986 and 996 Led Drl Gen 2 Headlights

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Starter986

That looks soooooo good. Nice and clean. Do you find they fit well? No gaps here and there? Are you running the 718 lights on the back?

And your wheels... the stock color. I'm missing mine now. I have two sets: gloss black and a semi-metallic grey/silver. I think I'm going to change a set back to the stock color.

PW likely is correct in that a year the lights will peter out, as he is quite knowledgeable about our headlights and tail lights. I'm looking forward to your critique in 12 months... how they've held up.

Now you just need a set of clear side markers.

Cheers!

I don't know how old they are because they came with the car, but feel free to remind me in a year and I'll report back.

The fit is very nice. My only complaint is that they don't lock in place and you can wiggle them out. Unlike of the originals, where you have to use the tool to rotate the cam. It seems to me that the tabs where the cam locks into don't have lobes to lock the cam in place. If I get a change I'll post pics. I found a workaround to keep the cam from rotating and so far it's holding up well.

[dozzy]

Originally Posted by piper6909

I don't know how old they are because they came with the car, but feel free to remind me in a year and I'll report back.

The fit is very nice. My only complaint is that they don't lock in place and you can wiggle them out. Unlike of the originals, where you have to use the tool to rotate the cam. It seems to me that the tabs where the cam locks into don't have lobes to lock the cam in place. If I get a change I'll post pics. I found a workaround to keep the cam from rotating and so far it's holding up well.

How are they holding up? I just put the 718 tails on mine and upgrading the headlights is next on my list, I think the black set w/o chrome would look great.


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[Scotydog]

I would agree with all of the negative comments in regard to aftermarket LED replacement headlights. I purchased a set of the black ones from a large eBay seller and they lasted about 20 hours before 2 of the 4 small led lights that surround the main headlight bulb started blinking non stop. The eBayer will not replace the headlight as it is past the 90 day warranty. So I'm out over $1000 for about 20 hours of headlight life. They did look great IMHO but they are typical junk with really poor manufacturer support and apparently no quality control.

[JBauer]

That's a good reason to make your own. The complete LED headlight kit was approximately $300 and after almost a year of use one of my panamera bulbs goes off and on by itself. If you tap the headlight it comes back on but I need to replace it. A complete DLR kit is between 40 and 60 dollars. They dont photograph well because the LEDs are bright and mess with the camera but its an easy fix.

[Radman]

Originally Posted by Scotydog

I would agree with all of the negative comments in regard to aftermarket LED replacement headlights. I purchased a set of the black ones from a large eBay seller and they lasted about 20 hours before 2 of the 4 small led lights that surround the main headlight bulb started blinking non stop. The eBayer will not replace the headlight as it is past the 90 day warranty. So I'm out over $1000 for about 20 hours of headlight life. They did look great IMHO but they are typical junk with really poor manufacturer support and apparently no quality control.

That really sucks. Have you looked to see how hard it would be to replace the projectors in those units? You might be able to go JBauer's route with the newer enclosures.

[JBauer]

If they can be taken apart like factory headlights I'd be looking into a fix.

[Radman]

Originally Posted by JBauer

If they can be taken apart like factory headlights I'd be looking into a fix.

That's my long term plan. I like the overall look of the aftermarket lights way better than stock. If I have to cut the enclosure open and then plastic weld it back together one day to fix/replace with quality projector units I'm fine with that lol!

[JBauer]

Went in and changed my bad bulb. Would of took about hour and a half but decided to add some chrome to my blacked out inner headlight. I think it kinda dresses it up.