cost: $4.95 each bulb
part: BA9s-WHP6-12V 6 High Power LED Bulb
difficulty: 1-5 is 1 super easy
tools needed:
phillips screwdriver
purchased from SUPER BRIGHT LEDS home (not a forum sponsor)
I purchased LED parking light bulbs which are in the foglight housing...
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here you can see the difference between the two halogen and LED, they have built in resistors so there is no bulb out warning...
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here is the package with the part #'s the old halogen bulbs are in the package so don't get confused...
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first remove the foglight shroud...
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remove the three screws...
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pull out the old bulb by twisting it off and put the new LED in by pushing it in then twisting, the pins do mot match up perfect they are off. It will still hold the bulb in place fine...
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here it is on, so bright matches xenons perfect, its much brighter than the factory halogen bulb...
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it will fit in you have to turn it at an angle then slide it in...
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push it into the housing twist again and thats it, now turn on the parking lights...
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here is the halogen...
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now side by side...
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and both on... (HID foglights are off)
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and now all lights on...
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cant match xenons better than LEDs.

 

Any issues?

 

Will this work on Gen 1 987?

 

porsche4ed car is a gen1, so I guess it should

 

Does anyone know if the 987 Boxsters use the same bulbs for these lights? The lenses are sure different.

 

Nope. The 987 Boxster uses wedge-shape 194 bulbs. So, the socket style bulbs posted by OP won't work on the Boxster. SuperBrightLED sells the bulbs. IIRC, it's the same bulb as the overhead interior light.

 

Looks good. Hmmm....

 

Lithium,

I am not sure if we discussed you changing your foglight bulbs last time you were here but I am thinking about these...


WLED Miniature Wedge Base bulbs with High Power SMD LEDs

T3-1/4 (#194/168) type bulbs with High Power SMD. Wide Angle LEDs up to 120 degrees. 12 Volt DC operation.
Replaces: 194, 158, 168, 12256, 12961

What are your thoughts on these?

Here is the link for reference...


Thanks,
Rhonda

 

The color looks better than stock ones.

 

How do you remove the shrouds? Do you just pull with force?

 

Would also like to know the answer to this.

TIA!

 

Based on your posting, I ordered and just installed the LED Superbrightled's! super easy and what a difference.... Thanks for the awesome info!

 

Nice, looks like the gen 2's now with Bi-xenons since the "fogs" are led DRL's

 

do you have any pictures of these on the Boxster? thanks