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hey Jinijazz, in my opinion, they are still a little yellowish, but def better than the stock ones. you can really notice the difference when you are about 10 feet away form the car. The old ones make your xenons look pretty yellow. with the philips bulbs, not so noticible. let me know if want this extra set to save time and shipping from the UK. $25 shipped to you.

I'm pretty sure they use the same xenon bulb. the city light in question is the same H6W check this link. http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/showthr...t=philips+xenon

here you go...

jinijazz, you're right. the city light is yellowish. You need to buy the Philips Blue Vision H6W bulbs. they match up really well and reduce the yellowish tint that it casts on your litronics. you can't get them in the US as they come from the Europe. They don't make your headlight look bluish either as they are pretty small. If you're interested, I have a extra pair in the package still. otherwise you'll have to order them from the UK.

nope. just one set...

welcome! wow, 5AM and 3AM? you sure have some sleep issues... then again, I remember I could't sleep either when I got mine!

no, I was just wondering if you had a clip of how it sounds?

sound clip...

So I gave the dealer a call. fairly basic... 1. remove all pastic trim pieces around the engine bay via 1/4 turn screws (watch out the pop out sometimes), you'll notice the air filter housings on both sides. 2. start with the driver's side and look for the 2 plastic torx screws (T27) on the lids of the housing. 3. Look closely and you'll notice the head of the torx screw is not round. it was a small extension protruding form the circumference of it. 4. look even closer and you'll nitice a black dot debossed from the housing around the head of the torx screw. 5. line those 2 up and give it a pull and the whole pin will come up. 6. undo the 2 metal spring clips and you'll be able to pull the lid completely off. 7. replace the filter and repeat steps for the otherside. 8. However, there is 1 extra step on the passenger side that needs to be taken. you'll notice a vacum tube in the rear bottom of the lid that needs to be removed first. It's a *****, but it does come out. don't forget to out it back in when you are done changing filters. 9. all done. :thumbup:

ah, man. I surely will post a diy one I figured it out. wish me luck! time to make a couple of phone calls...

does anyone know how to install the aftermarket air filters for a cayenne turbo? I see the spring clips on the top but something is holding the rest of the housing on the bottom. I found a DIY here at renntech, but it's for the Cayenne S. The piping on the turbo is different since the S' intake goes directly to the throttle body. I can't seem to be able to get the housing lid to come up and off. Loren, do you have a TSB for replacing stock filters?

Thanks fellas! I'll brave it this weekend and see where it gets me. So the lightweight bumper is a must it sounds like. mudman2, I'll hit you up if I want to trade. thanks for the offer!

Does anyone have a step-by-step procedure to removing the rear apron? My CT came with the facorty option tow hitch and I want to remove it for some weight savings and since I never plan on towing anything with it anyways. thanks in advance!

I recently installed my new aluminum face gauges. During the installation, I didn't rest the floating dash on a towel, so now my full leather dash has these mars in between the instrument cluster and the steering column -- from the mounting points. they are not creases in the leather, they almost like indents in the semi-soft leather dash. does anyone know how to get the leather to rebound back to it's smooth original state? I've tried wiping leather cleaner into it to condition and hopefully soften it up, and I've tried to heat it up with a hair dryer. nada. It seem to rebound a bit itself overnight, but not quite well enough. any suggestions? P.S. if you are going to do this, be extra careful. During the whole install, I not only marred up the dash, a couple of the needles on the gauges didn't work (which I later fixed), and had a very hard time removing the trim from the hazard light switch which I basically had to rip out. The dealer wants $87 to replace that small piece of abs around the hazard switch!

Well I finished the bypass pipes saturday morning and I'm very HAPPY with them!!! They sound great and help the car move a little quicker on the highway. Did I mention they sound great? you can finally hear the V8 and a bit of turbo whine. I def reccommend this mod to any 955TT out there! OK, so I gotten alot of info on this board, so it's time for me to give some back. You can totally install these yourself in a couple of hours, as long as you know what you have ahead of you. 1. with some WD40 on the nuts ;) , you should be easily able to loosen the metal sleeves that join the 2ndry cats to the pipes that lead to the muffler. there are 2 nuts on each sleeve. NO need to remove them, just slide them over to disconnect the 2 pipes. 2. each flange that connects the 2ndry cat to the primary cats, is held by 3 bolts --6 in total. On inspection, you'll notice that 4 of the six (2 on each side) are no- brainers as far as removal. remove them. and move onto the one at the top of the flange on the driver's side. It takes a little bit of work, but with persistence, you'll get it off in no time. 3. The nightmare bolt at the top of the flange on the passenger side: is actually really easy as long as you have the right tools. after hearing back from itzkirb, who suggested that I either remove the wheel (as he did it) or to go through the engine bay, I opted for the latter. I went to Autozone and bought two 24" socket extensions and a U joint extension to connect the two 24" exts (this help give the extention contraption some side-to-side mobility) . My wife then held the extension steady at the engine bay as I went under the car to guide it into the nut. Came back up and easy wrenched it off. VOILA! 4. went back in reverse order (didn't need the extention trick to get the top bolt back on, since without the cats you have more room and the fact that there is steel flex mesh to provide some give), checked for leaks and did a test run! It's def a DIY project. why waste $150 for installation? you could use that money for the BMC filters! GOOD LUCK!

thanks itzkirb! It's late now and I finally got the top nut of the drivers side. I'll try removing the wheel tomorrow on the passenger's side and maybe go buy a really long extension and try it form the engine bay as well. FYI, I started the car up with the cats seperated from the mufflers. MAn does it sound awesome! loud enough to where my wife came out to see what the hell I was doing to her car! BTW, your cars are looking killer! how's the supercharger working out for you? we have very similar car combos...

I'm trying to install them myself. Removing all the other hardware off the 2ndary cats is a piece of cake. But does anyone out there know how to remove the top nuts? I heard they were a nightmare, and indeed they are. they're nearly impossible to get off! I spent the last 2.5 hours trying to get them off! :cursing: HELP!!! is there a trick?

PTEC, Take it easy now. If you would have read his prior post, he never said he beat a 911 turbo. He beat a 911 normally aspirated model and never clarified the year. Why are you questioning his economical situation anyway? what does that have to do with anything regarding his question about his oil light? The purpose of his intial post was to ask fellow Cayenne owners for help and their opinion... not to be criticized. :offtopic: And then you make a rude comment about his typing skills? You certainly are on the wrong board. he's obviously a spirited driver and there is nothing wrong with that. These cars are meant to be driven hard and the fact that having to top oil off at such a small amount of travel is unacceptable. c'mon, like you, we're all here for our love of cars! let's keep everything cool... :thumbup:

TT's do tend to burn up a little oil, agreed. But not a substantial amount to where every 1,000 kms or 620 miles need to be topped off to the point the oil light comes on. My oil light came on once after burning up oil, but that was about 5,000 miles or 3,1000 kms. It was approx. 4 quarts low before the light came on. so to burn approx 4 quarts of oil at every 1000kms, that def sounds like a problem. I suggest taking it to another dealer to get another opinion.

here's another one of my 40th 996. can't wait for my PSS9s!

Hi, sorry to hear that problem. I've had 2 cayennes one V6 and now a TT. I can't believe the dealer told you that! They are full of B.S. that is NOT NORMAL at all. I would be so bummed if that was mine. take it to another dealer ASAP.

thanks for the feedback P.Viby and drpeter! I'll post some more pics of my 996 tomorrow...

So I finally had a chance to shoot my 40th anniversary and Cayenne Turbo together. Sorry, the photo sucks but I was trying to be a little creative with such a limited lens. Specs: 40th 911: (besides the factory upgrades like PCM and X51) 19"x8.5", 19"x10.5" Avus AF-M02 in Seal Grey with chrome lip, Michelin PS2s, PSE w/elec., Teq 4-tube sports exhaust tips, EVO high flow intake, Speed Yellow Brembo caliper swap, Techart type III rear wing, aluminum face gauges, and PSS9s soon!!! CTT: 21" BBS RXII, Michelin Diamaris, Fabspeed Bypass pipes, Fabspeed dual exhaust tips, and soon to be lowered. let me know what you guys think!

OK guys, I was able to finally answer my own question regarding whether or not a hack was available for the Cayenne air suspension. well I found out there is! After extensive research, I contacted my friend Ralph over at RB tech (who lowered, remapped, and fitted with exhaust and intake) who educated me quite a bit on air suspensions for both the Cayenne and the Bentley GT. He explained to me that he was originally working on a lowering module for the Cayenne (basically the same setup up as the cargraphic one and the techart except less expensive) however, the demand wasn't high enough as he only had one other request other than me to lower a Cayenne. He then moved his efforts to a module for the Bentley GT as he lowered six GTs in the 1 month prior to SEMA! So he wasn't planning on building a module anytime soon for the Cayenne unless the demand was there (let's get on it guys!). So, I asked him what my options were if I didn't want to drop 2 grand on a module to lower the car. He said he could go into the stock module and modify the resistors to to lower the car as much as 2" for $500! however, he suggested no lower than 1.5" since it stiffens the ride considerably. It maintains all the originally controls, but just lowers all 5 levels of height proportionally. I think this is a great deal and I know he does quality work. He has been manufacturing his own suspensions for mercedes for years now and athletes and celebs trust him well. If Nicholas Cage and Dr. Dre trusts Ralph with there ferraris, than I know I can trust him with my ride. Check out his website www.rbtechla.com and contact him with any questions you have. Tell him Mesa told you about him or at least let's all pressure him to make that module for our cars!