Litronics Headlights on CL for $700

[jpc763]

Are these "plug and play"? I have standard headlights on my 2001 S and would love to upgrade. What else would I need to buy in order to make these work?

Thanks in advance.

John

[Perfectlap]

Lower price reflects that they are aftermarket. Sounds like a question for our resident litronics development team (if Hella and Porsche units are one and the same).

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by jpc763

Are these "plug and play"? I have standard headlights on my 2001 S and would love to upgrade. What else would I need to buy in order to make these work?

Thanks in advance.

John

No. They require level sensors and controllers. You can run without them, but who knows what position they were left in (one may be pointing at the ground, etc).

[jpc763]

Originally Posted by particlewave

No. They require level sensors and controllers. You can run without them, but who knows what position they were left in (one may be pointing at the ground, etc).

So the retro designed by Nine8Six is still the only "plug and play" upgrade for my standard lights?

John

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by jpc763

So the retro designed by Nine8Six is still the only "plug and play" upgrade for my standard lights?

John

All factory and aftermarket Litronics are "plug and Play". Particlewave was referring to factory-installed self-leveling Litronics. The wiring in those can't really be re-created as a DIY upgrade.
You lose the self-leveling function if you just slide in the Litronics to upgrade the halongen units.


But I'm pretty sure that these aftermarket lights ChuckW has posted don't have self-leveling and instead use the special tool to manually lower or raise the projector height into a fixed position.
I'm not sure how you would correct the position of the projector in a used factory self-leveling unit if went into a new car. I'm going to guess that you can still use the special tool on those since the housing is probably the same?

[kjc2050]

Originally Posted by jpc763

So the retro designed by Nine8Six is still the only "plug and play" upgrade for my standard lights?

John

Many owners of cars with standard halogen lights have retrofitted litronics w/o the level sensors and controllers. I know I have, and I've had no issues.