As some of you know, I added a set of LED's to my TA front and the little halogen parking light was really throwing the look off so I decided to change that (and the headlight) to LED.

Before



First, I had a pretty hard time trying to "decipher" what the bulb size/type is based on the porsche manual. The parking light bulb is small (size of a wedge) and base of 1156 bulbs



On the base of the stock bulb, note the prongs are at 9 o'clock and 2 o' clock. I search for a few hours to try to find a small LED bulb with the prongs like that but was unsuccessful.

I browsed through www.superbrightleds.com and was able to find a bulb that had the same size except for the prongs. (12 o clock and 6 o clock)

I bought two of each (4 led and 1 led). 4 LED





1 LED





I ended up clipping off one of the prongs and it works perfect.



Here's a comparison on their brightness.

1 LED

 

4 LED







The color is not an exact match but it's definitely better than the halogen.


I also installed 8000k bulbs to see how they compare (obviously too blue/purple)







and a pic of how bright the LEDs are




Edwin

 

it is official, you are the LED DIY master

 

Nice mod. COOL

 

I did the same thing tonight and installed 8k headlights, parking lights with the same LED ones you have at 6 and 12 oclock...I didn't clip anything, just push hard and turn into place.

I also changed the front turn signal bulbs to LED's but now they blink super fast so I need to figure out how to fix that problem?????

I also tried to install a fog light HID get but I didn't do it because I couldn't figure out how to keep the H3 bulb to stay in place since the HID bulb has a longer backing that gets in the way...any one have a fix for this?

 

Another nice write up from Edwin! rep you up!



load resistors will fix, you can buy them from ebay or local electrical store

 

you are the man !

starship turbo

LE: i enjoy all of your topics ! good job again !!

 

now time to to do some Rear light LED's

 

are those the factory led unit you added to the bumper? if so how much were they

nice job

Thanks

T

 

It was a DIY check this link

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...eds-996tt.html

 

Definitely not master... just messing around Thanks for the compliment though



I thought about doing that too but I didn't want to damage anything. I'd rather damage the bulb than the socket. Glad you got it to work though. Did you get the lights from Superbrightleds.com?

Ray's the man... know's his stuff Thanks for the rep!

I am done with LEDs in the front. No more... it's almost getting to be too ricey

Scott, sorry but I'm not tackling that. Rear light LED's will need a lot of custom work and the rear lights are too expensive for me to mess up. LED license plate lights however......

Edwin

 

I used the single LED 120 degree view angle bulbs in my 996 and they are way too dim. I found multiple LED (15-20) bulbs from superlumination.com that seem like they would do the job much better. I will continue the LED projects on the TT once it arrives.

 

Yes, please post pics of it when you are done. Btw, is that your mini moke? Awesome!

Edwin

 

1967 Moke. All original except for color. They only came in white & green. We have a white one as well - (customers) We still have original brochures for them! They are truly awesome & get more attention driving around then a Veyron and/or Enzo.

 

Totally awesome! Are you on minimania?

Here's a pic of my true 66 cooper



Edwin