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Ant FR · Feb 27th, 2008, 01:11 PM

Ok guys, managed to bag a bargain last night on ebay £16 for a set of facelifted rear lights, as i'm starting to theink the clear rears look a bit chav. Anyway, What do i need to wire them up, i wanted to leave the reverse in the bumper and use fogs in the main lights.

I see on REALOEM that BMW offer a retrofit kit for facelift lights, do i need this or is it simple. many thanks

Oh and i also bagged a brand new boxed set of Clear lens Wipac spots last night fo £19. God bless ebay.

Paul · Feb 27th, 2008, 01:31 PM

You can do it yourself but you need to splice/cut wires etc (not hard, but might be scary). Or get the kit.

Ant FR · Feb 27th, 2008, 02:00 PM

splice wires it is then

scraggles · Feb 27th, 2008, 06:32 PM

If you want to use fogs in the main (facelift) lights the existing wiring will do that.
The lights are a straight plug swap for the pre-facelift lights, but the fog lights have become reverse lights so when you switch on fogs the reverse lights will show.

Either put red bulbs in place of the reverse lights, or do the wiring splice Paul refers to.
Here's a link where he does a great job in illustrating the exact splices needed:
http://www.mini2.com/forum/exterior/...ml#post1200693

Feb 27th, 2008, 01:11 PM	#1
Ant FR MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 09:04 PM Posts: 1,907 Offline	Fitting Facelift rear lights to pre-facelift car Ok guys, managed to bag a bargain last night on ebay £16 for a set of facelifted rear lights, as i'm starting to theink the clear rears look a bit chav. Anyway, What do i need to wire them up, i wanted to leave the reverse in the bumper and use fogs in the main lights. I see on REALOEM that BMW offer a retrofit kit for facelift lights, do i need this or is it simple. many thanks Oh and i also bagged a brand new boxed set of Clear lens Wipac spots last night fo £19. God bless ebay.

Feb 27th, 2008, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 09:04 PM Posts: 40,014 Online	You can do it yourself but you need to splice/cut wires etc (not hard, but might be scary). Or get the kit. There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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Feb 27th, 2008, 02:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ant FR MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 09:04 PM Posts: 1,907 Offline	splice wires it is then

Feb 27th, 2008, 06:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
scraggles MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Local Time: 09:04 PM Posts: 75 Offline	If you want to use fogs in the main (facelift) lights the existing wiring will do that. The lights are a straight plug swap for the pre-facelift lights, but the fog lights have become reverse lights so when you switch on fogs the reverse lights will show. Either put red bulbs in place of the reverse lights, or do the wiring splice Paul refers to. Here's a link where he does a great job in illustrating the exact splices needed: http://www.mini2.com/forum/exterior/...ml#post1200693

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