Headlights retrofit
#1
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Headlights retrofit
Hi anyone have done any 997 headlight retrofit??
if so please provide pictures and where you did them.
Hate the aftermarket ones
if so please provide pictures and where you did them.
Hate the aftermarket ones
#2
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If you have a 997 with headlights, what are you trying to retrofit? Xenon for Halogen, Dynamic Xenon for original Xenon, etc...
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I don't care if side to side works or not but for me I am more interested in the looks department. Is this expensive project to be done?
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How much is it....expensive. I think new headlights without bulbs and ballasts may be about $1,000 each. I don't see the point in spending a couple grand to change the lights without getting any functional benefit since the 997.1 headlights look just fine IMO, but to each their own.
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There are other sensors in the .2 cars that control the side to side dynamic aspect of the headlights that aren't in the .1 cars. The guy I bought my clear projector lens Xenon headlights from did this exact swap and why he had offered up his relensed originals for sale. He's the one that told me that the leveling worked, but the side to side aspect did not. I believe it was plug and play to swap the lights.
How much is it....expensive. I think new headlights without bulbs and ballasts may be about $1,000 each. I don't see the point in spending a couple grand to change the lights without getting any functional benefit since the 997.1 headlights look just fine IMO, but to each their own.
How much is it....expensive. I think new headlights without bulbs and ballasts may be about $1,000 each. I don't see the point in spending a couple grand to change the lights without getting any functional benefit since the 997.1 headlights look just fine IMO, but to each their own.
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my problem is that the aftermarket looks cheap.
you have pics of what you have?
#11
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Xenon retrofit
I currently have halogen projectors as well, with an HID kit in them as a bandaid solution until I finish retrofitting these factory xenons into my car. The output of the halogens suck! FYI if you put an HID kit in these halogen projectors the beam pattern is almost identical. I bought some fogged up ones on the marketplace, took off one of the front lens, and now am trying to figure out the wiring. If I am able to repin the harness to match my car (would rather repin the headlights than the car), I will paint the shroud, polish the lens, and reassemble. Seems possible in my head, but I haven't touched the other one in case I mess up and need to abandon ship
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Im currently in talks with lightwerkz to retrofit my headlights. I plan on making a post once the work is done.
Plan is blackout headlight internals minus the shrouds and either swap clear lens on OEM projects or swap over LEXUS RX350 projectors. I've never seen a blacked out 997.2 dynamic headlight so should be fun.
Just to be clear this is the headlight I am working with.
997.2 Dynamic
Plan is blackout headlight internals minus the shrouds and either swap clear lens on OEM projects or swap over LEXUS RX350 projectors. I've never seen a blacked out 997.2 dynamic headlight so should be fun.
Just to be clear this is the headlight I am working with.
997.2 Dynamic
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Im currently in talks with lightwerkz to retrofit my headlights. I plan on making a post once the work is done.
Plan is blackout headlight internals minus the shrouds and either swap clear lens on OEM projects or swap over LEXUS RX350 projectors. I've never seen a blacked out 997.2 dynamic headlight so should be fun.
Just to be clear this is the headlight I am working with.
997.2 Dynamic
Plan is blackout headlight internals minus the shrouds and either swap clear lens on OEM projects or swap over LEXUS RX350 projectors. I've never seen a blacked out 997.2 dynamic headlight so should be fun.
Just to be clear this is the headlight I am working with.
997.2 Dynamic
you are trying to get RX350 jewel eyes or just the regular projectors?
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Should look stock but just perform better
In my journal you can see I swapped from standard headlights(bixenon) to the dynamic headlights. I detail the process. Process might be similar fro halogen units -> bixenon. The basics are that other headlights are plug and play but may trigger warning/errors. Which you can code out.
997 Headlight swap
Last edited by Elliotw44; 08-17-2021 at 05:33 PM.
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There are other sensors in the .2 cars that control the side to side dynamic aspect of the headlights that aren't in the .1 cars. The guy I bought my clear projector lens Xenon headlights from did this exact swap and why he had offered up his relensed originals for sale. He's the one that told me that the leveling worked, but the side to side aspect did not. I believe it was plug and play to swap the lights.
How much is it....expensive. I think new headlights without bulbs and ballasts may be about $1,000 each. I don't see the point in spending a couple grand to change the lights without getting any functional benefit since the 997.1 headlights look just fine IMO, but to each their own.
How much is it....expensive. I think new headlights without bulbs and ballasts may be about $1,000 each. I don't see the point in spending a couple grand to change the lights without getting any functional benefit since the 997.1 headlights look just fine IMO, but to each their own.