..... I only want to change a side-light bulb!!!!

Replacement 5mm box spanner from www.porscheshop.co.uk will cost me £15.22 delivered to my house, now need to search for the damn bulbs again!

Welcome to Porsche ownership...

[Jaak]

Originally Posted by BoxsterDuke

Ok, so having gone back to the Motorist shop and changed the push-in bulb for the bayonet bulb, then having the 5mm box spanner shatter in my hands last night, I turn to a 5mm "Nut-Spinner", which drops the headlight assembly out with no bother. Then I discover that the Porsche bayonet is slightly off-set, and the replacement bulb has a parallel bayonet, so it won't fit either..... I only want to change a side-light bulb!!!!

Replacement 5mm box spanner from www.porscheshop.co.uk will cost me £15.22 delivered to my house, now need to search for the damn bulbs again!

Welcome to Porsche ownership...

Hummm ... I use a 5 mm allen key (wrench to some) with no problems. My shop does the same.

In the UK ... try Powerbulbs.com to see what fits.

[BoxsterDuke]

Thanks Jaak.....I went back to the Motorist shop, for the third time......with the bulb this time......offset bayonet fitting tungsten bulb. The 5mm nut-spinner dropped the light out easy in seconds and I'm a damn expert at it now, so replacing the bulb and refitting the light assembly took about 45 seconds!

Incidentally, having asked the sellers, half the ones advertised on e-bay have the same parallel bayonet so wouldn't have fitted my Boxster. Sounds like Jaak's 3.2S fixings and my 2.7 are different? Purchase bulbs with care Guys.

Has anyone tried the H6W Blue Vision Sidelights, rated at 3400K and giving that sought after blue tint? www.design911.co.uk sells these.

Hope this thread helps someone else in the future.

[Jaak]

Originally Posted by BoxsterDuke

Thanks Jaak.....I went back to the Motorist shop, for the third time......with the bulb this time......offset bayonet fitting tungsten bulb. The 5mm nut-spinner dropped the light out easy in seconds and I'm a damn expert at it now, so replacing the bulb and refitting the light assembly took about 45 seconds!

Incidentally, having asked the sellers, half the ones advertised on e-bay have the same parallel bayonet so wouldn't have fitted my Boxster. Sounds like Jaak's 3.2S fixings and my 2.7 are different? Purchase bulbs with care Guys.

Has anyone tried the H6W Blue Vision Sidelights, rated at 3400K and giving that sought after blue tint? www.design911.co.uk sells these.

Hope this thread helps someone else in the future.

Great that all went well ... EXPERT!

I'm over the pond and have North American lighting setup ... may be different in UK.

Powerbulbs should of given you the correct one for your UK model ...

[BoxsterDuke]

Just incase anyone else has the same experience of breaking the headlight removal tool. Mine arrived the other day, costing me £15.22 delivered to my house, from;

www.porscheshop.co.uk

It is the genuine Porsche version, identical to the one that broke in all respects. However, you can do exactly the same job with a 5mm nutspinner from any tool store, which would be cheaper. Hindsight is always an exact science!

[Jaak]

Originally Posted by BoxsterDuke

Just incase anyone else has the same experience of breaking the headlight removal tool. Mine arrived the other day, costing me £15.22 delivered to my house, from;

www.porscheshop.co.uk

It is the genuine Porsche version, identical to the one that broke in all respects. However, you can do exactly the same job with a 5mm nutspinner from any tool store, which would be cheaper. Hindsight is always an exact science!

Great!

On this side of the pond we call them Allen Wrenches (keys) ...