Remove amber film on headlights

[PCC010]

Standard stock Halogen H7

On the black matte units the fog lights are not chromed i.e. its not reflective

I did wonder about that as I know how hot these lights can get.

Pretty sure Jeremy is looking at some LED alternative H7 globes.

Not sure how hot the HID's get.

[MaxQ]

I replaced the. Fog/driving lights with the led lights in the stock headlights and they do not get very hot at all, however they are not very bright and will not be good replacements for the driving lights. They do make decent drls for the stock headlights though.

[Crono0001]

Once my lights come in, I'll be running HID H1 lowbeams and HID H7 fogs. I'll tell you if they crack or not. HIDs burn at a significantly lower temperature than the halogens, so I don't believe it'll be a problem.

[Marchie]

Hi PCC010,
I was wondering if you could help with a picture of position of the led flasher relay fix, and which Narva relay you used as they have a couple of different versions.
Thanks for all your photos thus far, as they have convinced me to buy those headlights today. Thanks for everyone making this a very interesting and enlightening topic, lol.

[MaxQ]

So I ordered a set of the black LED lights and they arrived today. The lights look really very nice, just like the photos in this thread have shown. The install is also really very simple. Took me about 30 minutes to unpack, install the bulbs, pull the old lights, pack away the old lights in the box and install the new lights.

Just a couple observations: While these lights look very nice, the quality is quite not on par with OEM. The housing is very flexible and the top of the inner light housing must have rubbed on the lens during shipping leaving a small scratch on the upper part of each lens. Not really a big deal. also If you look closely you can see the internal wiring through the gaps in the housing.

That being said, once they are in, they do look excellent, and I am over all very pleased. I pulled my LED H7 from my old stock headlights and installed them in the new ones since the LED lights are not True DRL and only come on with the lights. I had done the LED DRL Hack and since it is already set up, will keep it since It looks great both with the lights off and on and since the standard H7 cant be used.

Sorry for the bad picture but the my garage is tight with two cars and a small dinghy in it, but you get the Idea.

BTW, Jeff at xtreme was exceptionally helpful and shipping was very fast.

[PCC010]

Looks slick MaxQ.

I hear what you say about quality, but if Porsche had ever made these lights expect a $4,000 price tag on them.

Imagine all the critics when the 996 came out if the cars had these lights fitted!!!

Did Jeremy say anything about the fog lghts melting the black coating?

Remember, dont use the fogs until we have a fix to the heat the halogens generate.

Marchie,

The Narva relay you need is 68245BL model, red in colour, LED Flasher relay.

The relay it replaces is the one with 191 stamped on the top, located on the top bank of relays on my Porsche 911 - definite easy fix to quick flashers

[MaxQ]

Originally Posted by PCC010

Did Jeremy say anything about the fog lights melting the black coating?

Remember, dont use the fogs until we have a fix to the heat the halogens generate.

Yes, he did advise not to use the H7 bulbs, they melt the housing. The LED H7 Work fine and look good. Not great replacements for lighting up the road though.

All in all, really not bad at all for the cost.

[Marchie]

Hey PCC010,
Thanks for the info , i appreciate it.
Jeff just mentions to use the existing fog lights or similar in his advice regarding the problem. To be honest I never have used them. Actually never knew I had them till this forum came up, lol.
All the best and keep up the good work.

Marchie

[tony_fury]

Originally Posted by MaxQ

Just a couple observations: While these lights look very nice, the quality is quite not on par with OEM. The housing is very flexible and the top of the inner light housing must have rubbed on the lens during shipping leaving a small scratch on the upper part of each lens. Not really a big deal. also If you look closely you can see the internal wiring through the gaps in the housing.

MaxQ:
My lights encountered the same thing being rubbed, what I found was when I turned to lock the light in, it pushes up the projector light into the upper part of the lens.
When I locked the light in, the force required over the OEM was much harder to lock in.
While these light are a cheaper version of the OEM they do add a modern look to the car at a economical price.
I have the DEPO rear lights that have bulb's for turn signals and reverse lights with LED's for running and brake lights. With bulbs being in the rear for turn signals it didn't require a LED flasher.

I have the 3rd LED brake light due to arrive this week with a load resistor.

[Crono0001]

My turn:

Comparison between the old and the new


All lights off


All ready to go. HID Projector Headlamps H1 6000k


Foglamps. Cooler 6000k H7 HIDs


Pretty thing

Porsche HID LED Projector Headlamps - YouTube
That link includes the awesome turn signals and everything in action.

Fit is perfect. My high beams didn't come with a housing, so we need to sort that out. But as far as I can tell, these things look beautiful