Ricky SE3P

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ok, i look at the front of my car and this is what i see. lights in 3 different colors and its pissing me off. its a 04' rx8 touring (everything the gt has except the leather and heated seats)
the lights closest to the mazda emblem are like a creme color, and id like them to be white. fogs are a off white, if they could also be white thatd be nice. headlights are HID from my knowledge, but if you look my drivers side is brighter than the passenger, just curious as to why that could be.

RX8Soldier

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they're all like that

Ricky SE3P

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yeah, but ive seen 8's that arent like that. thats why i ask

RX8Soldier

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because they have more than likely modded their setup. Search for V-LED's and other "Headlight conversion" kits...

Ricky SE3P

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ill have to look into that.. but anyone with any knowledge that could help would be great!

navyslideby

dont mean to thread jack, but if i wanted to change to say an 8k hid bulb, would i be able to change just the bulb, or do i need an aftermarket ballast as well...
FYI, i currently have factory HID's

StealthTL

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Yes you just need bulbs (capsules) to fit the right base size.

Always buy two, even if one burns out, buy both - trust me, they won't match if they are newer/older mixed.

The stockers are 35 watt, you can't use the 55 watt capsules without a ballast upgrade.

Ricky SE3P

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wouldnt 35watts be enough? its not the brightness i care about, its the color. plus it would be easier to just buy different bulbs. idk what bulbs are for the various lights either. all i know are the halogen fogs are h11's thats it as far as what bulbs are where and what kind.

chino0314

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Go to google type in rx8 bulb list a thread on this forum should pop up

Ricky SE3P

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thanks Saul, im going to be getting the break pads tomorrow by the way.

now i would just need help picking out the bulbs online that i would need/that would work best from wherever i buy them.

StealthTL

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http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...ng/Headlights/

Pic of 8000k HID on your right, all other bulbs stock.

Ricky SE3P

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the 8000k bulb is too blue for my tastes so ill be going 6000k hid's for the headlights. park lights ive read to be 194's, ill have to find those in white, close enough to the same color as the 6000k hid's. (not brightness, just color). the fog's ill leave as they are most likely.

invasion08

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Here is a great thread for led bulbs https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/new-leds-wow-bright-158590/

Ricky SE3P

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haha i just opened the page a few minutes before you posted this.
so in post 1, the first lights listed are the parking lights. these specifically.
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...87987-1-2.html
these are the kind im looking for that i want replaced, closest to the mazda emblem correct? the 194's?

edit: those are 6000k's (white with a tint of blue), the ones in this link are 5000k's (pure white). they would also work right? just to be sure. looking at his pictures the 6000k's seem to be more blue than the headlights and i think the 5000k's might match better with factory hid's..)
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...61053-1-2.html

Mazurfer

Kind of a tangent off that other thread already posted, but give mine a quick look for the hell of it.
See if that's the look you might be after.
Some pretty good detail on what I have right now and thread is not as long, so you don't have to weed through a ton of posts to get all the info.......and I only use V-LED's.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/new-vleds-installed-just-dsome-pics-201717/


Good luck!

Ricky SE3P

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thats exactly the look im trying to get! holy crap. not sure about changing out the side markers. but as far as the other lights on the front of the car, its spot on!
looks like im going to have to go back and re-read everything to see what is what, and get an idea of what it will cost me..

Ricky SE3P

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http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...62693-1-2.html
^^^ h11's
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...87987-1-2.html
^^^194's
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-HID-H...25430-1-2.html
^^^D2S hid (the 6000k diamond blue)
those are the ones you used, correct?

Mazurfer

What you linked looks correct.................don't go above 6k or they will be purplish.

Ricky SE3P

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awesome, ill be working to take care of this quite soon.

frodeff

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So if I have xenon on my car I can just order the 3 different kind of bulbs and fit them straight in?

Im kinda confused after reading to many posts about led/hid/xenon/ballast/reflective/projector :S

Mazurfer

I need to be careful since you aren't in the US, but I believe your answer is "yes".

I had xenon's as well and put them straight in! No issues.

frodeff

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Hm, I think Im gonna take them out to make sure its the same sockets. Compare them to the pictures on the VLED site to be sure, would suck ***** to waste those cash on something that dont fit at all.

Thanks!

RotaryP7

I need to change my fog bulbs.. I have LED's on the parking lights and 6000k HID's. So the fogs look a little off..

Mazurfer

Same 6k hid's like me and parking too! See if you like my color match in my thread and it will tell you which fog LED's. Although I think they are listed in this thread as well now.

Ricky SE3P

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yes they are the ones i listed here with the link to the website.

RotaryP7: yeah and you need to tell me when you want to meet to do the foglight mod to your 8.