Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
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Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
I have an 07 3 sTouring sedan. Does anyone know of a good way to upgrade my lighting to the factory Xenon headlamps and LED tail lamps that come as standard on the Grand Touring models? (I want to upgrade the lighting but maintain the stock look.) Can the dealer do this for me?
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RE: Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
I wouldn't even talk to the dealer about this. If you want to do HIDs then you have a few options:
1. buy replacement OEM HID headlights. They run $815/ea from the dealer, plus bulbs and ballasts. You can probably find them much much cheaper used somewhere else.
2. retrofit HID projectors into your existing headlamps (replacing the halogen projectors)
3. get an aftermarket HID kit and use that in your halogen projectors.
As for as money #3 is the cheapest. As far as quality of lighting option #2 is the best.
For tail lights you can get the stock tails, or you can go with one of the several aftermarket options. Installation is pretty simple as long as you have a socket wrench and a bit of time.
1. buy replacement OEM HID headlights. They run $815/ea from the dealer, plus bulbs and ballasts. You can probably find them much much cheaper used somewhere else.
2. retrofit HID projectors into your existing headlamps (replacing the halogen projectors)
3. get an aftermarket HID kit and use that in your halogen projectors.
As for as money #3 is the cheapest. As far as quality of lighting option #2 is the best.
For tail lights you can get the stock tails, or you can go with one of the several aftermarket options. Installation is pretty simple as long as you have a socket wrench and a bit of time.
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RE: Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
Spots, What do you mean with number 2? Also, you can put theOEM HID's in the car with the manual leveling? And zrh1124 here's a site you can buy the stock LED taillights...
http://www.thexenonstore.com/ledtails.php
http://www.thexenonstore.com/ledtails.php
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RE: Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
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I just wanted to point out to others that may see this that those "European" factory LED tails that Xenon Store offers are ONLY for sedans [].... and there is some question about legality in the States as they do not come with a side marker or reflector. Retrofitting might be required.
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RE: Xenon rear/LED tail light upgrade?
ORIGINAL: Lev
Spots, What do you mean with number 2? Also, you can put theOEM HID's in the car with the manual leveling? And zrh1124 here's a site you can buy the stock LED taillights...
http://www.thexenonstore.com/ledtails.php
Spots, What do you mean with number 2? Also, you can put theOEM HID's in the car with the manual leveling? And zrh1124 here's a site you can buy the stock LED taillights...
http://www.thexenonstore.com/ledtails.php
As far as manual leveling in a car that didn't come with it...... that's a difficult one. In theory if you bought OE HID headlights with the leveling motor you should be able to hook them up to power and to a leveling switch. There was a pretty long thread about it on mazda3forums however it kind of stopped dead this past winter.... too bad. I think they were mostly trying to work through the factory wiring as much as possible which was probably what was making it more difficult.
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