Because I'm determined to spend every possible cent on this car, and to "take one for the team" and give other people options, I went ahead and spent the money to have a company that specializes in headlight retrofitting, especially custom brackets, build brackets for the MS6 to upgrade the projectors. The company is called Custom Brackets and Design. Here is a link to the page for the MS6 brackets I had designed:
2002-2007 Mazda6 Micro D2S / Mini HB Retrofit C-Bracket – Custom Brackets & Designs (custom-brackets-designs.myshopify.com)
The Speed 6 does come stock with HID low beams. But the stock projectors are not particularly good. (Many early HID projectors on many different cars are not great.) To my understanding, the current best 2.5" D2S projector on the market is the Morimoto "Micro D2S". (While the "Mini D2S" is 3". Not particularly good naming convention but there it is.) Anyway, for the Mazda 6, the best fit is for a 2.5" projector so "Micro D2S" it is.
Aside from the pain of removing the headlights from the car and opening the damn things up, the upgrade of the projector is really straightforward. Unscrew the stock projector, the stock bracket, screw in the new bracket and the new projector. It did have those annoying "tamper proof" Torx screws which just means you need the right tool.
If you also want to upgrade the high beams, probably the best option is to get the Headlight Revolution S-V.4 H1 LED bulbs. (Not the similarly named Supernova LED product.) Again, at least to my understanding, the Headlight Revolution bulbs are supposed to be about the best on the market.
But, because I insist on wasting money when I don't need to, I decided to ask CB&D to look into making brackets for a Morimoto hi-beam LED projector, the "Mini HB LED". (Where in this case "Mini" means 2.8". Whatever...) He did in fact make them, yet I'm not even entirely certain I would recommend buying them. I'm uncertain if they are worth the money over just getting the Headlight Revolution LED bulbs. Also, the stock hi beam reflector also houses the parking light. So, to use the hi beam projector, you would need to eliminate or relocate the parking light. And one last caveat is that if you use the Mini HB LED, the projector will sit further forward, coming much closer to the lens. But it looks like it would actually work decently.
Current pricing is $70 for just the low beam brackets, or $140 for both high and low beam brackets. In quick summary, I think the Micro D2S projector upgrade for the low beams are great. The high beam projector maybe not so much and probably would just recommend LED hi beam bulbs for an upgrade.
Oh, and, I found on eBay brand new lenses for about $40 a set. So you would basically have brand new headlights if you upgrade the projectors, bulbs and lenses.
As far as turn signal bulbs, I've tried two brands of LED front turn signal bulbs and neither worked. I didn't expect any problems since I had no trouble upgrading the rear turn signal bulbs even without using resisters. So I'm not sure what it would take to upgrade the front turn signal bulbs.
For pictures of the brackets and projectors, see next post.
2002-2007 Mazda6 Micro D2S / Mini HB Retrofit C-Bracket – Custom Brackets & Designs (custom-brackets-designs.myshopify.com)
The Speed 6 does come stock with HID low beams. But the stock projectors are not particularly good. (Many early HID projectors on many different cars are not great.) To my understanding, the current best 2.5" D2S projector on the market is the Morimoto "Micro D2S". (While the "Mini D2S" is 3". Not particularly good naming convention but there it is.) Anyway, for the Mazda 6, the best fit is for a 2.5" projector so "Micro D2S" it is.
Aside from the pain of removing the headlights from the car and opening the damn things up, the upgrade of the projector is really straightforward. Unscrew the stock projector, the stock bracket, screw in the new bracket and the new projector. It did have those annoying "tamper proof" Torx screws which just means you need the right tool.
If you also want to upgrade the high beams, probably the best option is to get the Headlight Revolution S-V.4 H1 LED bulbs. (Not the similarly named Supernova LED product.) Again, at least to my understanding, the Headlight Revolution bulbs are supposed to be about the best on the market.
But, because I insist on wasting money when I don't need to, I decided to ask CB&D to look into making brackets for a Morimoto hi-beam LED projector, the "Mini HB LED". (Where in this case "Mini" means 2.8". Whatever...) He did in fact make them, yet I'm not even entirely certain I would recommend buying them. I'm uncertain if they are worth the money over just getting the Headlight Revolution LED bulbs. Also, the stock hi beam reflector also houses the parking light. So, to use the hi beam projector, you would need to eliminate or relocate the parking light. And one last caveat is that if you use the Mini HB LED, the projector will sit further forward, coming much closer to the lens. But it looks like it would actually work decently.
Current pricing is $70 for just the low beam brackets, or $140 for both high and low beam brackets. In quick summary, I think the Micro D2S projector upgrade for the low beams are great. The high beam projector maybe not so much and probably would just recommend LED hi beam bulbs for an upgrade.
Oh, and, I found on eBay brand new lenses for about $40 a set. So you would basically have brand new headlights if you upgrade the projectors, bulbs and lenses.
As far as turn signal bulbs, I've tried two brands of LED front turn signal bulbs and neither worked. I didn't expect any problems since I had no trouble upgrading the rear turn signal bulbs even without using resisters. So I'm not sure what it would take to upgrade the front turn signal bulbs.
For pictures of the brackets and projectors, see next post.
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