Electrical Retrofit BI-XENONS for a 06 cooper S'

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Nov 15, 2006 | 05:31 PM

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familiarstranger

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From: Orange County, California

Chows,
You mentioned that Bi-xenons would be considered illegal, unless i misunderstood, and yet this suggests that the R56 will have Bi-Xenons
now: does anyone know how hard these would be to retrofit? im debating whether to pay up front or retrofit them later

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Originally Posted by aznqtboy984

My MA called me this morning and gave the breakdown of the pricing. Keep in mind that this is only for the vehicle that I'm going to spec and may not apply to you.

MINI Cooper S Base Price- $21,850 including destination charge
Premium Package- $1,400 Includes everything from before but w/ DSC
Sport Package- $1,400 Includes everything from before but w/ Bi-Xenon. DSC is now not in this package. Additional $500 will get you 17" Flame or Web Spoke
Auto Trans- $1,350 made by Aisin
Color Line Interior- $200 Avail. in March
Dash Options- $200-$300
Premium Steering wheel- $550
Power Folding Side Mirrors- $300
GPS Nav System- $2100 includes voice recognition and live traffic updates
HD radio - $500
Sirius Sat. Radio w/ lifetime sub.-$950 (both HD and Sirus for $1400)
Keyless GO- $500- No keyfob when driving
Audible Alarm $400- Alarm is not standard- only immobilizer

Now standards for the S
-Fog lights
-Onboard Computer

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:27 AM

#27

plkdb

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Do not buy EURO market pieces unless you live in that market. US pieces light to the right, whereas right hand drive market pieces light to the left. If you do get them, you are going to be blinding the people in the oncoiming lane.

Nov 19, 2006 | 06:05 AM

#28

BFG9000

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Originally Posted by plkdb

All of Europe drives on the right side of the road except one backwards island nation off the north coast of the continent

. So some cars actually have lights that meet both Euro (ECE) and US (DOT) standards, though they do tend to have that annoyingly sharp vertical cutoff as required by ECE.

I really have no problem with using a retrofit kit in the high beams of a car equipped with factory U.S. Xenons; the high beams aren't meant to be used in traffic anyway. Trading off the ability to do a quick "flash to pass" may be worth it to someone who needs to use the brights all the time.

familiarstranger, one glance at the headlight assemblies of the R56 would convince you that a retrofit is unlikely to be practical. And that doesn't even consider the compatibility of the electric bits.