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What kind of bulbs are in new-issue dot-1 headlights?

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Use led bulbs, or have halogen bulbs just improved

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Is that due to the new units using LED bulbs, or have halogen bulbs just improved that much since the late 90s?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi, everyone. Without going into too much detail, my dot-1 C2 has ended up with a set of refinished headlights that contain new (or at least new-ish) reflector dish units. They look great�no fog, no nothing�but the light cast is *extremely* blue. Is that due to the new units using LED bulbs, or have halogen bulbs just improved that much since the late 90s? Either way, what kind of bulb (LED or otherwise) do I need to warm things up again? Thanks!

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I heard from Adrian at Adrian's Taillights that new 996.1 headlights from Porsche had LEDs.

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are these headlight new from porsche? or remanufactured / upgraded units? may be add some photos to help.

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Halogen bulb in 996.1 headlight would be 12V, 55W, H7 PX26d socket. A blue tint on a halogen bulb would yield the blue hue and tries to immitate the typical light of xenon bulbs.

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After doing some digging, it looks like @flipnidaho is right: they’re LEDs. (Not that Porsche made that easy to discover; I found it buried in the Porsche Classic UK site.) The good news is that they’re H7 units as @hardtailer said and can be swapped out for Osram LEDs with a halogen-like color temperature. So I guess I know what I’m doing next weekend! Thanks everyone!

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