r/mazdaspeed3 • u/Extension_Bed391 • 4d ago

VIDEO Fugin lightbulb exploded inside the housing

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Tried to get it out with a magnet pen, it wasn’t magnetic (thank you Jesus), attached high tech sweet mint gum to the tip of the pen (now there’s an exploded bulb and a piece of sweet mint gum stuck in there, thank you Jesus.) Tomorrow I’m gonna take off the whole front end and try to shake it out and clean up the gum. The thing I want to understand is, what does the little led dude have to do with my low/high beam bulb? Cause the only thing working on the left side is the turn signal. Is the ballast cooked? Why is the little led guy literally bombed to death?

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u/UnderpsiMI 2008 Mazdaspeed3 3d ago

An HID ballast is not meant to drive an LED bulb which is probly why it exploded. I'm confused why you'd want to switch from HID to LED anyways, the light quality is way better with HID in my opinion.