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Robertb

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On the facelift cars, are the standard headlights any good or are litronics essential?

If a car did not have litronics, is it possible to upgrade to the factory kit, or is there a good aftermarket alternative?


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Litronics (Xenon) are serious improvement to driving at night, I wouldn't choose a car without them.

There are HID kits available for the Porsche. I'm sure those that have had this done will be along shortly.

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Excuse my ignorance but how do I find out what lights my car has? (2002 C2) It's got great lights and I'm happy with them.

My last car (Honda s2000) had HID lights which cast a very clear 'beam line' whereas the lights I have now are not as defined. They don't seem to warm up either, ie get a bit brighter as you switch them on for the first second or so. Are these Litronics?


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Robert The standard lights in my old 996 Targa (2002 Face lifted) were terrible. I was quoted £1800 by OPC to retro fit Xenons and £400 by Autofarm to put in a HID kit. I went the HID route and they were very good. I know that quite a few people on here have fitted their own HID's at a cost of c£200

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Robertb on 18 February 2007

On the facelift cars, are the standard headlights any good or are litronics essential?

If a car did not have litronics, is it possible to upgrade to the factory kit, or is there a good aftermarket alternative?
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mine does not have any xenons and are not great at night, not quite 993 awful but when you've tried xenons there is no going back !

funny you should mention this but I was thinking of getting a company to offer afetr market kits at a deal price on the site, so hang in there if you're interested

xenons are an easy add on



Rawhide, are you headlamps that normal yellow/orange glow that turn on instantly or a blinding clear white/blue light that takes a few seconds to fire up


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I would be interested in this HID deal Sundeep!

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Re HIDs...

Is it possible that if you came up against an overzealous MOT bloke that a car might fail on having aftermarket HIDs without self-levelling?

Nonetheless, defo interested in a group HIDs buy!

Oddly, I find the Xenons in my BMW E46 3 very good, but other road users hate them, but so what, everyone hates BMW drivers anyway :(
The ones in my Audi don't seem to have quite the 'reach' (they seem to be set lower vs the BMW) but I never get hassle from fellow motorists.


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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Rawhide on 19 February 2007

Excuse my ignorance but how do I find out what lights my car has? (2002 C2) It's got great lights and I'm happy with them.

My last car (Honda s2000) had HID lights which cast a very clear 'beam line' whereas the lights I have now are not as defined. They don't seem to warm up either, ie get a bit brighter as you switch them on for the first second or so. Are these Litronics?
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Xenons (or Litronics in Porsche-speak) usually flicker in quite a noticeable way when switched on, and burn with a much brighter bluer/whiter light.

I'd have thought there would be various warnings about high voltage in the headlamps area under the front lid if you had Xenons.


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Check for the presence of headlight washers, no levelling control in the car and a bluey tint to your lights.....all indications of Litronics.


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Robert, I was a bit anxious when the Targa went in for it's MOT after having the Hids fitted but no problem. The guy at Autofarm did take a fair bit of time ensuring that they would not cause a issue.

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when my car went for it's MOT they were just interested to know that the lights were correctly level and nothing else

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Thanks guys.. guess I don't have them then :( Either way they're ok for me for now.

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Dave on 19 February 2007

Robert, I was a bit anxious when the Targa went in for it's MOT after having the Hids fitted but no problem. The guy at Autofarm did take a fair bit of time ensuring that they would not cause a issue.
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Thanks Dave, Autofarm are not too far away, I'll give them a shout if I move to the water cooled dark side (another test drive booked this pm!)

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Robertb on 19 February 2007

Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Dave on 19 February 2007

Robert, I was a bit anxious when the Targa went in for it's MOT after having the Hids fitted but no problem. The guy at Autofarm did take a fair bit of time ensuring that they would not cause a issue.
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Thanks Dave, Autofarm are not too far away, I'll give them a shout if I move to the water cooled dark side (another test drive booked this pm!)


If? Surely you mean when? :wink:

What are you testing this pm?
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Another C4S, a 2002, Lapis blue... very nice it was too... The force is strong with this one! :wink:

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