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Old August-14th-2006, 11:32 PM
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bought some headlights off ebay and paying the price apparently they are like the sedan protege's and i have a protege5. does anyone know what is required to make this work or can it thanks


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you shouldn't buy no-name headlights off of ebay.. the beam the cheap ones usualy have un-focused reflection beams and can create blind spots and/or poorly lighted or mis-directed beams.
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The housing and bulbs are different entirely different. I guess it can be done, but I can't help you there.
You may have to re-sell them.
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Originally Posted by 1 SLOW WAGON
bought some headlights off ebay and paying the price apparently they are like the sedan protege's and i have a protege5. does anyone know what is required to make this work or can it thanks


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You can make them work, but you need a wire harness adapter. I asked one of the sellers when they first started showing up on ebay about that. I could tell by the picture that they looked like they were for the sedan (only 1 bulb instead of two). The seller said his headlights were for the sedan, but he would include the harness adapter with the headlights. I decided that I liked my factory headlights better so I didn't buy them. Try contacting the seller and asking if they have the adapter. And Lozz is right about the beam pattern being messed up.
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Originally Posted by Luzer
You can make them work, but you need a wire harness adapter. I asked one of the sellers when they first started showing up on ebay about that. I could tell by the picture that they looked like they were for the sedan (only 1 bulb instead of two). The seller said his headlights were for the sedan, but he would include the harness adapter with the headlights. I decided that I liked my factory headlights better so I didn't buy them. Try contacting the seller and asking if they have the adapter. And Lozz is right about the beam pattern being messed up.

sounds good the headlights look killer in my car i love them but they do me no good if they dont work ill call them toimm thanks
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