Porsche Headlight Retrofit [from CAD, prototyping to finish)

[Barteur]

Really like mine also. Fountain de jouvence for our cars!

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Oh cool Bruce!!! Looking good.

and what's that blue reflect on the above pic? A Charles' special devil eye effect, LED, how did you guys managed that?

That's just the lights on, I was surprised it looked blue as well. Bonus I need to adjust the height of the beams, they are a bit low. High beams sure light the place up!

[rfuerst911sc]

Another mini update on the replacement seals . Just received an email from the supplier the tooling will be 5k but he feels like the numbers of 986/996 out there that may need these seals is great enough to move forward with the project. He has ordered the material to make the dies he estimates we are 8 weeks away from having a first piece article !!! He is going to make one side first I can't remember if I sent him a driver or passenger side ? If the fit is good he'll then do the opposite side. I may have to send him my old seals to get the other side but that's not a problem. Who knows with a little luck maybe these will be available by year end or a little sooner !

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Van914

Fred & Charles,
This has to be one of the best Mods for our cars. I want to thank you for taking the time and effort.
I love mine.
The New styling is fantastic!

I'm glad that you're enjoying them!
Fred deserves an award for his efforts

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Another mini update on the replacement seals . Just received an email from the supplier the tooling will be 5k but he feels like the numbers of 986/996 out there that may need these seals is great enough to move forward with the project. He has ordered the material to make the dies he estimates we are 8 weeks away from having a first piece article !!! He is going to make one side first I can't remember if I sent him a driver or passenger side ? If the fit is good he'll then do the opposite side. I may have to send him my old seals to get the other side but that's not a problem. Who knows with a little luck maybe these will be available by year end or a little sooner !

That's good news! I have 2 sets of my own with gummy seals.

Originally Posted by BruceH

That's just the lights on, I was surprised it looked blue as well. Bonus I need to adjust the height of the beams, they are a bit low. High beams sure light the place up!

You have the adjustment instructions, right? I try to get them close, but there are always differences in cars due to ride height, etc.
If you need any help, let me know. Just be sure to keep an eye on the projectors when adjusting

[Pdwight]

or re-seal, after you take the lens off what do you use to reseal the lens back onto the headlight assembly?

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

or re-seal, after you take the lens off what do you use to reseal the lens back onto the headlight assembly?

Pd, anything sticky really. Autostore's RTV, liquid silicon. Cheap TAR could also work but messy dunno. The headlight housing has this nice 10mm deep groove where you can pour the stuff in. You just fill up at 50%, the lip of the lens accounts for the other 50%, when pressed together it all becomes a nicely flush seal.

You can't screw up and even if you'd try you'd fail

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Barteur

Really like mine also. Fountain de jouvence for our cars!

"Fountain de jouvence". Is below what you had in mind? lol



hope you are done with the other mods (IMS) you've been doing to your box. Summer rocks at that time of the year back home (I'd pay a lot for open roof rides in the mountain roads right now)

[Pdwight]

I love those headlights...the best !!!!

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

I love those headlights...the best !!!!

yea... they are alright. That mini h1 optic throws out a pretty sharp beam and that 35watts xenon is just perfect for this Porsche style headlight/lens angle design. Works, and it won't cook up your lens!

Surely they could be better. Recently tried a (true) 55watts hid kit on those. Brutal daylight blinding stuff but the heat is phenomenally high. Not only you can't touch the projector itself, it is difficult to hold your hand 1 inch away without getting burn after 2-3 secs. That poor porsche hood-style lens wouldn't last a month without a little brown burn

Unless there is a way to shield that 55w heat in a way, using mini exhaust PC fans? lol, 35 watts hid in these is pretty much what it is.... for us anyway

They are 'okay', and they look guud (i also think!)

[Pdwight]

I spent most of my life in the Professional Photo Finishing industry, we had a mirror on our lamp houses called a "Cold Mirror" , it was a piece of glass with a Dichroic coating, it looked slightly silver to the naked eye but was 90% transparent to infrared light, this passed the heat from the 4 500 watt bulbs out of the back of the lamphouse and not into the optics that projected the image onto the photographic paper. Most halogen bulbs that have a built in reflector have this coating, if you look at one with a night vision viewer the silver reflector will appear to be transparent. Im not sure if any of this technology could be used for HID lamp houses....but I was thinking about it while I read your post about the 55W envelopes and ballasts.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by particlewave

You have the adjustment instructions, right? I try to get them close, but there are always differences in cars due to ride height, etc.
If you need any help, let me know. Just be sure to keep an eye on the projectors when adjusting

I still use the standard adjustments, correct?

[particlewave]

email sent, Bruce

[particlewave]

I just got my hands on my first sets of the Luminoso and Vivo bezels... I'm speechless. Fred's work is always great, but these are just works of art that I don't even want to put in a car
They belong in a modern industrial art exhibit!

[BruceH]

Always something new around the corner, they look fantastic! I guess mine are now classics

[particlewave]

I can sympathize, Bruce.
I've now had all 3 iterations. The good news is that if you get brave enough to open your headlights someday, 95% of the work is done.
You could just swap in the new units and sell the old ones as they are still in high demand. The sale of the old units can darn near pay for the new ones.

I realize that most people don't want to risk damaging their headlights (which is why I'm so busy ), but at least it's an option.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by particlewave

I can sympathize, Bruce.
I've now had all 3 iterations. The good news is that if you get brave enough to open your headlights someday, 95% of the work is done.
You could just swap in the new units and sell the old ones as they are still in high demand. The sale of the old units can darn near pay for the new ones.

I realize that most people don't want to risk damaging their headlights (which is why I'm so busy ), but at least it's an option.

Oh, I'm good with what I have. They all look great. I'm glad the choices weren't there when I ordered. It was tough enough picking the right bezel color, LED's yes or no and the LED color and then of course the Light color temp. I got my beams raised to a perfect height. It took several turns but I still have plenty of clearance. Thanks for the detailed instructions

[rfuerst911sc]

Another email update from the gasket manufacturer, in about 10 days they start cutting the tooling and 1st articles will be aprox. 10 days after that. He believes he will have prototype parts in hand by the end of July. He also stated he is still considering three material compounds for the final product. All three compounds can be run through the same tooling dies. Yesterday I sent him my personal set of gaskets so he would have a left/right just to be safe. We are getting closer to this being reallity !

[particlewave]

A small preview of what my headlights are going to look like...it's a work in progress.
No, I won't make these like this for anyone else. Not right now, anyway.

I'm not 100% sure where this is going yet.

[Pdwight]

Will there not be a lens ?