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I think the plug and play options for the 996 that Porsche offers these days are pretty cool. If I still had my 996 I would certainly pay the premium for the newer CarPlay updated head units they are selling. I wish more OEMs would do this. My BMW is desperate need of a headunit upgrade, but all the aftermarket stuff is painfully ugly and does not at all match the matte black minimalist style of the BMW radios. -
I guess that's what happens with all these VW parts... Sigh, I miss my 911s
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Thanks! I lost my old account some time ago, but I been lurkin since lol. The leveling function is definitely not wired into my harness, but it is independent of the ballast/igniter/bulb of the Xenon HID system. In other words, even though the auto leveling isn't there, it shouldn't stop the lights from functioning. Upon dissecting the headlights it is clear that only 2 wires are required to fire the ballast. I also have a few theories about the situation of "engine OFF = Xenons working, engine ON = Flickering out" 1. Voltage to the ballast. It could be that the ~12V supplied from the battery is within the correct range for the ballast to fire when the car is off. HOWEVER, when the engine is on, the alternator provides closer 13.6-14V. This could be outside the operating range of the ballast to function correctly. I find this unlikely but its possible I suppose. 2. CANBUS. Is it possible that the canbus system is seeing incorrect return from the HID lights because they run lower output wattage than the halogen's 55W? Could the control module for the headlights be turning them off since it thinks there is an issue? I welcome any other ideas on this. It seems simple, but there is something I'm not seeing.
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I am replacing the headlights in my 957 V6 Base cayenne after an accident. I have the set of trashed Halogens that came off the car, and a set of used Xenons (only ones I could find, got them cheap) Now here is where it gets strange... I plugged the Xenons in and fired them up, the main beams come on just fine when the car is OFF. Obviously its throwing codes for side beam lights etc. Which is also weird, since the car did not come equipped with them. So then I turn the car ON, and the Xenons flicker out. I assume the car needs to be coded to xenons so the correct voltage goes to the ballast? The next thing I noticed is that the wiring harness on the car only has 5 pins on it. Yet the halogen light's harness on the light itself has 8 pins! From what I can tell after dissecting one of the old halogen lights, the 3 pins for auto leveling motor should not be getting power. Is it possible to order this car with no auto leveling? Would that mean that the car's harness simply doesn't have it? Why would the auto leveling motor still be in the headlight? Very confusing... I just want working headlights at this point tbh.
