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MartinL · Mar 17th, 2003, 02:46 AM

My Feb '03 Cooper's driver's sidelight is playing up. The sidelight blew in the first week so I replaced it with a Halfords bulb. Now I've noticed the sidelight is noticably dim. I noticed 'baldie' complaining of his sidelight blowing 10 times in 3 months. Is this common? Does anyone know the correct wattage for this bulb (I put in a 5W)?

Dom · Mar 17th, 2003, 05:47 AM

it's usually just a loose connection... seen loads of mini's with a sidelight out! Mine did it a few times, wiggled the wire and it came back to life

MartinL · Mar 17th, 2003, 06:22 AM

The first bulb blew - the filament is all over the inside of the glass bulb! Now my new one is dimmer than the nearside bulb and makes the car look rubbish in the dark!

Dom · Mar 17th, 2003, 07:25 PM

have you tried www.powerbulbs.com - get the bluevision head lights and the sidelights come free. They're so much better than the standard sidelights

Mar 17th, 2003, 02:46 AM	#1
MartinL MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surrey, England. Local Time: 05:04 PM Posts: 4 Offline	Blown driver's sidelight My Feb '03 Cooper's driver's sidelight is playing up. The sidelight blew in the first week so I replaced it with a Halfords bulb. Now I've noticed the sidelight is noticably dim. I noticed 'baldie' complaining of his sidelight blowing 10 times in 3 months. Is this common? Does anyone know the correct wattage for this bulb (I put in a 5W)?

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Mar 17th, 2003, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dom Test thread infiltrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Swindon Local Time: 06:04 PM Posts: 8,543 Offline	it's usually just a loose connection... seen loads of mini's with a sidelight out! Mine did it a few times, wiggled the wire and it came back to life

Mar 17th, 2003, 06:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
MartinL MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surrey, England. Local Time: 05:04 PM Posts: 4 Offline	The first bulb blew - the filament is all over the inside of the glass bulb! Now my new one is dimmer than the nearside bulb and makes the car look rubbish in the dark!

Mar 17th, 2003, 07:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dom Test thread infiltrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Swindon Local Time: 06:04 PM Posts: 8,543 Offline	have you tried www.powerbulbs.com - get the bluevision head lights and the sidelights come free. They're so much better than the standard sidelights

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