Looking up upgrading my lights, really wanna be able to see alot more at night especially as i do alot of driving at night in country lanes, has any one got a set installed, or know anything about them, don\'t want to rush into buying a kit if its a waste of time or a crap kit, any advice & helpwould be great, thanks James???
Clive has some good kits.
I brought a cheap kit on fleabay - and ended up buying better HID\'s and ballasts - in the long run it\'s not cost effective to go too cheap.
For the FC you need an H4 kit - and for MOT compliant beam patterns your best of getting a telescopic (motorised) bulb H4-3 style - it\'s a single bulb, and either the bulb or reflector is moved to produce the Hi/Lo beam. The kits with seperate bulbs don\'t produce the correct beam pattern with the stock lenses, so it won\'t pass MOT - and you\'ll be blinding other drivers.
You can get a dual lens conversion - and then you can use projector style lenses - with seperate bulbs - those would use H1/H3 bulbs.
The issue with the cheeper bulbs is that the retracting motor doesn\'t fit behind the popups, so its best to spend a bit more and go for the slightly more expensive ones that definatly fit, rather than wasting money on ones that don\'t lol
Hi James,
Have a read of this (long) thread as it should answer all your questions,
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33461
Hope this helps,
p.s. I remember being real worried driving in the dark and heavy rain going to Le Mann\'s many years ago in my Gen 2 not being able to see a damn thing, Gen 3\'s arn\'t much better !
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a new windscreen could also help, if you have an old one, they usually get lots of tiny stone chips that scatter the light making it harder to drive
you might want to check what kind of headlight housing you have on ur fc as import ones do not have replaceable bulbs as the bulbs are built-in to the housing.
if thats the case then you\'d need to get new housing to fit the HID\'s.
any updates on ur fc?
still like the gt wing on ur fc.. tempted to follow lol but also like the stock TII wing.
Thanks for the help people, gonna see if can get a few more members up for a group buy with Clive. My fc is a UK spec one so should be ok but will check. Will put a update on the FC on my other thread soon.
i might be up for the group buy actually.
are you gunna make another post here or in the group by section?
ill know by tonight
Already done it on the other thread matey.
as in youve already bought it? blimey that was quick
Ha no just have asked Clive about another group buy.
ah ive just seen, i should be adding my name to that lost soon hopefully
result!!! wanted HID\'s for ages
The price has gone up from the last kit that was up for the group buy, or is it a different kit!?!
I would be up for a group buy.
Been wanting HID\'s for a looong time.
Good morning,
If you would like to go to this thread your questions are answered for you,
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52108
Hope this helps
Quote from: Frost;534436I would be up for a group buy.
Been wanting HID\'s for a looong time.
I remember years ago melting the wiring on my EGI with mental 100w bulbs in my quest to see where I was going at night,
Foutunatly this kit will not heat up your wiring and you will be able to see 300% better that fitting 100w bulbs
ah looks like im a bit low on the money front. Maybe ill get hid\'s when i eventually get a tII :D
I got the 6000K kit on my daily runner, was only £50 delivered :)
Kit came with:
2X Ballasts
2X Bulbs
Wires
User friendly instruction manual
Cable ties
2X Fitting harness
It\'s been on the car for almost 2 years now, works a treat :)