Litronic Headlights

[jimmy3530]

Hi everyone:

I was just wondering what exactly are Litronic headlights. I have a 2000 C4 Millenium Edition and it came with that option and I've always wondered what exactly makes them special. They seem just like regular halogen or xenon lights to me. Can anyone shed some light on this topic.

Thanks.

[logray]

The Litronic option are much brighter and whiter than stock HID headlamps. And very expensive.

More about HID here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_discharge_lamp

[venturawildes]

Yeah I can vouch for that, my buddy put my 996 cab into a guard rail, paid out of his pocket for the fix, was 2g's for one headlight. They are nice though. Fender was only 500 or so, go figure.

[Dennis C]

Litronic is nothing more than Porsche's brand for their first generation of HID headlights. They are low-beam only, and they use halogen lamps for the high-beams.

2002 and newer models use bi-xenon headlights, featuring a shutter than opens and closes allowing the HID lamps to function as low-beams and high-beams.

As you can see in logray's post, the difference between halogen headlamps and HID headlamps is significant. There are many so called "xenon" bulbs available for sale that are nothing more than a coated halogen bulb. Many people use the word xenon when they refer to HID headlamps. Xenon is a gas that is used in the manufacture of HID lamps, but it's also found in most halogen bulbs. The terms really aren't interchangeable.