911 Headlights - RPM LumeTechnik LED Headlight Conversion

[g7jhp]

Whilst browsing I came across RPM's LumeTechnik LED Headlight Conversion for all 911's pre-993 (early to 964).

Video here



Not cheap at £636 to £1,799 (inc VAT) depending on Basic or Full kit for your model.

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What RPM say:

In an aim to address headlight performance on earlier 911’s, RPM Technik has launched its own LED headlight conversion for fitment to air-cooled models.

Suitable for models ranging from all 911’s up to and including 964, the LumeTechnik light unit is designed to simply replace the existing light assembly with no additional bulky transformers, by simply plugging into the cars original wiring. The lifetime of the units is equally as impressive by providing around 30,000 hours of usage before requiring replacement. These lights are one of the brightest LED high and low beam units available.

Triple LED technology
30,000 hours of usage
Plug and play
Can be run with early clear lenses or later standard “textured” lens
TUV approved
E marked
Available in RHD or LHD
The LED headlight unit mounts in the original 911 headlight rim so all original adjusters and fixings are retained.

Basic kit – This fits into your into your original headlight (unless you have option code M605 1987 onwards where a full kit is required)

Full kit – The chrome outer ring sits behind the original colour coded rim (where applicable)

Chrome or dark chrome – this is the finish to the light face itself (see picture)

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Certainly interesting and an upgrade that would improve one weak area of earlier 911's.

Has anyone had seen, tried or had these fitted to their early 911?

[hot66]

been around for ages

you can build your own up for less money with very basic knowledge ..plenty of threads out there on pelican

John Audette builds some nice units , both LHD & RHD

http://www.audettecollection.com/leds-for-porsches...

Or , keep your existing & fit the new LED h4 bulbs ( I have some in my 964 & i'm really impressed )

[Yellow491]

The rpm light upgrade is the best upgrade you will ever do on your early 911 if you drive in the dark alot,simply amazing and worth every penny,fitted mine myself about 20 mins perside.

[Jase_eaton]

I have one of our "Singer style" headlight kits (http://www.stuttgart-classica.co.uk/products/911-singer-style-head-lights) fitted to my 3.2 carrera. The LEDs are amazing at night!

[Jakg]

hot66 said:

you can build your own up for less money with very basic knowledge ..plenty of threads out there on pelican

Do you have a link, please?

[Mattygooner]

A recent nighttime journey has shown how woeful the 930 turbos lights are, has anyone had any experience of just changing bulbs? I have seen Philips H7 extreme vision mentioned a few times on forums but don't want anything to melt

[EJH]

Changing the bulbs does help (I think I have nightbreakers but I wouldn't want to commit to that) but the biggest change I have had is from using relays for the headlights:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Mattygooner]

Interesting, I will investigate.

[EJH]

The relays take the headlights from "awful," to "okay-enough," for me, anyway.

I know the LEDs are better but they're monster money and I only really drive the car on unlit roads at night 2 or 3 times a year!

Edited by EJH on Monday 21st November 20:27

[ZX10R NIN]

I carried out this conversion on my 912 it didn't take long (around an hour) but the difference is literally night & day.

The cost worked out around £80.00

[ras62]

The H4 replacement hi/lo beam LEDs are cheap on ebay. The results are far removed from the old candles. I prefer the ones with braided heat sink tails rather than an internal fan, there is plenty of room in the headlamp bowl to install them. One example of many
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/60W-6400LM-H4-LED-Headli...

[hot66]

I fitted these to my 964 and I'm really pleased with them. Made a massive difference to the original bulbs for a small outlay

http://woodypeck.com/?product=r3-led

Photos .... These are LHD headlights with stick on beam deflectors for rhd use

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Edited by hot66 on Wednesday 23 November 10:15

[EJH]

hot66 said:

I fitted these to my 964 and I'm really pleased with them. Made a massive difference to the original bulbs for a small outlay

http://woodypeck.com/?product=r3-led

Photos .... These are LHD headlights with stick on beam deflectors for rhd use

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Edited by hot66 on Wednesday 23 November 10:15

Do you get any beam scatter with them?

I like the idea of LEDs...but if they scatter like xenon upgrade kits they won't be for me.

[hot66]

Against the garage door it's a well defined beam pattern and cut off .. No scatter as far as I'm concerned

Just passed MOT with them fitted .. Nothing else on the headlight is changed just a bulb swap.

[Woodypeck LED Bulbs]

EJH said:

Do you get any beam scatter with them?

I like the idea of LEDs...but if they scatter like xenon upgrade kits they won't be for me.

Great photos EJH and thanks for the comment. Glad you like our Woodypeck.com LED bulb upgrade on your car

[LLantrisant]

lights are homologated (and type aproved) as a complete unit. means, bulb&reflector&lens

if only 1 component is changed the type-approval is gone. those are the strict rules applied e.g. in Germany.

why is it? because there is somebody testing the comlete equipment, investing a lot of time and effort that things are right and comply with the rules:

e.g. the headlights have been tested to ensure that oncoming traffic is not dazzled.

which is often the case when some amateurs are doing some home-made-in-the-shed conversions.


and at the end of the day "i passed the Mot, they did not say anything" is not an approval at all, that things were made right and legally correct.