LED H7s in a Mazda5?

[e2wJunglist]

Has anyone put LEDs in the headlights of a Mazda5? I have an 09 and wanted to do a HiD conversion but I'm considering going the LED route this time.

Hoping to learn from your experiences before I purchase.

 

[Vasy]

there was a super long thread about why not to get LED due to their poor performance in the headlights our cars are equipped with.
Here, dug it up for you. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...wall-amp-lux-comparison-LED-H11-LL-H11-100-H9

check this thread of many of the good question you may have.

 

[Mr2nice]

I went with the Cree led that has a fan built inside And it's bright. Compare yo them cheap led

 

[ruby.w]

I'd like to urge again to avoid LEDs. Their lighting properties are fundamentally different than those of a halogen filament. Your projector cutoff shield will reduce glare, but there is no LED replacement that's street-legal for halogen headlamps for good reason.

If you want to see well, the best that you can with the current headlamps, I'd strongly recommend the following:

First of all, make sure your lenses are clear. If they've fogged you can clean them with a headlight restoration kit, but the fogging will return much more quickly. Long term, the only fix for this is new headlight housings.

Second, get a high performance clear 65W H7 (basically a 2100 lumen H9 in an H7 base) such as the Osram Hyper H7 (64217 or 64218, either one will work here - Flosser also sells a similar bulb). This puts out 2100 lumens instead of the 1300 lumens that you get with a regular H7, and most importantly it keeps essentially the same pattern of emission as the H7 that the headlamp housings are designed for. This makes it compatible with the existing optics. The first-gen projectors should be able to handle a bulb without blacktop and put the additional lumens where they need to be, near the cutoff.

Lastly, align your headlights *well*. I have a similar setup (H9's in the second-gen projectors) that casts a beautiful clean light while causing minimal glare - it's an amazing improvement.

You may also see some benefit from a relayed headlight harness if you have significant voltage drop in the wiring.

Ruby

 

[Fredrik]

Almost ten years later... Are there other experiences with H7 LED? I have read about Osram and Philips street legal LED, they seem interesting but are at least not approved for Mazda5 in Sweden.
The LED model itself is approved for other cars.

 

[hleboklop]

I'm currently looking for new H7 and the LEDs I got to test are no good (Chinese noname).
I'm probably going to stick with the standard light bulbs.
Mazda 5 2007

 

[sm1ke]

Almost ten years later... Are there other experiences with H7 LED? I have read about Osram and Philips street legal LED, they seem interesting but are at least not approved for Mazda5 in Sweden.
The LED model itself is approved for other cars.

I strongly recommend that you stick with standard lighting for your vehicle. Your headlight housings were not designed for HID or LED bulbs, and using those bulbs in those housings may cause functional issues for you, while also creating unsafe conditions for others on the road by potentially blinding them.

If you absolutely need better lighting, the best thing you can do is retrofit projectors into your OEM housings and use bulbs that fit into those projectors. On top of that, you'd also need to figure out the wiring to ensure that there are no issues on that end. I have done this on a previous car I owned, retrofitting projectors into halogen housings and using an HID conversion kit. The result was perfect, significantly increased visibility without blinding oncoming traffic.