My 718 Boxster didn`t come with the interior lighting package so my question is this, is it possible to change the bulbs out for LED replacements or is something else required. I would also like to change the lights in the boot and trunk for LED`s any help would be much appreciated.
Interior light package?
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I would think all incandescent bulbs could be changed to LED with no hassle.
The interior lightening package adds more than that though.
It also adds almost unnoticeable accent lights, so you are not really missing out.
That said, I would however tick that box again in a heartbeat despite the effect being almost unnoticeable
The interior lightening package adds more than that though.
It also adds almost unnoticeable accent lights, so you are not really missing out.
That said, I would however tick that box again in a heartbeat despite the effect being almost unnoticeable
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Doesn't it also add lights on the vanity mirrors? That's the one interior feature I don't have that I'd get if I did it all over again.
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I got the light package and sort of wish I hadn't. I imagine the visor mirror lights are nice, but they've never been used in my year of ownership. The LED cabin lighting though, I find to be a very harsh white. I think I'd have preferred the warmth of incandescents.
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Friend of mine changed all of his interior bulbs to LED in both his Cayenne and 8 year old 911 with no issues.
I have the light package as had also ordered it on our Macan. I do like the white light as opposed the yellow of the standard bulbs. It just makes the interior feel and look more modern at night
I have the light package as had also ordered it on our Macan. I do like the white light as opposed the yellow of the standard bulbs. It just makes the interior feel and look more modern at night
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There's a little one right above the footwell power outlet that I find handy if try to plug in my RD at night.
Rented a Caddy last year while on vacation. That thing must've had 50 leds in and on it. Everywhere the engineers could stick one. I think even some of the leds had other leds on them.
Rented a Caddy last year while on vacation. That thing must've had 50 leds in and on it. Everywhere the engineers could stick one. I think even some of the leds had other leds on them
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Man oh man I hate these things. When they drive on the opposite side of the street they are blinding! I wonder whether they can be aimed, or they are fixed straight ahead.Rented a Caddy last year while on vacation. That thing must've had 50 leds in and on it. Everywhere the engineers could stick one. I think even some of the leds had other leds on them
I live very close to a Cadillac dealership, so I get more than my fair share of them, especially in the dark of late winter afternoons.
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I think alot of people these days are running high beam nonstop on late model cars. It’s a real problem in my area. I suspect four factors at play: their low beams have the “projector shadow”, ironically designed to prevent blinding us; high beam eliminates this; the video-game like instrument cluster obfuscates the high beam indicator; and last, but not least, the drivers are arrogant (or stupid) POSs and don’t care about anyone but themselves.
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All of the above I am afraid...
In the olden days, I was told that the sealed beam light lenses were polarized and so were the windshield of the cars. As recently as my old Mustang, I could see significant difference in transmisivity of sunlight if I tilted my head wearing my polarized sunglasses. Did they do away with this when they went to LEDs?
Also, I remember during state sticker car checks they were always testing that the low and high beams were aimed towards the right. Is this gone too?
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Those are excellent questions. I always got the most out of my headlights thanks to a friend who had a service garage with inspection license. I remember the apparatus he used to dial in the beam. I don’t know if those things even exist anymore.
As far as LEDs are concerned, I wonder if they’re prone to the same kind of flare that bi-xenons are. It would seem so. I read that headlight washers were required equipment on xenon installs because of the tendency to diffuse. Of course, all this is moot in the hands of someone bent on defeating it and making high beam the only beam.
Once it gets bad enough (i.e., enough causal wrecks, prompting the IIHS into action), the next mandated autonanny will be auto-dimming headlights. That one I may just applaud!
In the meantime, at least when I’m in the Tacoma, I have a different approach. When my highs are on, I can spot owls in the treetops. Toyota put the “high” in high beam with those babies. So when some tool comes at me (and it’s almost always a car), I do the right thing and lower my lights. I give ‘em a while to do the same, but when it’s obvious that’s not happening and they’re close enough, I let ‘em have it. Treat them like they treat me is all I can do, and hope that they realize what they’re doing to others.
Here in miami there is such a large percentage of the population that is below the poverty level that you see a lot of people driving with their high beams on because the low beams burn out and rather than buy a new bulb they live with the high beams on. also since these cars are older the headlamps are oxidised and reduce the intensity of the light so they compensate by using the high beams to throw more light regardless of the direction. Also many are jerks and don't care about blinding people.
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