i have xenon head lights on my r56 best way to tell is when point car at a wall in the dark and turn the head lights on,,if they in the very first few seconds of switching on give a flickering effect on the wall and get brighter over 10 seconds a bit light a strip florescent lights in a kitchen as such,,, also on mini's the standard lights are proper crap compared to xenon, below link look like these

01-06 MINI R50 R52 R53 pair of Bullet Xenon facelift headlights clusters | eBay

<p>01-06 MINI R50 R52 R53 pair of Bullet Xenon facelift headlights clusters . </p><br><p>Good condition, includes ballasts and washers.</p><br><p>Removed from 54 plate Mini R52 Cooper S</p>

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i have xenon head lights on my r56 best way to tell is when point car at a wall in the dark and turn the head lights on,,if they in the very first few seconds of switching on give a flickering effect on the wall and get brighter over 10 seconds a bit light a strip florescent lights in a kitchen as such,,, also on mini's the standard lights are proper crap compared to xenon, below link look like these

01-06 MINI R50 R52 R53 pair of Bullet Xenon facelift headlights clusters | eBay

<p>01-06 MINI R50 R52 R53 pair of Bullet Xenon facelift headlights clusters . </p><br><p>Good condition, includes ballasts and washers.</p><br><p>Removed from 54 plate Mini R52 Cooper S</p>

www.ebay.co.uk

Thanks, Mike. I'll check when it's dark.

 

Look too see if they have built in washers, if not they aren’t.

 

Ah, no, it hasn't got built-in washers.

Do all Minis with washers have Xenon lights?

 

Ah, no, it hasn't got built-in washers.

Do all Minis with washers have Xenon lights?

Yes they do.

 

If I remeber correctly xenons light have to have the high pressure washers by law... though I'm in Germany so not sure if that also applies to the UK.
On my early MK I (2002) R53 I have dipped beam exenon headlights. That don't flicker at startup (at least not that I have noticed), but they do do the levelling thing within the first few seconds - they self adjust from pointing down to raising up more to normal position.