Slightly_Focused

I have an RS scheduled to start production on 7/29 and delivery of 10/14. its still showing both PDLS+ and Bose in TYD but I have not bothered to check with my SA yet to confirm.

jamesrg

MY23 prod start date is 8/26, delivery 10/7, those dates will slip I’m sure.

we will see if it gets built with PDLS+, I remain cautiously optimistic.

TXRubicon

Same dates and mine was yanked. Since yours is headed to the same dealer we might take delivery on the same day!

jamesrg

that would be cool, I’m trying to not get my hopes up, I got a feeling mine just hasn’t been updated, we will see.

Axis

Maybe by the time my car shows up someone will figure out how to get the pdls+ headlights to work without an error without needing to put in a new windshield with the camera.

Ken in San Diego

I just spoke to my SA. Like all of you, I can't get the LED (PDLS+), so my SA recommended that I surely order the Bi-Xenon PDLS (Bi-Xenon™ Headlights in Black) to start with since it has the mostly same functions as the LED PDLS+. The SA is looking into the situation more with the parts department, etc..., but the initial feedback is that we just might be able to swap out to the LED PDLS+ in the future if we want to...

Bottom line - If you want to even attempt to swap out to the LED PDLS+ in the future, be sure to order the Bi-Xenon PDLS (Bi-Xenon™ Headlights in Black) now which is a $1,500 option. Do NOT go with the standard lights.

Also, this is one feature of the LED that the Bi-Xenon does not offer. I would assume that this particular feature would not work for us since our cars won't come with the camera inside the rear-view mirror:

• High Beam Assistant - When a camera located inside the rear-view mirror detects the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, the high beams are automatically turned off at a distance of approximately 2,600 feet. If the taillights of a vehicle traveling in front are detected, the high beam is then turned off at a distance of approximately 1,300 feet

No idea what it would take to install the rear-view mirror with the camera sometime in the future too, and wire it all up to the LEDs. For me personally, I can live with out this feature since this is more about the look of the LEDs.

axoo

I really don’t care about the high beam assistant. I don’t need an assistant to know how to use high beams. I just want the look and brightness of the LEDs.

Porsche757

As someone who does a fair amount of nighttime driving in my CGTS, this would be a difficult decision for me. The PDLS+ with high beam assist function works very well and at this price point you almost expect it as a standard feature but we all know how Porsche works! Good luck everyone with these supply chain challenges.

ilovegt

I don't think the 1500 option exists on the configurator. Where can we choose it?

TXshaggy

Which trim? Don’t think the RS has the option, GT4/Spyder does, don’t know about GTS…

Ken in San Diego

Ah, I have a build for Spyder, and I just noticed it's ONLY the Spyder and GT4 have the option for the Bi-Xenon™ Headlights in Black with Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS). Looks like the GTS, and GT RS don't offer it. That's a bummer.

EDIT - I just realized that the Bi-Xenon are now standard on the GTS, so those folks are fine.

aclicky

Were you able to switch to the PDLS black? Curious if there is any date slippage with choosing this. I could see TYD still shows 30 days till freeze date for me (will try to talk to my SA before then)

Ken in San Diego

Yes, my SA did it today. Again, I have a Spyder. You need a Spyder or GT4 build.

This is my latest from just today:

Clark_Kent

I did the same a couple days ago. I switched to XEW, SA made the change and sent me the updated build sheet. I just can't do the base headlights.

Ken in San Diego

1) Yes, the base headlights are missing a lot of interesting features, and there are also some extra "silver bits" that I don't like, and 2) with XEW, you have a decent chance in the future to upgrade to LEDs if you want (likely without the auto dimming feature of course).