mgianzero

Very nice! I didn't know that Tore made this. How long has he had this? I'm familiar with some of his other mods but never knew about this one.

Thanks for posting the clip mod part number. I have it on my new headlight assembly but didn't know the part number to upgrade the old one to match. Definite improvement in the way the bulbs sits in the housing.

Kika

Beau, in the first picture, the connector is exposed, I wonder if it came in contact with the housing, and shorted, causing your melted spot?

Th subsequent pictures show heat shrink covering everything. Hopefully that keeps any stray electrons from wandering around where they aren't supposed to!


ToreB makes some quality stuff! That kit looks perfect. Very clean and tidy!

GwynnieMae

The first picture shows my recent setup. Before that, I had the splicers. It used to look exactly like the setup you showed me. Also, It shouldn't matter that the ground wire was exposed. There's no positive current present in the housing with the HID setup. The HID's have a dedicated ground wire, unlike the single hot wire with the stock H1's. The housing no longer acts as a ground.

Wedging the spade into the ground wire worked great for me(first picture), although to me, it was felt way too "mickey moused". I went with the new setup because it is without a doubt a 100% solid connection.

Kika

Glad you got it working with solid connections now. Really hard to describe without pictures!

cmat

A potential problem even with Tore's system is that the existing connector on the yellow (+) wire is not fixed in place on the lamp as before. The back of this connector is exposed and could short to something. I put a dab of silicone RTV here to prevent that. BeauBlues....your latest mods also fixed this.

The photo shows the connector before the RTV was applied.

ToreB

Thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it a lot.
I am working on a solution to the exposed connector, I will probably include a shrink tube of some kind to avoid the possibility of a short in there. As Chuck already have mentioned, a dab of silicone or some insulating tape would also do.
I offer a 20$ Rennlist discount on the T-Light kit, have a look here for details and pictures.
Cheers,
Tore

mgianzero

Tore,

Yes. Looks like you did a nice Porsche mod for our 993's. I'm particularly fascinated with your bracket technique for securing the ballast to backside of headlamp assembly. What were those holes made for anyways? Porsche's litronics mount on the inside of trunk. No?

I noticed your HID kit comes with 4300k bulbs, but it appears a bit blue in the pic on your website. Are those 4300k bulbs or something higher in your pic? How would this compare to my 5000k HID's I already have? I really like the blue hue (it goes nice with our Polar silver exteriors) but I think I'm sacrificing a bit of illumination at 35watts with such a high temperature rating, no? Can I order your kit with a different bulb?

cmat

I'm sure Tore will reply but I would describe my headlights now as bright white, not at all blue.

During my limited testing, I have seen no flickering. Hot ignition (quick switch off then on when lamps are hot) has not been a problem. This is difficult for any HID system.

delta

Marc, I just ordered Tore's HID. If you want to check it out before ordering yours, let me know. I live down the hills from you (I was at your pinning gathering).

Mark

mgianzero

Mark,

Definitely. Let me know when you get them. Don't know if you need a hand to install them. Should be pretty easy but I'd be interested.

Marc

mgianzero

^^^^ These links didn't work for me. Anyone else see them? ^^^^

delta

Will do.

Mark

ToreB

The mounting studs in the headlamp lid is for one of the two Litronic electronic units. One is mounted in the trunk, and the high voltage final stage is mounted inside the headlight housing.
The T-Light electronics are more modern and much smaller, allowing to mount everything securely inside the housing. This greatly simplifies the installation, I do it in minutes. I also prefer having things securely fastened inside the headlight.
I took the product pictures some time ago, the previous version of T-Light had 5000K bulbs. However, I have seen that the different bulb manufacturers tend to have some tolerance in the colour, sometimes there's not much difference between 4300K and 5000K. I have no 5000K bulbs in stock.
Personally I like 4300K best, it is spot on the stock Litronic colour. This is also the feedback I've got from my customers.
I have not seen that much difference in light output on 55W and 35W HID kits, I've tried several. But, I do simple garage tests and haven't done more thorough light output measurements.
Cheers,
Tore

mgianzero

Thanks for all that info Tore. I'm going to check out a friend who has yours and see how I like it.

Hey Beau -
I just special ordered and received a larger bullet than they sell in the local auto parts stores. I slightly modified the bullet to make an even tighter fit, but it works beautifully!

I bought a box of 100 connectors, so anyone is welcome to them. Just let me know!

See my pics:
(pic #1 - old spade connectors compared to standard and new larger bullet)
(pic #2 - my connectors all soldered and shrink wrapped)
(pic #3 - my hook up)

Marc

mgianzero

Tore,

Mark just stopped by and I saw your HID setup. Pretty nice! I especially like the super small and slim ballast - the smallest one I've ever seen!

The one question / concern I have is that it appears the connector to HID's from the ballast is a unique proprietary connector I've not seem before. What if someone needed another set of bulbs, or (perhaps in my case) use another HID light bulb such as my 5000k's? I wouldn't be able to use some of the more standard HID bulbs with your ballast setup, no?

Also --- and please don't feel I'm criticizing as you did a super job on this, but Mark's fog bulbs appeared more blue, than white which didn't quite match his headlamps. They were, coincidently, almost spot on to my 5000k headlamps. Is this the only bulb you offer to match your kit?

Marc G.