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| Author: | IanF [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:50 am ] |
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I've just noticed that my drivers side headlight is smashed, not sure how or when it happened, there's no signs of any other damage around there, so looks like I need a replacement. I've seen the SEL-Imperial link from searching on this forum, so will probably order one from there. What I don't know is whether I need an electric one or a manual one as the SEL-Imperial site has both. If it helps, it's for a 1998, 323zxi 2ltr V6 Special Edition and on the dash there's a roll wheel that I can adjust the level of the lights with. Cheers, IanF |
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| Author: | IanF [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:09 pm ] |
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Erk!!! Just phoned up Mazda to see what price theirs are and nearly died when I was told £199.52 come to think of it he didn't say if that included VAT, and it definatly didn't include fitting!!!! Yeeps.... |
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| Author: | GOGOBROOM [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:50 pm ] |
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Try Ebay or scrapyards.... I know ebay had some for sale for, dont quote me tho, about £30 a while back |
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| Author: | Stealth [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:57 pm ] |
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You want an electric one if you have a lil' wheel that lifts and dips the headlight beam at night. |
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| Author: | IanF [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:16 pm ] |
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Ta very much Stealth. I'll be placing an order with SEL-Imperial then... Ho hum, 75 quid-a-roonies I didn't want to have to spend, but at least it's not 200 quid-a-roonies that I REALLY didn't want to have to spend.... Anyone else used/recommend SEL-Imperial? Also is it a doddle to fit the headlamp? I assume it just involves undoing several screws and detaching a power lead, then redoing them all with the new unit?? Do I have to worry about leveling the beams, or is that all taken care of by the thumb wheel jobbie? Cheers, IanF |
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| Author: | Ronin (Adam) [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:35 pm ] |
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Here ya go mate. Probably the cheapest option 
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=52640&item=2491122362&rd=1[/url] You will most likely have to adjust the headlights yourself but thats easy, just involves a bit of screwing. Look in the guides section. |
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| Author: | IanF [ Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:25 am ] |
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Cheers, but that's the wrong one. Any opinions out there as to how easy/tricky it is to fit one? From having a nosey around in the engine bay it looks a bit of a nightmare of pipes making acessing the relevant screws/nuts/bolts a bit of a sod. Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | GOGOBROOM [ Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:24 pm ] |
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Theres 3 bolts holding the headlight in place ... thats it - unscrew em and pull the unit out, making sure you have disconnected the electrical bits on the back .. simple :P Reverse the above to put back in |
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| Author: | IanF [ Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:50 am ] |
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Well it's all sorted now  . Rather than pay Mazda £200 + VAT, I found a website called www.carlamp.co.uk which supplied me a light within a week for £105 including vat and delivery. YAY!
As it was so much cheaper I was half expecting a Tescos Value type brand one, but no it's an original Bosch one which is the same type that's supplied with the car. So if you need a new light I'd recommend them based on my experience. Obviously I'd rather have paid much less for a 2nd hand one but it appears 323fs are like rocking horse shite around East Anglia. I phoned LOADS of scrappys but none of them had one. Ah well the cars back to looking perfect again now so all's well that ends well.... IanF |
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| Author: | IanF [ Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:36 am ] |
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Forgot to mention, Gogobroom was right it's a doddle to remove and replace the headlight. There's just 3 nuts holding it in place and 2 power leads to disconnect, then it slides out to the front. In fact you'd have to remove it to replace the bulbs. Cheers, IanF |
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| Author: | Dragon Rob [ Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:21 pm ] |
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You can change the bulbs without removing the unit but need dexterous fingerwork! As for lack of f's in East Anglia, there are loads on the roads, I see at least 3 to 4 a day, problems is they are just so hard to kill there aren't many in the scrappies! (but thats why i luv em)
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