I've just noticed that my drivers side headlight is smashed, not sure how or when it happened, there's no signs of any other damage around there, so looks like I need a replacement. I've seen the SEL-Imperial link from searching on this forum, so will probably order one from there. What I don't know is whether I need an electric one or a manual one as the SEL-Imperial site has both.

If it helps, it's for a 1998, 323zxi 2ltr V6 Special Edition and on the dash there's a roll wheel that I can adjust the level of the lights with.

Cheers,

IanF

Erk!!! Just phoned up Mazda to see what price theirs are and nearly died when I was told £199.52 come to think of it he didn't say if that included VAT, and it definatly didn't include fitting!!!!

Yeeps....

Try Ebay or scrapyards.... I know ebay had some for sale for, dont quote me tho, about £30 a while back

You want an electric one if you have a lil' wheel that lifts and dips the headlight beam at night.

Ta very much Stealth. I'll be placing an order with SEL-Imperial then... Ho hum, 75 quid-a-roonies I didn't want to have to spend, but at least it's not 200 quid-a-roonies that I REALLY didn't want to have to spend....

Anyone else used/recommend SEL-Imperial?

Also is it a doddle to fit the headlamp? I assume it just involves undoing several screws and detaching a power lead, then redoing them all with the new unit?? Do I have to worry about leveling the beams, or is that all taken care of by the thumb wheel jobbie?

Cheers,

IanF

Here ya go mate. Probably the cheapest option
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You will most likely have to adjust the headlights yourself but thats easy, just involves a bit of screwing. Look in the guides section.

Cheers, but that's the wrong one.

Any opinions out there as to how easy/tricky it is to fit one? From having a nosey around in the engine bay it looks a bit of a nightmare of pipes making acessing the relevant screws/nuts/bolts a bit of a sod.

Cheers,

Ian

Theres 3 bolts holding the headlight in place ... thats it - unscrew em and pull the unit out, making sure you have disconnected the electrical bits on the back .. simple :P Reverse the above to put back in

Well it's all sorted now . Rather than pay Mazda £200 + VAT, I found a website called www.carlamp.co.uk which supplied me a light within a week for £105 including vat and delivery. YAY!

As it was so much cheaper I was half expecting a Tescos Value type brand one, but no it's an original Bosch one which is the same type that's supplied with the car. So if you need a new light I'd recommend them based on my experience.

Obviously I'd rather have paid much less for a 2nd hand one but it appears 323fs are like rocking horse shite around East Anglia. I phoned LOADS of scrappys but none of them had one.

Ah well the cars back to looking perfect again now so all's well that ends well....

IanF

Forgot to mention, Gogobroom was right it's a doddle to remove and replace the headlight. There's just 3 nuts holding it in place and 2 power leads to disconnect, then it slides out to the front. In fact you'd have to remove it to replace the bulbs.

Cheers,

IanF

You can change the bulbs without removing the unit but need dexterous fingerwork!

As for lack of f's in East Anglia, there are loads on the roads, I see at least 3 to 4 a day, problems is they are just so hard to kill there aren't many in the scrappies! (but thats why i luv em)