2012 Mazda 3 Headlights?

[MazdaPrincesss]

I am looking into running HID's in my 3. And I was curious to see what other people had in theirs. I was recommended this kit http://www.hidgeeks.com/cart.php?m=view
from a friend, but it seems like junk to me. 35$ is way to cheap considering the other kits Ive looked at run 100$ and up.

Thank you

 

[color0]

I hope this trend of crappy HID's eventually just ends, lighting is a top safety concern and as such, you should pay the price that keeps you safe. TheRetrofitSource sells a $150 kit that replaces the H11 halogens in your stock headlights, as far as I have seen the Morimoto ballasts and bulbs are orders of magnitude more reliable than DDM or your typical eBay kit.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=3955

The proper, and slightly harder way to do it though is to replace the entire projector, which I'll be doing at some point:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=254

It's $300, but you get the bulbs, new projectors properly matched to the bulbs, and brackets to adapt the new projector on. Dunston is one of the few guys to have gone this route but he's very satisfied with it and his lighting performance gained is definitely worth more than $300. This is doing it the right way, where the new projector throws the higher HID output onto a wider section of road and with a sharper cutoff to avoid blinding your fellow drivers.

 

[MazdaPrincesss]

I hope this trend of crappy HID's eventually just ends, lighting is a top safety concern and as such, you should pay the price that keeps you safe. TheRetrofitSource sells a $150 kit that replaces the H11 halogens in your stock headlights, as far as I have seen the Morimoto ballasts and bulbs are orders of magnitude more reliable than DDM or your typical eBay kit.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=3955

The proper, and slightly harder way to do it though is to replace the entire projector, which I'll be doing at some point:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=254

It's $300, but you get the bulbs, new projectors properly matched to the bulbs, and brackets to adapt the new projector on. Dunston is one of the few guys to have gone this route but he's very satisfied with it and his lighting performance gained is definitely worth more than $300. This is doing it the right way, where the new projector throws the higher HID output onto a wider section of road and with a sharper cutoff to avoid blinding your fellow drivers.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Now I was also thinking of just staying with the same stock setup and just switching to a different halogen bulb, and recommendations? Ive heard a little about the silver stars, but my dad said they only lasted a year or so before burning out on him.

 

[color0]

Personally I can't help you on halogen bulbs, I've never found an aftermarket set "good enough" to justify not switching to HIDs. But that's just me, I'm a paranoid driver and the OEM bulbs are going out the door as soon as I have the money for it.