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Ok so here is a quick DIY. There might be some gaps because I kept forgetting to stop to take pics. Also, i skipped the steps of removing the headlight because there are instructions for that all over the internet. DIY starts with headlights removed. You'll also need to remove the bumper. Once you install the 991.2 headlights, you will now need to remove the bumper anytime you want to remove the headlights.
I put 991.2 headlights on my 991.1. The headlights mount and plug up fine. However to get the 4 point DRL to work, you’ll have to tap into the bumper DRL’s and wire it up to one of the empty pin/slots on the headlight plug. There is a slot the matches up to the pin on the headlight for the DRLs. I actually have to do them over sometime next week. I’ll try to take some pics of the process.
Interesting thread. I don't know much about this, and would be curious to learn from anyone who does—but my "problem" is a bit different: I ordered PLDS in my 991.2, which comes with black upper housings under the lenses. Love the swiveling lights, but wish there had been a way to get the silver housings on a very dark car.
One of those things literally no one talks about, but I dig the dark housings on lighter cars, and the lighter housings on (most) dark cars. I wonder if there's a way to switch them…
I put 991.2 headlights on my 991.1. The headlights mount and plug up fine. However to get the 4 point DRL to work, you’ll have to tap into the bumper DRL’s and wire it up to one of the empty pin/slots on the headlight plug. There is a slot the matches up to the pin on the headlight for the DRLs. I actually have to do them over sometime next week. I’ll try to take some pics of the process.
OH! That sounds super awesome man!
It sounds like super minor job. So only thing extra is extend a drl wire and plug it to headlight?
you meant this white plug? i don't know where it should go. I looked up DRL but the plug looks completely different.
No. That looks like the plug from the leveling module. There are 2 silver modules on the headlights. One is the HID ballast and one is for the leveling. Both of them swap over to the 991.2 headlight. See example below
For the DRL, The plug you have to tap into is the plug on your bumper lights and then you connect it to the plug that powers the headlight. (The connector from your car to the headlight)
I took the above pics from another thread. But I’ll take pics of what I actually did in the next few days.
Ok so here is a quick DIY. There might be some gaps because I kept forgetting to stop to take pics. Also, i skipped the steps of removing the headlight because there are instructions for that all over the internet. DIY starts with headlights removed. You'll also need to remove the bumper. Once you install the 991.2 headlights, you will now need to remove the bumper anytime you want to remove the headlights.
Ok so here is a quick DIY. There might be some gaps because I kept forgetting to stop to take pics. Also, i skipped the steps of removing the headlight because there are instructions for that all over the internet. DIY starts with headlights removed. You'll also need to remove the bumper. Once you install the 991.2 headlights, you will now need to remove the bumper anytime you want to remove the headlights.
Interesting thread. I don't know much about this, and would be curious to learn from anyone who does—but my "problem" is a bit different: I ordered PLDS in my 991.2, which comes with black upper housings under the lenses. Love the swiveling lights, but wish there had been a way to get the silver housings on a very dark car.
One of those things literally no one talks about, but I dig the dark housings on lighter cars, and the lighter housings on (most) dark cars. I wonder if there's a way to switch them…
man, if you were in socal, id offer to swap haha. i have a 991.1 with PDLS but without the black housing inside and want the darker housing.
Thanks so much for the write up! For me with base headlights (no PDLS) I only needed to tap the larger pin 10 from the yellow with the blue striped wire.
Added a switch in the extra 3rd hole on each side where the old 991.1 bracket access was. Can toggle the bumper DRL on and off. (I did straighten it out after I noticed from the picture that it was crooked!!!) Fits the oval hole perfectly. In stock at Advance Auto Parts.
Thanks so much for the write up! For me with base headlights (no PDLS) I only needed to tap the larger pin 10 from the yellow with the blue striped wire.
Added a switch in the extra 3rd hole on each side where the old 991.1 bracket access was. Can toggle the bumper DRL on and off. (I did straighten it out after I noticed from the picture that it was crooked!!!) Fits the oval hole perfectly. In stock at Advance Auto Parts.
03-27-2021, 01:12 AM
991.1 and 991.2 xenon headlight compatibility
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