LED upgrade for the Halogen lights - A guide

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Ti Rich
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So having picked up my Macan last week I set about getting rid of the Halogen lights. I did a lot of research in advance on both UK and USA forums to make sure the solution would work and not throw up any errors. I have now been running for 5 days with no bulb out errors or radio interference. No one is flashing me as the low dip beam pattern is perfect. I am posting this to help people that want to do this conversion, not to start a debate on the legality or morals of it. The car will go in for its MOT in a few weeks time and I will update this thread on the results. The lights all have, more or less, the same colour temperature and so match perfectly. The fogs are really easy to do, about 10 mins per side and this video helps a lot:-

https://www.macanforum.com/threads/upgr ... 498/page-3

The Dipped/Side/Main beam requires removal of the headlight. It's actually really easy to do. Once you have done it once you can do it in 5 minutes next time. The actual fitting of the bulbs takes the time and it is so fiddly. A very helpful video is here:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwbqMxb4_jw

Note that when you put the headlight back there is a slot at the rear that the headlight must fit into, I missed this the first time. Don't slam the bonnet shut until you are sure it is in place correctly!!!


So here is what I replaced:-

Fog Lights (H11) £16.99 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C1269CZ/ ... 11_TE_item
dipped (H7) £118.36 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwbqMxb4_jw
Side/Main (H11) - £79.99 - https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/h11-h ... -pair.html

Note that the Philips bulbs come with an extra piece of wire. This is the CANBUS defeat and must be fitted.

The whole process took about 3 hours. It really helps to have small hands as fitting the bulbs into the headlights is a fiddly job at best. If anyone has any questions let me know. It's not easy to photograph the results but this should give you an idea.

Mancan LED lights.jpg

2017 Macan S D, 21" Classics, PASAM, Black Exhausts, Heated seats / Steering Wheel, Nav, Park Assist.

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Just as an update to this the Side/Main (H15, not H11 sorry for the typo) was not working correctly. I had not noticed (dont know how but not driving a lot right now) that they were on high beam and sidelight all the time. Both lights were on together. So these have had to be removed while I search for another solution.

So will be fitting these normal bulbs with a white tinge to them.

The picture above shows the dipped beam and fogs.
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Oops! Would have been embarrassing at the MoT.
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Nuclear Nick wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:15 am Oops! Would have been embarrassing at the MoT.
Indeed it would! Can't believe I missed it too!

MOT next week
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Ti Rich wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:28 pm MOT next week
MOTs are extended by 6 months: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus ... march-2020
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Guy wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:36 pm
Ti Rich wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:28 pm MOT next week
MOTs are extended by 6 months: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus ... march-2020
Yes I know thank you. I just want it done before the main 3-year warranty ends. They may pick something up on the MOT that I can't see. Not sure how the extended warranty (which I have) differs from the original warranty.
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Just noticed H7 bulb link is wrong and I can't change it now. Should be:-

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Miss the Comfort Lighting Package on my car, had it on my first Macan but not on the current one. Realise can’t retrofit everything but would like to change to LED interior bulbs. Anyone know if this is possible or has done it ?
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LVision wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:46 am Miss the Comfort Lighting Package on my car, had it on my first Macan but not on the current one. Realise can’t retrofit everything but would like to change to LED interior bulbs. Anyone know if this is possible or has done it ?
Have a look here: https://www.macanforum.com/threads/chan ... eds.76121/
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Thanks Guy, very useful
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