2003 996 Litronic conversion

[cewelsch]

All-

I have read the posts regarding retrofitting Litronic lights into a 2003 996, but am still confused. Perhaps I am just missing something.

I purchased a 2003 Carrera 2 this year from a Porsche dealer. Long story. They are willing to retrofit Litronic lamps into my vehicle at their expense, but my question is, can this be done? Even by a dealer using Porsche techs and OEM equipment?

(1) Do you just remove the whole headlight assembly and replace it with a Litronic headlight assembly, add a control unit, and voila?

(2) Do you keep the headlight assembly, and just change out specific components?

(3) It does not appear to be possible to retrofit to auto-leveling feature (any more than you can retrofit PSM) as sensors need to be run to the wheels. Is this correct?

Remember, money is no option, as the dealer is picking up the cost.

Thanks.

[specialist]

Cewelsch,

It is possible to retrofit the leveling features, but they'll need the harnesses, the headlight assemblies, the leveling and control computer, and the sensors for the suspension. If they are willing to go through all that, then they will behave like the OEM assemblies.

If you do read through the posts in the Modification section there are several very detailed descriptions on how to do the retrofit without the auto leveling feature. That takes whole new headlight assemblies and moving a pin in the headlight connector. If the dealer is telling you you can't get the auto-leveling feature this is probably what they are planning to do.

If the dealer is picking up the cost I'd definately go for option one otherwise it is just too expensive to do. I don't have the costs on hand at the moment, but I do know that these parts were expensive last summer when I priced them.

Specialist

[Thrullerinn]

I did this on my 996, if you´re a contributing member you can reach all the instruction needed for it here on renntech.

This is a fairly easy install, a complete retrofit package can be ordered from the dealership.

[cewelsch]

Thanks for the input.

The selling dealer (the one who made the error and is responsible for correcting it) has told me it asked all its experts and found it is not possible to retrofit a 2003 996, as the headlight assemblies were changed in 2002 and the retrofit kits are only available for 1999-2001 models. My local dealer queried the Porsche TechLine, which states it can be done.

I love my car (my first Porsche!!) and look forward to getting this finally taken care of.

Any other advice?

Thanks again.

Chris