Litronic electrics - where to find?

[txhokie4life]

I've got a pair of Xeon headlamps -- looking for the rest of the electrics to make the swap...

what is the minimum I need and where do I find it a reasonable cost?

thanks,

mike

[Loren]

Model and year of your car please?

[txhokie4life]

Model and year of your car please?

I am replacing the headlights of an '00S but keeping them litronic

-- looking to put them in a 99 Base.

Long story short, insurance is replacing the lamps of my '00S -- but the slight

imperfections are such that

I might consider putting them in my '99 but would need the electrics

mike

[amegarth]

mike here is a link to a writeup on Litronic install,

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...s_Starting.html

I installed a set on a 1997. They work without any speacial wiring. However if you want to have them rotate up with high beam you must install the control box.

Porsche has a tech bulletin that explains it all.

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...tions/9415.html

Garth

[txhokie4life]

mike here is a link to a writeup on Litronic install,

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...s_Starting.html

I installed a set on a 1997. They work without any speacial wiring. However if you want to have them rotate up with high beam you must install the control box.

Porsche has a tech bulletin that explains it all.

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...tions/9415.html

Garth

I'm a little confused -- so If I just plug in the lights as they are -- they will work just fine -- just no auto adjust?

If that is the case it is literally a one for one swap with no rewiring?

thanks,

Mike

[geoff]

I'm a little confused -- so If I just plug in the lights as they are -- they will work just fine -- just no auto adjust?

If that is the case it is literally a one for one swap with no rewiring?

If you just plug in the lights without the control unit, the low beams will be HID and the high beams will be the halogens. Just like the basic stock headlights, but brighter low beams. If you add the control unit with the associated wiring harness, the low beams will tilt up when you flip to the high beams and fill in the high beams better. The HID lights actually tilt up to fill in light below the high beam.

The control unit is made by Bosch. I thought there was a post here way back when with the Bosch part number, but couldn't find it tonight when searching. I did find a picture by ToolPants - see this post There's a TSB that describes the whole installation process and includes Porsche part numbers for the control unit and wiring harness

The factory Litronics install has some sensors on the suspension that is supposed to dynamically level out the lights based on vehicle loading, but the retrofit doesn't have the capability. I think the factory install lets you do things with the PST2 for diagnostics that the retrofit won't - probably a Loren question

Edited August 19, 2009 by geoff

[Loren]

mike here is a link to a writeup on Litronic install,

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...s_Starting.html

I installed a set on a 1997. They work without any speacial wiring. However if you want to have them rotate up with high beam you must install the control box.

Porsche has a tech bulletin that explains it all.

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/L...tions/9415.html

Garth

I'm a little confused -- so If I just plug in the lights as they are -- they will work just fine -- just no auto adjust?

If that is the case it is literally a one for one swap with no rewiring?

thanks,

Mike

Yes, if you just plug the Litronics in they will work as geoff said. That is, you will not get the low beam Xenon to rotate up with the Halogen high beams for a combined high beam without adding the control module for each headlight. This is fairly simple wiring and covered completely in the Retrofit TSB.

What you can not get with non-factory Litronics is the automatic beam adjustment for hills. This is a factory only option that requires sensors at the front and rear of the car and the wiring between them (which you won't hav without the factory option).

[txhokie4life]

Thanks for the clarification -- I may just plug and play for a while until I find the control box and time for the real install.

Will still be better than the regular lamps in there now (and look better too!)

mike

Edited August 19, 2009 by txhokie4life