718 headlights are crap

It would seem that on the standard boxster Porsche provide the Bi-Xenon lights in the UK as standard. But to save pennies, they have found a way of providing these lights with NO headlamp washer and that has resulted in a 25 watt arrangement to make them legal, as opposed to a 35 or even 55 watt package, as found in normal high wattage Bi-Xenon lights.

The net result is a low output and dim light. Its almost ok in dry conditions, but on wet and shiny roads, normal xenon lights just light up the road and these are completely lost

The bulbs are a DLS variety and no one makes an upgraded bulb yet !

No alternatives anywhere and will keep looking. This is the bulb that Porsche have fitted if anyone has more luck or patience

I opted for the LED headlights on my 718 S & having read the above comments I'm now rather glad I did. Sorry, I'm not trying to rub it in, but they are absolutely incredible & well worth considering for any potential owners. It was a close run thing because of the additional cost & also my previous 981 Boxster S had Xenons which I found to be really good. The same can be said of the Xenons fitted to the 987 Cayman I owned prior to that, so I find it a little surprising that the Xenon headlights fitted to the Boxster are now so bad. I did however borrow a 981 Boxster from a dealer for a couple of days when my car was in for a heater issue & that particular car was fitted with halogen lamps (U.K). They were quite simply the worst headlamps of any car I've ever driven from any marque. So I suppose it's fair to say that Porsche do have some form when it comes to fitting poor quality headlights. I'm glad it wasn't mine because I'd have been scared to take that thing on the road at night. It really was that bad, I couldn't see a thing as they were absolutely rubbish & I was really shocked that Porsche would consider fitting something so dismally poor on such an expensive motor vehicle.