So a few things I am thinking of.....

replacing the front two cornering lights to a brighter bulb.... LED whiter light or something.... any suggestions?

Also, is there a brighter LED or something to replace the backup reverse light?

Also, the lights under the side mirrors... is there a brighter bulb or replacement to chance these out?

 

you want do it all yourself? since you can just give it to any tuning shop and they'll do whats needed

 

why take it somewhere to do something I'd enjoy doing? Uh ok

So any suggestions besides that?

 

Yea give me an hour i'll go take apart my cayenne.. and will tell you
My first thoughts.. increase voltage or different bulbs.. will know in like one hour.. so if you'll wait i'll let you know

 

replace all the lights that you're talking about with xenons

 

missing the point all.

What is a good led compamy that sells? I know the type of bulbs via the manual I was thinking of changingost to led.

 

There are a couple of problems with changing the bulbs. The silver or blue coated bulbs get about as hot as the sun and have been known to melt bulb sockets, wiring, housing, etc. The LED's frequently have substantially lower resistance compared to the stock bulb triggering the "replace bulb" warning on the dash. In the end, it is pretty hard to find many good, safe, options.

 

Hey Jace and company,

Sorry about digging up a post from late last year, but figured this would be the best route to go...

Has anyone found any solid options to replace some of the lights on our Cayennes so we can get a closer match to the HIDs without faults codes, melted harnesses and houses, etc??? I switched the rear license plate bulbs to a xenonmatch color, and it looks clean. Looking to the do the same for a few other bulbs...

- Puddle/Side Mirror Lights
- Static Front Cornering Lights
- High Beam Lights

Experiences, bulb info, pics and/or DIY instructions would be greatly appreciated.

On another note, I had the dealer drop in some chromium lights for the clear sidemarkers on my GTS this AM (since they were taking the wheels off for rotation and alignment, and dropped in yellow fogs), but later got a call from the advisor and tech stating that the temperature difference was more noticeable than I thought it would be (sparkhill, this confirms that they run hotter). Decided to switch to the stock amber lights with clear lens just to be safe...

 

I'm interested in the LED lights also, I changed out the licence plate lights to 6418 type LED and its working fine without throwing me any error light. I seriously doubt that the dash will through any error lights if you change out exterior lights (side mirror lights or fornt cornering lights).

 

Jace,

What is the status on your lighting mod? thanks.

 

im trying to do the same thing

 

guys i have done this

The company name is Hoen

you need the following three bulbs

Fog Lights : H11 xenonmatch.

License plate: C5W dLED,

Side Markers: W5W dLED_2

only exterior light I havent figured out yet is the small light under the mirror.

 

Raybrig is the cleanest and brightest

 

I need that under mirror light as well. dang.

 

Hey Guys,

Im new to the forum and have been reading on threads. I just bought my CTT a month a go and been tinkering around with my 06' CTT to change my original lights to LED ones and I have found some answers to some questions.

- How to change side mirror 'puddle lights' ?

The side mirror 'puddle lights' are easy to change. First make sure ur current setting is saved with ur seat memory. Push any one corner of the mirror in and then with the one corner sticking out, gently pull on it a bit and it should pop right off. There is no clips or anything holding it in, so do not worry about breaking anything, just be gentle. There are wires attached to the mirror that you pulled off, so let it rest. Inside near the bottom you can see where the light is. Just pull the socket to the left (if your working on the driver side mirror, vice versa for the other one) and then you should see the bulb in the socket. The bulb is W5W, any led bulb with the same connections on the bottom of the original bulb should work, and make sure the LED is pointing down and not straight ahead, if you want a good light, since the bulb is pointing sideways and not down.

- Where to buy LEDs?

I bought mine from store.ijdmtoy.com. They ship via USPS, so it is good for USA customers. I am in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, so it takes longer than usual. The lights are really good and bright, you can also filter bulbs that dont affect OBCs of European cars (BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, etc.). This is also where I got my license plate bulbs.

- How to change Static Front Cornering Lights?

In your manual there is a step by step guide on removing the headlight. It is very **** easy and very easy to do. I changed my lights in no time, I am not sure if I should go into detail, but if anyone needs help just PM me. The bulbs I ordered for the cornering lights are H3 LEDS from store.ijdmtoy.com. I am like 90% sure any bulb being replaced in the headlight wont trigger any OBC errors, but I will let you all know when I have installed the H3s. So, far I have installed DRL LEDs and they work with no OBC error and matches my headlights, so I am sure the H3s should be ok.

- How to change license plate light?

I ordered the lights from store.ijdmtoy.com, they were in the Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen section under Automaker. I have yet to receive these bulbs, so I will also let you all know how they are with the OBCs. To change them, simply grab the appropriate head screwdriver, unscrew the light housing. Pull out the housing, press the tabs where the wire connects to the house to pop it off. Pop off the lenses and then change the bulbs.

This is what I have done so far with my Cayenne and I hope this helps. I apologize for no pictures on the steps I have done. However, if anyone has a question just shoot me a PM. This is a sweet forum and I do plan on staying and visiting daily!

Cheers,

Thompson