Hi I have a mazda mx5 mk3 from the UK and I am looking to change my headlights in order for me to register my car in France. I need to change the full headlight assembly and was wondering if you could give me a guide on how to do it as I am under the impression that I will need to take of the bumper to get to the screws for the headlight units. Thanks

To get to the headlight assembly on a MX-5 mk3 or mk3.5 or NC. You do need to remove the front bumper.... To do this there is ten 8mm bolts underneath the bumper that also holds a plastic cover underneath the engine . There's two 10mm bolts hiddden behind blanking caps on the front grille, you need to lever the blanking caps off with a screw driver. Open up the bonnet and here is eight 10mm bolts on top of the bumper. Then you need to turn the front wheels to one side, remove the fragile plastic clips that hold the wheel arch liner in place (these clips are so fragile you may need to replace them afterwards) to find three 10mm bolts inside each wheel arch, the bolts are situated on the side towards the front of the car and quite high up, all I'm going to say is "good luck trying to get these bolts!" You will need is a ratchet, 8mm socket, 10mm socket, long extension bar for ratchet to get the bolts on the grille, philips screwdriver and flat bladed screwdriver for the wheel arch liners, a 10mm ratchet spanner is handy for the wheel arch bolts.

Try fitting stick on beam correctors on the outside of the headlamps you usally buy them from a mazda dealers parts dept a lot cheaper than fitting headlamps and comply with french and uk law once fitted