My impending headlight mods

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09-07-2009 | 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Lev

About a month ago i took my bumper off and the whole headlamp unit out. I was trying to get the projector out but had no luck. Do you have to bake the headlight unit to remove the projectors? I would like to swap mine for the clearcoated and spaced projectors. I'm running 4300K HID's in my projectors and would like to eliminate some glare.

Yes, you have to bake the headlight to get the projector off. After you remove the lens (the trim with the chrome rings is attached to the lens) then there are three adjustment screws you need to loosen from the back of the headlight to remove the projector from the housing. After the projector/reflector is removed from the housing there are three screws that attach the reflector to the projector, two screws that hold the lens retention ring to the projector, and three screws that hold the projector bowl against the forward part of the projector.

With the projector in pieces you can see the tab on the shield to cut off

EDIT: Here's a great thread on M3F with details on the modification. http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=149870.0

Last edited by icspots; 09-07-2009 at 07:38 AM.