Hey all. I was wondering if anyone knows where (and what model numbers) I can get bulbs for both sets of my OEM driving lights that will match or closely match the hue/color of my factory HID headlights for my 2006 Checkmate edition R53 hatchback? I know the upper driving lights house blinkers in them too that are Amber but not quite sure if that's just a lens or are there two different bulbs in that housing? Also want the lower driving lights in the lower front bumper to match so everything looks clean and universal in color and brightness. Not sure about LED's as I don't want to rewire anything for this not want to deal with electrical glitches or codes that could be thrown. Thanks for the help! If you have this done to your car and can share pics all the better!

 

Been looking too so if you find some let me know please. Im tired of those yellow looking ones. I saw a mini not too much older than my 2005 r50 at night with some nice ones but I couldn't stop and ask. (Freeway) lol

 

I put LED bulbs in next to the front blinkers. Those bulbs can be found below. You will probably want the cool white.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...se-tower/1127/

Since I changed my HID to an 8000 temperature, they are a little more blue and harder to get an H11 halogen to match. I went with a bright yellow fog light which actually helps cast a better spectrum at night. Those can be found pretty much anywhere including Amazon. Below is the bulb I chose.

 

Thanks! So the driving light that has a blinker in it as well has two separate bulbs? One for driving light and the other for blinker? I just want to change the driving light to a brighter bulb that will match the look of my HID's more. Same for the lower driving lights. I see you chose yellow but that's not the look I'm going for. So, the bottoms are H11's but what bulbs are the ones with the blinker in them if I don't want to do LED's as I'm afraid that the wiring won't hold them well either over time or possibly throwing fault codes. Are those H11's too?

 

The parking lights are located in the same housing as the blinker. this link should help.



The led I posted are designed to prevent fault codes and would not cause any wiring issues as they tend to be lower wattage than standard while giving off a brighter light.

The fog lights are h11. You will want to look for one that mimics hid with a super white color tempreture. These tend to be slightly blue.

Hope this helps.

 

We have Ziza LED for the front markers.


https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ng-lights.html




For the Rally lights ( sometimes called addition driving lights ) : take a H3 bulb. we have Ziza for that, MINI even had factory ones it blue : : 63170412647

http://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2005-Cooper-R53-S-Coupe-L4_1.6L_W11B16A/Lighting/Rally_Lights/




And for the lower fog lights: Ziza versions.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...0-r52-r53.html

 

The color temp you want is @5000k. I got my 55watt h11 5300k bulbs off eBay for 15 bucks shipped.

Currently, I am trying to win an auction for 5th generation led h11 bulbs that are 6000k and 6000 lumens. They use a ribbon for cooling. There would be no special wiring on an r53 as far as I know. My car had no issues with no bulb plugged in, a burned bulb plugged in, or an led plugged in.

I will share one tip with you as I haven't seen any posts about the topic. In the past, on several vehicles, I have used 75 or even 100 watt bulbs in place of the stock 55 or 65 watt bulbs to get more light. Motorcycles and cars, off-road and on. I knew that there was a chance of the 100 watt bulbs melting the mini fog light housings, but mine were pretty well sand blasted and both had missing mount tabs and were a little shaky so I took a chance. I got a set of 100 watt h11 5300k bulbs from eBay for 6 bucks shipped from China. I put them in as soon as they arrived and waited for the sun to go down. The new bulbs were a perfect match for the early style r53 hid headlamp color and the new bulbs were so much brighter than the Stock bulbs. I was surprised. The next morning on the way to my kids high school, a 50 mile round trip, I turned the fog lights on to test them out. By the time I got home, the factory fog light housings were fried. Toast..... Reflectors turned milky white, and the bulb retention socket melted and distorted. The bulbs are stuck in there too.

I took this set back as an opportunity to install the new fog lamps I had sitting on my toolbox, and chalked it up to a learning experience.

100 watt bulbs will surely melt your r53 factory, plastic, non projector style fog lamps

Just an FYI

 

Are these the 30W ones that are 3000 lumens each (6000 per pair)?
That's still over twice as bright as a stock 55W H11 (1350 lumens each).

 

yes, thats the ones i am trying to buy.

i am bidding on auctions for them but keep losing as im a cheap SOB