[MrMow]

I got hold of the accessories catalogue recently, I like the driving lights, but looking at the PIAA site noticed they look very similar..
Anyone know who makes the Mini driving lights? I think $700 fitted (AUS$..) seems a tad expensive..

Thanks

[Basil]

Quote:

Originally posted by MrMow
I got hold of the accessories catalogue recently, I like the driving lights, but looking at the PIAA site noticed they look very similar..
Anyone know who makes the Mini driving lights? I think $700 fitted (AUS$..) seems a tad expensive..

Thanks

Hello, hello. do we have ANOTHER new ozzie on the boards ?.

What IS going on ??.

Sorry, MrMow. If no one has said hello, well, Hello and welcome to MINI2 from me

Did you get that price from your dealer ?

Last time I asked those lights wern't listed !

Cheers

[MrMow]

apparently Jeff Kennett has a Yellow one with those lights fitted, dealer told me $700 fitted... ouch!

[Basil]

Quote:

Originally posted by MrMow
apparently Jeff Kennett has a Yellow one with those lights fitted, dealer told me $700 fitted... ouch!

Well, let's hope that was a "special" price for Mr Kennett !

[eltel]

Quote:

Originally posted by MrMow
apparently Jeff Kennett has a Yellow one with those lights fitted, dealer told me $700 fitted... ouch!

Another Victorian - ooooooooooeeeeeeeeee

Jeff has always had such good taste in colours (and cars). I wonder if Felicity is still driving that BMW.

Regards and welcome aboard MrMow

ElTel

[pjmedlam]

If anyone has actually DIY fitted these lamps i'd be interested to hear. Its the type of thing i've done several times in the past but its always good to hear from other people too.

Any more info from the PIAA site? Could you give me the web site reference please.

[MrMow]

Goto
http://www.piaa.com/driving_lamps.html

The Mini lamps look very similar to the 40's or 80's

[Neil Curtis]

My dealer told me that they were £350 GBP fitted or I can buy a DIY kit for £145. No-one could tell me why it took two hundred quids worth of time to fit them as the kit was quite simple.....

Am still pondering as to what to do. I don't want to waste £200 but on the other hand, I'm not a BMW technician and don't want to destroy the wiring (and warranty) on my car.

hmmm

[space_cadet]

I have bought and fitted the kit myself and its certainly not simple. Took ne half a day, so this would explain why
the dealers charge so much. You have to make a connection into BC1. This is the Body ECU that eveyone is always talking about. It sits in the drivers foot well, so you have
to remove the interior sill kick panel. To get that out
you have to remove the drivers seat. Then, you have to fit
an auxiliary fuse box next to the ABS unit, and feed
the wiring up to behind the grill. Then you have to
drill holes in the bonnet interior skin and rivet the mounting brackets in. Then you fit the lights, but you have
to go back to the dealer to get the whole thing "enabled" using the diagnostic system (MODIC). Finally you have to get them aligned, soething any MOT place can do for you.

Not for the feint heated then. Then you can say to your mates, " had to take the seats out to fit those" and they will think you are barking mad

If anybody is interested I am willing fit them to your car
for beer money, but you will have to go to a dealer to get it enabled. FYI I live near Woking in Surrey.

Chris

[MINIAC]

This DIY installation sounds like a good topic for a FAQ. Should you (or anyone) do this again, please take some digital pictures of the process and write it up.

Thanks

[ELISEBOY]

i know someone else has fitted the lights themselves and posted piccis of the installation

i am just not technically minded enough so i had to pay for the dealer to do it

Hats of to you though for doing it yourself

[pjmedlam]

Space-cadet, any chance of posting a photo of the underbonnet installation showing where the brackets are mounted.

ELISEBOY, do you remember where those installation photos are posted?

[Basil]

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Originally posted by pjmedlam
Space-cadet, any chance of posting a photo of the underbonnet installation showing where the brackets are mounted.

ELISEBOY, do you remember where those installation photos are posted?

Someone posted a picture of that somewhere. I'm sure I've got it.......

[Basil]

Hope the above photo makes sense. The cleat goes through the grille like so :

[Basil]

And here's another shot just for the hell of it.
My thanks to the member who originaly posted these. It was ages ago now and I can't remember who's MINI it was.

[Basil]

Obviously you need a small sponge to clean behind the spotlight !!

[ELISEBOY]

my lights are going to have to be redone
the dealer did a poor job fitting and where the wire bends at the bottom it is fraying

[Basil]

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Originally posted by ELISEBOY
my lights are going to have to be redone
the dealer did a poor job fitting and where the wire bends at the bottom it is fraying

Might be worth considering those Stainless steel cable covers. Either the spring type ones or the braided ones. Pretty sure you would be able to get small diameter ones to protect the plastic cabling.

[Cape Cod MINI]

Driving lamps are part of my S spec.
U.S. price in accessory catalog is $400-, dealer charges $295- for labor (shop rate is $85 per hour). I understand they have to be fully wired, not factory pre-wired.
Too bad they aren't on a toggle switch to fill in that blank space on the bank of switches
It's awfully expensive but if you order the accessories when you order your car they become included in the 3 year warranty.

[MINIAC]

Quote:

Originally posted by Cape Cod MINI

... if you order the accessories when you order your car they become included in the 3 year warranty.

This is true, but according to the MINI Motoring Accessories brochure:

Quote:

If the installation is made by your dealer after the retail sale of your MINI, the accessory will be warranted for the balance of the new vehicle warranty period, or one year from its date of installation, whichever is greater.