Tech Package Headlight Question
 

The right headlight on my 2011 Speed 3 with tech package has condensation which has blown out two bulbs, and in spite of trying the silicone seal trick, it still leaks. I can buy an aftermarket, non tech replacement for around $400 on Ebay, but the one that turns the headlight beam with the front wheels is around the cost of a good beater car. Can I just install the non-tech unit on one side? I really don't care if the right headlight doesn't turn in curves.

Can't believe silicone didn't fix the leak. Also find it hard to believe the bulb blew twice, they are sealed. My guess is a bad connection at the ballast coming and going. Try reading this
http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/foru...ne-bad-184532/

The only way I figured out where mine leaked was watching where it blew bubbles. Why put the wrong headlight in for a leak?

I slathered on quite a bit of dielectric grease or silicone paste in the ballast connection and then did the silicone bead, and put in a desiccant and I haven't had any condensation and I live in Hawaii and get rained on just about every day.

Did you pull all the brackets off and run the silicone between the clear and black plastic? I went around twice because some areas sealed up really nice and others took a second layer of silicone. Also, I had to leave my light off the car to completely air out and dry out. Even after running an air mattress pump for a few hours it still needed to work out a bit of the humidity trapped in the lens.