1990CrownVic
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Hi everyone. I'm always lurking over here but usually I never ask something. Just trying to learn of this very useful site with very knowledgeable people, especially the kind moderators.
This time I have a question for a friend: He's the owner of a 2006 Mazda 6 (SW), and the headlights are pretty dim. He is trying to improve the performance of the headlights, and obviously his first idea was to put HID or LEDs in it. I told him and explained all the usual things that I have read here, the explanation of Dan Stern about it (this one) and even an interview that he gave to japonik (this one). Finally, he started to agree with me that the best route it's to buy new headlamps and/or add relays, and of course install some Philips Extreme Power or similar. But now he´s telling me that –according the manual of the car- it can accept H1 bulbs or d2s, and he also told me that even the headlamp itself says "H1 or D2S". Is that possible? I told him that if a lamp is designed to run with halogen bulbs, you must install halogen bulbs, and you can´t run HID or LEDs, but I never heard about a lamp that says "H1 or D2S". That's why I prefered to come here and ask.
Here's a pic of the Mazda headlamps, just in case. They are not in very good shape, that's why I recommended him to buy a new set of original Mazda headlamps:
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Thanks in advance for your advice.
Denis.
This time I have a question for a friend: He's the owner of a 2006 Mazda 6 (SW), and the headlights are pretty dim. He is trying to improve the performance of the headlights, and obviously his first idea was to put HID or LEDs in it. I told him and explained all the usual things that I have read here, the explanation of Dan Stern about it (this one) and even an interview that he gave to japonik (this one). Finally, he started to agree with me that the best route it's to buy new headlamps and/or add relays, and of course install some Philips Extreme Power or similar. But now he´s telling me that –according the manual of the car- it can accept H1 bulbs or d2s, and he also told me that even the headlamp itself says "H1 or D2S". Is that possible? I told him that if a lamp is designed to run with halogen bulbs, you must install halogen bulbs, and you can´t run HID or LEDs, but I never heard about a lamp that says "H1 or D2S". That's why I prefered to come here and ask.
Here's a pic of the Mazda headlamps, just in case. They are not in very good shape, that's why I recommended him to buy a new set of original Mazda headlamps:
![yyG24zP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5BIMG%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyyG24zP.jpg&hash=1ae4efc86e367e4e47dd923e2960057a)
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Denis.