Aftermarket Headlights for a MX-3

Hey I have been lookin around for parts for the MX-3... I own one and been lookin for parts.. so far I've found the bodykit I want and tail lights... but I still need some headlights besides the stock ones.. right now I am running cyber white bulbs in it.. but I am wondering if anyone has seen any....

I've never seen any aftermarket headlights. I looked everywhere for them when I first got my car. The only options I could find were, either get the black headlight covers, or clean up the stock ones. I just used 2000 grit sand paper and wet sanded the headlights. Then used the complete Meguiar's (i think that's how you spell it) wax treatment, the carnouba wax, and crystal polish, and all that other stuff.

no aftermarket headlight was made for our car yet...couple of peeps has done custom ones but no bussiness has made them yet...BUT a guy on mx-3.com is talking with a comany that MAYBE will start producing some...no word for sure

what kind of headlights? Is it going to be projector? Cause that would be tizzight! Is there anything we can do to help push the deal through!

no aftermarket headlight was made for our car yet...couple of peeps has done custom ones but no bussiness has made them yet...BUT a guy on mx-3.com is talking with a comany that MAYBE will start producing some...no word for sure


Sweet... i've had a few ideas... do you know the guy's E-mail.. or a link so I may contact him...excange some ideas or somethin...

Click Here (http://www.mx-3.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=38;t=000129)

They are making them but they are not out yet

does anyone know if they gave a date as to when they will start producing?

mmm I don't beleive they have started producing them..some people have said they they are TRYING to start producing some

does anyone know if this deal has gone through yet? Cause I'm kinda anxious, and ready to spend the money I had set aside for this on an exhaust system.

I havnt heard anything as of yet, Ive been keeping an eye on the post on MX-3.com.

many people has started making their own ones with civic projectors but nothing what so ever for sale

how are they making them out of civic projectors?

take a look at mx-3.com you'll find your answer there
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^ Those look freakin sweet :sunglasse : I wonder what model Civic he got it from? it looked like all the modding was done to the frame itself, not to the body...

exactly

I've seen one on Car domain, not sure how to work link pic importing(otherwise I would post the pics too), but he used Miata headlights, it looks really good...

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Thanx Eric, so what ya'll think? it adds a sleeker look to the car than the Civic headlights, and Miatas have projecters and such too such as http://www.miata.org/cmt/uploadedfiles/543.jpg

this is probably the mod I'll do for mine... just to figure out the best way to do it.. lol

wow! that is sweet... now u got me thinking... :P

I think I like the civic projectors better.....but the fact that they are for a civic kinda bugs me! Cause....honda= :loser:

I don't like the projectors with that trim....I think it makes the car look too much like a toy! But, thats just my opinion.
The ones on the yellow MX are pretty tight! They look kinda foggy though. Looks like he used his original head light cover and just added a projector unit.

thats bcuz the one on the yellow one, arrent projectors... theyre the stock headlights of a Miata

Also the front clip on the pic on my post is a Miata, not a MX-3 the point was the lights, not the car itself. but they have the "Civic" style projecters too, haven't found them yet but I've seen them

I meant I don't like the lights with the molding or whatever that is on them. I like having the lense cover, and the lights inside of a housing

oh.... :P well they do have Miata Projecters with the Projecters inside the housing too...

I've been looking into the civic projectors for my car. It looks like a good option if you want projectors.

have you seen the Headlights on the new Miata? they have the kind of lights you want (with the lense cover) yep... that's all.

no i haven't...I do like what they are doing with the new Miata though. It kinda bugs me that it only has like 178hp. I'd expect more from mazdaspeed

178hp is such a small car would be enough fun for me. You could spank civics and maybe a few 'ludes too.

yeah, it is a good amount, but for a turbo charged car from a special vehicle division, i'd expect more like 250. plus, i think the 1/4 mile time on the Mazdaspeed miata is only like 15 or something. sure that's fast enough to take out civics and preludes, but not fast enough to take out alot of the other special vehicle team cars

agreed

but that weak HP rating is because of the lack of weight in the Miata... also it's probably set for drift.. and a Corolla GTS (AE86) can out run and perform 400hp RX-7's with only 200hp and the Miata is lighter than the Corolla... so less HP is need. also if you had 250+hp it would be really hard to hook up... espicially for the day to day driver.

just a question, what is the equivelent of a 200hp mx-3? Like an rx-7 with ___hp or a supra with ____hp...

you would have to be more precise..wich supra wich rx7...but I'll give you an idea

1995 supra non turbo needs 280hp to equal a mx3 ZE
1995 rx7 turbo needs 250hp

both will do the 1/4 mile in 14.5 if they have the hp mentioned...this is according to a unprecise horsepower calculator...

it's all in the weight..

supra with a driver weight 3400lbs
rx7 3000lbs
mx3 2600 (well...mine)

right thanks, thats exactly what i wanted to know! Just a ballpark is good for me...oh and about the mazdaspeed miata, the reason behind the 178hp is because they wanted linear power, not a huge jump sudenly. THe turbo charger is stardard bearing rather than ballbearing because the power would kcick in too fast in the low end and be almost a spike on the dyno. A bigger turbo would have barely any power at low rpms but lots at the top. They wanted an all around car street car, although i'm sure many people would not care about the linear and would kill for big hp at big rmps. Just thought id clear that up quick.

that was my other guess... mainly because the mazdaspeed Protece is the same way... (don't think I spelled the car right) but ya'll know what I mean...

oh yah babyblue, just a thought you should try and make a list of a bunch of cars and HP equal to a stock KLZE. It'd be kinda cool to know what kinda cars you are kinda equal to.

hey guys i jsut notice we are kind of off topic here..this topic doesn't discuss the headlights anymore..if you want to have that discussion farther start a new thread

right sorry...stole the topic...

Going to Custom Fabricate Pop-up headlights for the MX-3...

whyy??? fawk those pop-up headlights are nasty.. i guess to each his own, but still... they're so narsty

It depends on the car... but all the high performance cars I like have them... RX-7 (FC &FD) F40 Ferrari, 328 Ferrari, 288GTO Ferrari, Honda/Acura NSX (1st Gen) MR2, 240SX... there are many others.. but it's something I've always liked... basically when I do the mod it'll make the MX-3 Front end look more like a FC/MR2 Frontend, give or take. besides it's something no one else has done... that makes it more special... but ya Cat eyes (pop-up headlights) aren't for everyone. it's just what I like... also on a side not Cat Eyes don't fog as bad as fixcated headlights... and I like being able to hide your headlights durring the day.. it makes the car look that much cooler to me.. :naughty:

Does anyone know honestly why the mx-3 headlights always fog up? Because if i spray it down with water, it clears up, but in a mather of seconds, the fog comes back... is the answer new headlight covers?

all constantly exposed plastic headlights do. this is beacuse of the sun's rays baking the plastic. a dirty car's paint can look clean in the rain... so why not plasic parts too? putting tire wet will also fix the fog. that's what I do on Cruze night.

So how do you plan to do the conversion? Get a step by step up when ur done.

Well here is an update... I've done some measuring of headlights... the MR2 (1st gen), AE92 Corolla coupe, are all too long. after measuring the usable space for the headlights there are only around 8in from the back of the headlight cavity to around the front bumper.(give or take... the best option for doing this is the 88-89 Accord Hatchback, or the 85-87 Prelude, or 86-89 Accord coupe/sedan... these are the specs ( at their widest part they are 9-9.5in, the top length is 6.5-6.75in, the headlight side height is around 7.5in, and the engine side is 7.25-7.5in in size.. those will be the best bet. fitting the engines for the headlights will not be a problem becaues of all the space available behind, and under the frame. just hooking them up will be a little tricky. probably just hook them up to a toggle switch. anyways ... you'll have to add some to the fenders or make measurements for singals which it's possibible to mod the Honda signals (models listed above) well should mostly fit. and the hood will need to be cut back a tad, so you have a good fit... well that's my research...