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October-16th-2002, 07:46 AM

#16

AwaKeN

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Location: Montréal, Québec

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Quote:

Originally posted by zmzmp5
1 Year huh? Thanks for the update. Does anyone know where this information may be documented?

- Brian

I'm in Quebec Canada, so maybe it's different than U.S. ?

October-16th-2002, 07:59 AM

#17

mygreenmazda

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Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Orlando, Florida

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I'll tell you I got the hyperwhites and one day I smelled my engine burning, it took me a week to figure what was going on. I found out that the wires and one the piece of plastic that connects to the bulb. I stopped it on time but it still caused some damage to the wire. So I guess just watch out. I didn't know that the bulbs were under warranty.

October-16th-2002, 08:02 AM

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Bijou-MP5

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Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: Catch me if you can

Posts: 501

- Fixed Headlight(s) problems
- Purchased and installed Nokya Blue Bulbs
- Painted Mazda Emblem in Front Grill (Flat Black)
- Painted Instrumentation Panel Bezel (Metallic Black)
- Did the electrical fog light mod
- Installed air intake filter and custom bracket
- Cleaned some bumper crap
- Test drives in his and my car
- Miscellaneous (oh yeah, chowed down some McD's food as well!)

Thanks to the BEST MAN Brian.
Above things were my first modification done ever since I bought my car.
He knows damn well about the cars. I will say he's the walking solution manual.

he spent a lot of hours to work with my car, and he treated my car like his car.
He didn't even charged me for labor work.
That saved hell out of money. I was so lucky I met him. If you see him in person, you will be amazed too.

I was little jealousy cause he's car performs much better than mine. oh well i'm just an automatic~
Thank You again brian~ You are the BEst of the BEST!!!

October-16th-2002, 08:28 AM

#19

Bijou-MP5

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Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: Catch me if you can

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Quote:

Originally posted by mazdanewbie
HIM?

I always forget that we aren't always what we appear to be, that avatar/picture had me going. I should know better, I'm not an emaciated crazy old sailor.

One thing about aftermarket mods, if you're planning on selling it limits your options, a lot of people won't touch it, they assume it's been raced. Or they don't want the hassle in case it was done wrong. I picked up my GSR from a Tiawanese student, he had put in some white parking lights that caused me nothing but problems. If I ever buy another used car it will be stock.

sorry~ she's my gf~

October-16th-2002, 10:21 AM

#20

RebelRacing

Im fastr then u think u r

Join Date: Nov 2001

Location: Toronto IS NOT Canada

Posts: 257

Re A/M light usage

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Originally posted by slamprotege5
My dealer told me NOT to get aftermarket bulbs, as they get too hot and melt the housing. Anyone else heard this??

There shouldn't be a problem with running STOCK wattage bulbs in your car...this means 55/65W. You can run the higher wattage bulbs but you will probably melt either the housing or the bulb connector. I have seen this happen to many people

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I have the PIAA stock SuperBlue 55/65W bulbs, and the only problem I have dates back to before the PIAAs were installed

. For some reason my car melts the drivers/left H/L Low-beam wire. If I wiggle the connector the light comes on. The contacts corrode for some reason causing resistance and excess heat. The dealer dosn't know why

, and they have rewired that side. It has reappeared and I am going to repair it myself, with a new plug and a sht load of grease to keep the water out