Here goes my first contribution to the forum guys. Hopefully this will be relocated to a Sticky section on the forum (with an Admin permission and help of course).
The 986’s headlight can be opened and converted to xenon (Litronic style). You can also trash your burned (BBQ) deflectors and do below. It takes about 4 to 5 hrs to do and the complexity is medium. The results are phenomenal however!
All you need is:
1. Heat gun
2. Pair of Bi-xenon Projectors
3. HID kit (35 watts)
4. A flat head screwdriver
5. High-temp liquid silicon (black color) (e.g. gasket silicon)
6. A good doze of patience, and passion for automobiles!
All you need to do is take off the headlight from the car (the easiest part!), with the heat gun heat up the edge at medium temp and push in the screwdriver in there gently. This will cut off the factory silicon. It takes about 1 (one) hour to go around one headlight. Once opened, you need to clean off the factory silicon - make it as clean as possible. This cleaning job takes about 30min to do.
The rest really is fitting in the Bi-Xenon Projectors and cutting some cup-shaped aluminum covers that hides the projector’s internals (e.g. Art work). I’d say the hardest part here is to find some Projectors that fits into the housing. There tons of models on the market so I guess that with a bit of research you will be able to find the perfect ones just like I did.
Finishing up is also easy. Howwever, make sure that the headlight’s black housing is cleaned of old factory silicon. Once cleaned, apply a good layer of black gasket silicon – this is easy because there are edge railings that are meant to hold the silicon, let this sits there for about 10-15 mins. While waiting for the silicon to bed in, you may want to clean your clear plastic covers and internal parts. When satisfied/cleaned, install the headlight’s clear cover and let the whole thing dry for about one hour. I do recommend doing this on a sunny and “dry” day. You want to avoid humidity to be trapped inside the headlight when you put it back together.
Fitting the HID ballast is the easiest part imo; they go inside the headlight’s back housing where the bulb/wires are located. There is enough space there to fit the whole kit (cables, adapters and ballast).
There you go your're done! Replace the parking light's bulbs for LED ones and voila, high class headlights for less than half the price of a Litronic kit. Fit those awesome NEW style headlights in your Porsche and go look cool again! Hope this helps a bit guys. Any questions do not hesitate to ask.
Rgs
Fred
CLEAN CLEAN AND CLEAN!
Cover removed, Projector installed
Cup shaped aluminum covers - that's the Art work part
make sure you clean all your finger prints and dust off plastics and covers
Rear headlight housing location
Let dry for an hour or two
FINAL product!!!
