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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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do my retrofit for free or I'm going to buy a 5K HID kit...and drive behind you, everyday...of your life.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by IonNinja
do my retrofit for free or I'm going to buy a 5K HID kit...and drive behind you, everyday...of your life.
Mine too, or I'll buy a 5k HID kit and drive facing you, in reverse, everyday, and post pictures of you squinting! LOL
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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Mine too, or I'll buy a 5k HID kit and drive facing you, in reverse, everyday, and post pictures of you squinting! LOL
I'LL PAY YOU!
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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on a local forum some guy bought 30,000k bulbs.....lol,
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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i cant wait to see a finsihed product, good luck
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Hutnek
Mine too, or I'll buy a 5k HID kit and drive facing you, in reverse, everyday, and post pictures of you squinting! LOL
Driving in reverse while taking pictures......seems like a pretty hard task
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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This looks to be a very good project. When do you suppose this will be accomplished?
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mercury
There is no such thing as a highbeam/lowbeam Xenon bulb.
BS, they make a HID low Beam convetional High beam combo bulb for the Mazdaspeed.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T
BS, they make a HID low Beam convetional High beam combo bulb for the Mazdaspeed.
Xenon combo bulb? Please enlighten me. And I really hope you aren't talking about those HID kits that move the bulb up and down....

The only OEM HID bulbs are D2S and D2R.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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not to be mean merc. but now that you are putting those lights in does that mean those Ugly eyelids will come off. im not a fan of em but if you want em keep em.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercury
Xenon combo bulb? Please enlighten me. And I really hope you aren't talking about those HID kits that move the bulb up and down....

The only OEM HID bulbs are D2S and D2R.

There are two bulbs attached in close proximity. One is HID and set to Low Beam. One is conventional set to High. The only negative is the cost. If your High beam craps out, you need to replace the entire light.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T
There are two bulbs attached in close proximity. One is HID and set to Low Beam. One is conventional set to High. The only negative is the cost. If your High beam craps out, you need to replace the entire light.
Now is this an OEM Mazda part?

Or is it one of those things on ebay like this?
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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That's cool buddy. It's awesome to see an old cougar pal helping out & with the same car!
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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Now is this an OEM Mazda part?

Or is it one of those things on ebay like this?

dude where did u find thouse???

i want my high beams back!! i love my HID's but high beams would be cool!
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Now is this an OEM Mazda part?

Or is it one of those things on ebay like this?

Dont s2000's have the same bulb set up as these. I ask because my friend has one and he has HID's but his high beams are a regular type of light.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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They do have "high beam low beam" HID's they are called Bi-Xeon and work by using a tiny servo to remove the cutoff and blinding anybody near by and maybe incinerating small birds, lol, but seriously bi-xenon's are great if you dont have the room for a low beam and high beam projector!
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 06black
dude where did u find thouse???

i want my high beams back!! i love my HID's but high beams would be cool!
Oh lord Those things don't do anything at all. Plus if you have HIDs on your cobalt you already have your highbeams lit at all times.

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Dont s2000's have the same bulb set up as these. I ask because my friend has one and he has HID's but his high beams are a regular type of light.
No no and more no. S2000's Have a single xenon projector and a seperate reflector style halogen high beam.

There is no OEM bulb that looks like that
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by importkiller
They do have "high beam low beam" HID's they are called Bi-Xeon and work by using a tiny servo to remove the cutoff and blinding anybody near by and maybe incinerating small birds, lol, but seriously bi-xenon's are great if you dont have the room for a low beam and high beam projector!
You are talking about Bi-Xenon projectors right?
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mercury
Now is this an OEM Mazda part?

Or is it one of those things on ebay like this?
Not OEM,

Here is the thing, My Protege 5 has 4 bulbs up fron to I don't have to **** around looking for High and Low. I simply change the Low Bulb to Hid and it's done.

It's a product that I have seen alot and it solves the High Low Issue.




The Blue are LED's in the High Beam as Running Lights..
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T
Not OEM,

Here is the thing, My Protege 5 has 4 bulbs up fron to I don't have to **** around looking for High and Low. I simply change the Low Bulb to Hid and it's done.

It's a product that I have seen alot and it solves the High Low Issue.

The Blue are LED's in the High Beam as Running Lights..
Okay you have what you have, but you called BS on what I said which you weren't correct in trying to call me out on. There is no such thing as an HID Highbeam bulb. That crazy thing with a halogen thing beneath the Xenon capsule is not a single HID Bulb, as it is two bulbs based together, one HID, the other halogen.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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Stop fcking with mercury and leave him to use all his energy on these sweet lights. lol
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercury
You are talking about Bi-Xenon projectors right?
yes i am, and from the pic you have of your projectors it looks like that is what you have, I am totaly excited to see how it turns out, I really want to do it myself but i am in college, i have no money, no time, and no where to work on car stuff

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/ have you been to that site yet they have lots of help and lots of guys that know there ****!!!

What balasts are you using, and do you have any plans on how you are going to make the shroud?
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mercury
Okay you have what you have, but you called BS on what I said which you weren't correct in trying to call me out on. There is no such thing as an HID Highbeam bulb. That crazy thing with a halogen thing beneath the Xenon capsule is not a single HID Bulb, as it is two bulbs based together, one HID, the other halogen.

I thought you meant a dual Hi/Low HID Bulb for replacing the stock one.

As you know, normally people lose the function of the High Beam when they switch to HID with a light system like on the cobalt. I was just trying to inform this forum that it is not required to loose the High Beam.

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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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thats right!

Team HID Halogen for teh win!
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T
I thought you meant a dual Hi/Low HID Bulb for replacing the stock one.

As you know, normally people loose the function of the High Beam when they switch to HID with a light system like on the cobalt. I was just trying to inform this forum that it is not required to loose the High Beam.

If your High beams are loose you should tighten them

If you LOSE your highbeams, then you need bi-xenon projectors.


HID's with no projector are the devil. I HATE HATE HATE them. 5000k+ kit are a joke made by someone painting normal HID bulbs blue and selling them to ricers and laughing as they actually make money off of the crap.
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