New Litronic.....Still Yellow??

[Couper1]

So I take the plunge and install 2 nice new litronic headlights complete with wiring harness and module to adjust the low beam/high beam combination. Bought them from SunCoast Porsche for $1400.

The installation went well, but after all that I find out that the hight beam is not litronic?? It's a standard yellow light? Is that right or did I not install something right??

[Boxtaboy]

That's right- the high beam is not xenon, just the low beam. The 986 litronics are not bi-xenons.

[blinkwatt]

Wait when did you buy them for $1.4k?

[zackwatt]

HID headlamps burn more yellow when new. They should blue up after a little usage.

[Cloudsurfer]

986/996 Litronics are not bi-xenon, so yes you have a standard halogen high beam. Enjoy the xenon lows.

Patrick

[David N.]

Hmm, my high beams and low beams are the same bulb. It just raises up for high beam. I thought that's how all of the xenons worked.

-David

[Couper1]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Wait when did you buy them for $1.4k?

I bought them about 2 months ago from SunCoast.

[carguy]

I'm looking for headlights for my car, so just a "bump" for this thread. Can anyone answer the question of the different bulbs - to enable the high beam, is it just the one bulb that moves, or is it a separate bulb? Or are there two types of 986 litronics?

in advance..

[SRQ Boxster]

Originally Posted by David N.

Hmm, my high beams and low beams are the same bulb. It just raises up for high beam. I thought that's how all of the xenons worked.

-David

The Litronics use two different bulbs, a low and a high beam. When you operate the high beams, there is a mechanical deflector for the low beam that raises up a few degrees to help fill the space or gap on the road in front of you created by the high beam being aimed farther down the road. This gives the illusion that both bulbs are the same.

[edevlin]

I also took the plunge and got litronics from Suncoast and did the install myself. The installation went pretty well, but I could not get the beams adjusted properly when done.

I finally took the car into my local independent Porsche mechanic, and it appears I had not locked the headlights in properly, even though I had read posts warning to lock them in properly, least they fall out with breaking.

In an attempt to adjust the beams when the lights were not locked in properly, I went past the range of adjustment and the initernal sliders came off their internal track. My independent put things right (1.5 hours later) and now they work like champs. Thanks to all that gave pointers on doing the install,

Cheers,

Ed