Aircooled Porsche
F-Body, G-Body, and 964
A guide to Classic 911 Headlights
Headlights are the first design element you notice when you glance at a classic Porsche 911. They are an essential component of the look that the 911 owner envisions for their car. We strive to realize that vision by providing full custom designs with infinite combination of lenses, housing colors and trim rings.
Selecting your Headlight
It's possible to achieve a stock look, an outlaw look, or anything in between with endless combination of headlight types, lenses, housing and trim rings.
Bi-LED Headlights are our flagship headlights, providing the best lighting and highest build quality. Their brightness is on par with modern cars. They provide the perfect cutoff line that allows the best lighting possible on the road without blinding oncomming traffic. They're available with any lens, housing color, and trim ring option we offer.
LED headlights are our cost effective models. They provide significantly better lighting compared to stock aircooled headlights. They have an integrated LED unit with a dual projector for low and high beams, which is more recessed into the housing compared to the Bi-LED projectors.
| Headlight Type | Bi-LED Headlights | LED Headlights | H4 Headlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Single Center Projector | Dual Projector | Reflector |
| Illumination | Best, on par with modern cars | Better than H4 lights | Better than stock lights |
| Color | 5000K, white | 5000K, white | 3200K, yellow hue |
| Hi-Low | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power | 45W each side | 45W each side | 60/55W each side |
All our headlights fit all F-Body, G-Body, and 964 models, years 1965-1994 911/912/930 Coupe/Targa/Cab models, and they come with standard H4 plugs. If you have a 1987 to 1994 model 911, your harness will most likely have an H5 plug, and all you need is to add H5 to H4 Adapters.
Installation
Installing your headlights is typically a breeze, with a few easy steps:
- Remove existing headlight trim (one screw at the bottom) and then the headlight itself (4 screws inside the fender)
- Test voltages at the high and low beam pins on the H4 plug in the headlight bucket with a multimeter (see diagram below)
- Plug in the H4 connector while holding the new headlight
- Hang the top of the trim ring on the lip of the fender at the top
- Align the bottom screw hole (at 6 o'clock) with the nut inside the fender
- Keeping the top side tucked into the fender lip, push the headlight in gently from all sides
- Screw in the 6 o'clock screw
This video by one of our customers is an excellent illustration:
Electrical Connection:
- Prior to installation, please make sure to check voltages at the headlight sockets on your car. Previous owners may have changed connections, polarity etc. Halogen bulbs can sometimes work with wrong polarity connections, but LEDs will not. The figure below shows the correct connections for standard H4 sockets:
If you have Bi-LEDs with Halo or Matrix DRL's, you can find guidelines for connections here: Bi-LEDs with DRLs
If you have Regular LEDs with Halo, you can find guidelines for connections here: LEDs with DRLs
Fitment:
- All our headlights fit all 1965-1994 911/912/930 Coupe/Targa/Cab models
- If you have a 1987 to 1994 model 911, your harness has an H5 plug, and all you need is to add H5 to H4 Adapters.
Color-Matched Trim Rings:
- If you would like to have trim rings that match body color, we offer Primered Trim Covers that fit on all our headlights. These trim covers are ready to paint, and can be mounted or removed in less than a minute.