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Old 02-17-2022, 02:50 PM
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Default 968 LED Headlights (Hi/Lo), Foglights & Driving Lights

These work for me. So far.
Disclaimers! All of these LEDs are made of 100% pure Chinesium, so let the buyer beware! But they are the only LED bulbs I have found that fill the bill. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!

My ‘93 968 Coupe is stock electrically behind the lights with the exception of an LED light bar illuminating the under side of the speedo/tach/gauges.

These LED lights installed easily and work well right now (newly installed), but for how long? Who knows? They are much brighter and provide much better visibility than the original Halogen bulbs. They seem to be well tolerated by oncoming traffic – no high-beam blowback. Finally, they are plug & play in my car – no pulsing or other misbehavior. But they are 100% pure Chinesium, so …………

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1. The LED H4/9003 Headlight Bulbs are a little longer sticking out the back of the glass headlamp unit (944 631 912 01) than the original Halogen bulbs. The plug cap (944 612 935 01) did accept the slightly longer LED bulbs and seems to have connected properly and securely. Caveat Emptor! - YMMV.

2. The H3 LED Foglights seem a little less bright than I would like, but, they are foglights, so …

3. N.B. Amazon is showing limited stock available for the H1 LED Bulb as of 2/17/22 – be there or be square! The Driving Light socket requires a replacement LED bulb with very narrow max thickness to fit in the narrow Halogen H1 socket hole. These LEDs do that for me as they have an advertised max thickness of 8.3mm.

Provided FWIW. Good Luck!
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I seldom turn on the headlights, due to the mechanical-ness of it. Are the H1 LEDs brighter than the stock bulbs? I've been considering https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01LA5UI...=1JT1MMTNWU5VR but haven't found any success stories.
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Boy do I hate 6,500 K light . Hell, anything over 4,500 is to blue for me.

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Fat-fingered the subject above. This replies to Retro.

FWIW, the H1 LED's look brighter to me. Driver for me was finding an LED H1 that would fit in the socket. These do.

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Old 02-18-2022, 10:52 AM
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Thank you. This is a link directly to the reviews, most recent first, for the H1 ("alternate" or driving) bulb.
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Thanks, Retro. I'm very aware of the not very stunning Amazon reviews. I took a shot and spent the ~$20 on it and it has paid off for me. So far. I assume you saw my disclaimers on these 100% pure Chinesium LED's. Do what's right for you. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by dilbertnomore
I assume you saw my disclaimers on these 100% pure Chinesium LED's. Do what's right for you. Good luck.
Yep, and I loved it.
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Only slightly related, but do 968s get the same benefit as 944s with an upgraded headlight harness, via a relay that is powered directly from the alternator or battery?

Thanks
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Originally Posted by Zirconocene
Only slightly related, but do 968s get the same benefit as 944s with an upgraded headlight harness, via a relay that is powered directly from the alternator or battery?Thanks
There's a direct relay, 944 618 205 00, at G17/18 position. It seems to be a relay/motor-controller, also called "control unit light combination" elsewhere.



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