2025 edit: go here for somewhat of a solution
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Tl:dr not plug and play
Figured id post this as a separate thread rather than being lost in a discussion reply.
After looking further into it, it appears that the oem LED mazda headlight housings with the eyelid strips and all the fancy design has a 14pin connector vs the oem Halogen housing with has a simple 6 with two vertical slot looking holes in the connector female end which would be in the light itself.
Its strange that we always saw posts about it since 2015 but never had any confirmation of actual conversions being done which wouldve brought this issue to light. Halogen users usually upgraded bulbs to led rather than entire housing which makes sense considering it costs a grand+ for new from mazda.
Ill post pics later since on phone and will probably order one this spring to work on a conversion cable and document a how-to when the time comes.
Incase anyone is wondering why this matters, well it only does for us unfortunate OEM led mazda owners. The oem led housing isn't service able without extreme measures and cutting, soldering etc (since anything is technically repairable jf you cut deep enough). But for average diy or headlight bakers it's still a hard step above average lights. Mazda made these disposable to sell you a new one.DONT EVER BUY USED because you don't know how much life is left on the OEM leds and could die tomorrow and you'd be out of 400+ a side. The ideal solution was to downgrade to halogen housings and have a replacable bulb but as a glance upon ebay listings connectors showed me, that isnt happening without modifications to the plugs.
In the meantime if anyone has wiring diagrams of the harness to PM me it would help the process when the time comes but eitherway its gonna get done, stay tuned
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LED connector
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regular non led connector
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Original:
Tl:dr not plug and play
Figured id post this as a separate thread rather than being lost in a discussion reply.
After looking further into it, it appears that the oem LED mazda headlight housings with the eyelid strips and all the fancy design has a 14pin connector vs the oem Halogen housing with has a simple 6 with two vertical slot looking holes in the connector female end which would be in the light itself.
Its strange that we always saw posts about it since 2015 but never had any confirmation of actual conversions being done which wouldve brought this issue to light. Halogen users usually upgraded bulbs to led rather than entire housing which makes sense considering it costs a grand+ for new from mazda.
Ill post pics later since on phone and will probably order one this spring to work on a conversion cable and document a how-to when the time comes.
Incase anyone is wondering why this matters, well it only does for us unfortunate OEM led mazda owners. The oem led housing isn't service able without extreme measures and cutting, soldering etc (since anything is technically repairable jf you cut deep enough). But for average diy or headlight bakers it's still a hard step above average lights. Mazda made these disposable to sell you a new one.DONT EVER BUY USED because you don't know how much life is left on the OEM leds and could die tomorrow and you'd be out of 400+ a side. The ideal solution was to downgrade to halogen housings and have a replacable bulb but as a glance upon ebay listings connectors showed me, that isnt happening without modifications to the plugs.
In the meantime if anyone has wiring diagrams of the harness to PM me it would help the process when the time comes but eitherway its gonna get done, stay tuned
edit:
LED connector
regular non led connector
