[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trophy160 (original)

White lenses in headlights are a zero cost option

'Fraid not Paul.

White front, side and rear indicator lenses are standard on the Cooper S, but a £50 option on the Cooper.

[inomis]

A light fog of silver or aluminum spray paint on the orange bulbs works well if you have a can handy, may cost as much as the bulbs if you don't.

[Trophy160]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

'Fraid not Paul.

White front, side and rear indicator lenses are standard on the Cooper S, but a £50 option on the Cooper.

Came up as £0 on the order

Paul;

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trophy160 (original)

Came up as £0 on the order

Paul;

You must have ordered your car in the few days between the dealer's configurator going live and MINI realising the mistake?

As long as you don't change anything (resulting in a new order being raised) then they cannot charge you.

[ScottieCoop]

I was having a look at the bi-xenon headlights on the R56 Cooper S yesterday. Wondering how easy it would be to get your hand in to take the indicator bulb out and change it to a silver one.

I could see no way of getting any space for getting in at the back of the lights.

Looks like to me you would have to take the whole light out.

Say it isn't so and I got it wrong. This is the first mod I would like to do.

Help anyone else checked.

[mikeythemini]

Its looking like that will be the case - I am waiting to get my hands on one - couldn't pull too many parts off the ones at the factory
Crazy design if thats the case, reminds me of the X5. My local dealer charges £100 to change the indicator bulb on one of these !

[smartbomb]

Ticked the box on the options list which does front, rear and side indicators in white.
No messing around and more time spent cruising in my new whip .

[ScottieCoop]

Quote: Originally Posted by smartbomb (original)

Ticked the box on the options list which does front, rear and side indicators in white.
No messing around and more time spent cruising in my new whip .

yeh got the clears but you still need to change the orange bulbs to silver to get the perfect look

[SteveBrass]

Ok. Bulbs now arrived from Mikey the Mini - together with replacement bulbs for the halogen headlights - so fixing should ne a doddle.

Now I just need a car to put them on (due 18th November - 13 days and counting!)

Clear lenses were shown zero cost on my original order, but a revised print out shows them as £50.

An interesting point for contract law - since I agreed to buy the car as specced without the £50 charge, I have a case for making the dealer stick with it.

But then the issue of mistake comes into it.

Don't think I'll sue but I will haggle!

[Scrogg]

Sorry if this is a daft question, but it is genuine as I have had company cars for over 10 years so have never changed anything, but isn't having white indicator lenses without orange bulbs illegal?

[popey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Sorry if this is a daft question, but it is genuine as I have had company cars for over 10 years so have never changed anything, but isn't having white indicator lenses without orange bulbs illegal?

They still flash orange (going back to my nova days ) Think its witchcraft of some kind

[SteveBrass]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Sorry if this is a daft question, but it is genuine as I have had company cars for over 10 years so have never changed anything, but isn't having white indicator lenses without orange bulbs illegal?

It's ok if they FLASH orange - does''t matter much how they look when not flashing (with thanks to Benny Hill)

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by popey (original)

They still flash orange (going back to my nova days ) Think its witchcraft of some kind

Now I know I'm getting old!

So, basically, you have silver bulbs behind white lenses and when you switch them on they flash orange?

HOW?

[SteveBrass]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Now I know I'm getting old!

So, basically, you have silver bulbs behind white lenses and when you switch them on they flash orange?

HOW?

It'll be the photons causing a change in energy levels in the electrons in the silver coating thereby causing a change in the emitted wavelength.

If you are that old you must have done O level physics?

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteveBrass (original)

It'll be the photons causing a change in energy levels in the electrons in the silver coating thereby causing a change in the emitted wavelength.

And once again in English?

[minisoopercooper]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Sorry if this is a daft question, but it is genuine as I have had company cars for over 10 years so have never changed anything, but isn't having white indicator lenses without orange bulbs illegal?

dont you currently sell the whiite lights for the back of the current car then Scrogg Theyre completly legal and a MINI part question answered

[SteveBrass]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

And once again in English?

It's magic.

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteveBrass (original)

It's magic.

Much clearer, thank you!

[smartbomb]

Well am quite happy with clear lenses, not fussed about the silver bulbs. Am not spending nearly 17K to have to take the lights apart !

[TAmini]

Have a look at the Philips Silverline bulbs, there are other makes too. You can get them off Ebay or Halford etc..

They are an orange glass or internally coated orange, The bulb outside has a very thin metal coating like mirror.

So it reflects light hitting it inbound (daylight) but as the bulb is far brighter than daylight it passes through outbound. Much like a one way mirror or that phillips mirror that turns into a LCD television ?

Very common mod on E46 BMWs to get rid of the "fried egg" effect in the indicator
got them on my BM bike too, its never failed its MOT.

What R56 owners needs to know is what type of bulb the indicators will be,
Another option would be someone to make some LED replacement bulbs like the M3 they would be cool.. ? another common Bike mod..

MA - TAminis other harf...