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Headlights, the reason I bought the car!

The other night after turning a corner the head lights and corner lights flashed then all the exterior lights went out. The in a few feet one low beam headlight came on. Luckily was only 1 mile from home.

Already had a wiring harness for the driver side headlight but haven't put it on yet. Garage thought old harness may have shorted and blew a fuse before we got the new one put on, but alas no such luck. The insulation on the wiring inside the headlight assembly itself is dried out and flaking off like the harness. Checked passenger side and it's harness and wiring inside the headlight is in worse shape than the driver's side. So besides the wiring harness it needs the headlight assemblies replaced.

Headlight assemblies are from $1000 to $1200 EACH! The headlight assemblies include the motors and electronics for operating and leveling the xenon lights. Did some searching and wiring that dries out from the higher temps of the HID lights seems to be a common problem on all cars built in mid 2000s with HID headlights not just Cayennes. Great.

Searching salvage yards the cheapest headlight assemblies are $700 each. Was able to find new headlights from Valeo in Spain. Valeo is the OEM manufacturer Porsche gets them from. They are $840 for the pair as opposed to $1400 used or $2000 new from Suncoast Porsche (the cheapest dealer for parts).

At least they will be nice clear new lens. May have to try some lens protector film to keep them that way.