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Old 01-14-2024, 04:23 PM
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I'm also interested in these but in skafia's thread the cutoffs didn't look too great, wondering how yours turned out.
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Originally Posted by Knutsm01



Just wanted to give an update - got these installed yesterday - quite the process! Overall very happy with the lights, need to get them adjusted but overall for the price they are a great value.
They Look GREAT! CONGRATS

So you dont find them to be Plug and Play?
Would you elaborate on the intsall process 🙏

Many Thanks… They look great !!! 👊🏼🤙🏼
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Originally Posted by Axis
I'm also interested in these but in skafia's thread the cutoffs didn't look too great, wondering how yours turned out.
umm.. what do you mean by cutouts? 🤔
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Originally Posted by yojimbo007
They Look GREAT! CONGRATS

So you dont find them to be Plug and Play?
Would you elaborate on the intsall process 🙏

Many Thanks… They look great !!! 👊🏼🤙🏼
They are 100% plug and play! Just a pain removing the bumper is what I meant. One side gave us a little more trouble lining up the gaps for some reason but we got it sorted out. We’ll see how they last long term but overall I’m happy with them. The lights appear quite a bit brighter as well but I won’t have it out until the snow is gone so I can’t comment on how they perform at night.
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The cutoff line the projectors make. With good quality lights the line should be crisp and straight , not blurry or curved.

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Old 01-15-2024, 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Knutsm01
They are 100% plug and play! Just a pain removing the bumper is what I meant. One side gave us a little more trouble lining up the gaps for some reason but we got it sorted out. We’ll see how they last long term but overall I’m happy with them. The lights appear quite a bit brighter as well but I won’t have it out until the snow is gone so I can’t comment on how they perform at night.
REMOVING THE BUMPER ? Wow…
It must be a lot more involved on a Cayman…. I removed lights on my 991.2 Gt3 RS.. ( not to switch lights .. but to remove a wrap ) and it was as easy as loosing some bolts… unplugging and sliding them out! (If my memory serves me correctly .. 😅🤦‍♂️…)

Nevertheless imo worth it … looks Great!! 👍

Glad you are enjoying them…. Im still on the fence re installation.. ..
Thanks for your thoughts and all….
7 days, hopefully, to me receiving my car from Florida… 🤞

👊🏼🙏🙏🍷

Will post as i go along …..

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Old 01-24-2024, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Axis
The cutoff line the projectors make. With good quality lights the line should be crisp and straight , not blurry or curved.
But is that a problem?
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Originally Posted by Knutsm01
They are 100% plug and play! Just a pain removing the bumper is what I meant. One side gave us a little more trouble lining up the gaps for some reason but we got it sorted out. We’ll see how they last long term but overall I’m happy with them. The lights appear quite a bit brighter as well but I won’t have it out until the snow is gone so I can’t comment on how they perform at night.

Hey there Knuts
Whats your assessment after a week or so? Are you happy with the bang for the buck ?
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Recommend?
( i love the look ) but not at cost of headaches.. &#129310

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Originally Posted by yojimbo007
Hey there Knuts
Whats your assessment after a week or so? Are you happy with the bang for the buck ?
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Recommend?
( i love the look ) but not at cost of headaches.. &#129310
Unfortunately it’s winter here so its been in storage so I don’t really have anything new to report. From what i could tell light output was great! Longevity is the obvious question but for the price I was certainly willing to take the risk! I plan to have the lights adjusted in April when it goes in for service.
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Originally Posted by Knutsm01
Unfortunately it’s winter here so its been in storage so I don’t really have anything new to report. From what i could tell light output was great! Longevity is the obvious question but for the price I was certainly willing to take the risk! I plan to have the lights adjusted in April when it goes in for service.
THANKS Knuts… Hope u give us an update when you able to

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Originally Posted by Knutsm01
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About 18 days
Careful when dealing with ebay vendors. I've learned this the hard way... Maybe this vendor is ok, but lot of times, they use a refurbished ones. In my case, when I bought a pair for my F83 M4, I had problems with the lights fogging up. It turns out, the vendor who sold me the lights were basically refurbishing them (usualy replace the glass and oven-baking it on). Mayb ok in some cases, but in my case I had fogging problem. Ended up buying a used 'genuine' bmw ones. I hope that's not the case here (unless you are ok with this)
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Originally Posted by Fractal-Spyder
Careful when dealing with ebay vendors. I've learned this the hard way... Maybe this vendor is ok, but lot of times, they use a refurbished ones. In my case, when I bought a pair for my F83 M4, I had problems with the lights fogging up. It turns out, the vendor who sold me the lights were basically refurbishing them (usualy replace the glass and oven-baking it on). Mayb ok in some cases, but in my case I had fogging problem. Ended up buying a used 'genuine' bmw ones. I hope that's not the case here (unless you are ok with this)
I would agree with you - that’s one of my concerns as well (overall seal of the lights) which I understood going into it. Time will tell and nothing beats OEM.
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I just wanted to add to this thread since I came across this option from BayOptiks:

https://bayoptiks.com/collections/po...ent-xenon-only

EDIT:
I'm not sure if these offer the PDLS feature...

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Old 03-05-2024, 11:21 AM
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Just wanted to give everyone a quick update.- got the car out of storage for an oil change and the went to adjust the projector beams and so far the Porsche tech hasn’t been able to get them to move with the stock adjustment point - a bit concerning as one of the headlights is quite a ways off. The seller states the adjustment points are on the back on the headlight which seems odd but seeing if there’s anything that can be done today.


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