HID to Halogen Conversion - 2010 Mazda 3
 

Everyone,


I have searched every way I can think possible and haven't be able to find any information on a HID to Halogen conversion.


2010 Mazda 3, 2.5L Touring with HID lights, I have one side that isn't working, gets full of water and is browning/hazing out. I have done a little research and this HID stuff is expensive!!!


Is there any way I can convert to Halogen and be done with this HID business? I know everyone typically wants to convert to HID and not the other way.


Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!!

I know how you all feel about resurecting old threads, but I feel like we did not get an answer here if it worked and how it was done and I don't like starting redundant threads. Our daughters 2010 Mazda 3 HID auto leveling headlights were both full of water and the ballasts were flooded and obviously broke, the dealer wants $1,400 per headlight and the Interwebs want $1,000 each, so I went out and bought two used basic model Halogens at the junkyard with no running lights, as simple as it gets, and I have succesfully adopted the HID wiring harness to them

Turns Signal / Parking Light is exactly the same and just snaps right in - no changes needed
Low Bean - I cut off the HID plug that ran to the ballast and soldered the Halogen low beam plug to it, works great
High Beam - I don't know how to get these working hence the post
Running Lights - her car per the VIN does not have running lights (although the current HID assemblies have running lights and running lights wiring harness in them but they don't work, someone must have swapped the original ones out at some point and installed these in) so I am not worrying about those, but for extra credit if you could tell me if there is some way to make the running lights come one, enable them in the computer or what ever that would be great

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I think this is relatable

HID Headlights HI/LO Switching

welcome to my Headlight Hell


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Can you convert HID headlights to "regular" Halogen? YES

here's how I did it

1. buy the regular halogen headlights with their wire harness on the back and bulbs at a junkyard (make sure they have most of the three clips/brackets if not its not the end of the world) I paid anywhere between $30 and $40 bucks for mine (these may come as super basic aka no running lights or what I call basic with running lights) FYI the lights in the chin of your car are Fog Lights not running lights, the running lights are an extra light bulb inside the actual headlight housing

2. take the black and red wires that go to the HID ballast and cut the plug off then solder on a pig tail from a regular Halogen wire harness you can snip one off at a junkyard, 97% of wrecked Mazda 3s at the junkyard have regular lights not the HIDs lol

What about High Beams, sorry guys I don't know how to make the high beams work, that's why I posted that guys video so you can see how the HIDs operate. Feel free to learn me how to make the high beams work in this swap / conversion.


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I hope this helps some of you out

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