a friend of mine put these on his srt-4 look great. was wondering if anybody put these on a MCS?
http://www.cqlight.ca/product_info.p...products_id=74

 

They look fantastic. I can't wait to get a set.

 

ok why wont the link show up?

http://www.cqlight.ca/product_info.p...products_id=74

 

you dont want 8000k lights though, the OEM HID are 4300 and are plenty bright, with 8000 you are getting more bluish light than usable white light. Basically the higher in k you go the less useable light you output.

 

I find 6000K to be about perfect. 4300k are still a little yellow. I had aftermarket 6000K HIDs on my 03 Pontiac Sunfire and I liked the color better than the stock HIDs on my MINI. 8000K does seem too blue to me.

 

thanks for the imput guys! im just wondering how theyre gonna look coming out of the stock halogen housing with the lens in front of it and it not being a projector headlight?

 

I have 8,000K's on my Mini... It's still plenty bright. The thing is, no two companies will ever have the same Color Displacement, it seems. I have the Projectors though, so I know that it takes away from the "Color" as compared to a regular beam.

For Non-Projectors, I'd go 6,000K. For Projectors.. I love my 8,000K's.

 

ahahahahahah they will look like junk....way too much glare coming out of non-xenon headlights. You do realize that it will blind nearly all oncoming drivers, and your cutoff will be incredibly sloppy. PLEASE, if you are going to get xenons....don't be a cheapskate. Get the real deal so that you dont blind people and drive around with glare ridden headlights.

 

A little more info about drop in kits in halogen housings:

The shape of the HID bulbs is not meant to be used in the housings. It causes quite a few problems including lots of glare, a messed up cutoff, very little light on the ground where you need it, a very narrow light beam.

You can see in this video (a car with HIDs in his halogen housing) how little light is being shown on the ground and when he turns onto the dark street....look how little light is making it to the sides....almost none.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Rdi...search=Hidding

In this one(third car)....one headlight is the normal stock bulb in a halogen housing, the other side is a HID in a halogen housing. Look how much more it glares above the cutoff and notice that the halogen is putting out far more light ON THE ROAD. I laugh at ricers when i see their headlights putting off this much glare. Yah, i agree, the blue/white look of expensive car HID systems looks awesome and can be a great addition to your car....but this just makes your car look like another $100 honda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX63...search=Hidding

And a comparison of cutoffs....HID drop in kit in a HID project headlight:


versus a drop in kit in a halogen headlight Notice the amount of glare above the cutoff (in the oncoming traffics' eyes), and notice that the light is being focused in two very small beams on the wall....awful for any kind of night driving

 

thanks for the right up Rally mini. I have heard similiar statements before but never saw the pictures.

 

well that makes me frown. trying to find a set of used HID's seems almost impossible.

 

Rally is correct. You might also want to read their disclaimer.

Illegal.

 

their are quite a few up on ebay....search "mini cooper headlight"

 

I agree thats why the factory Xenons were a MUST when ordering my MINI, if your going to do it wait and find a set of factory lights. Thats the only way to do it right in my opinion

 

If anyone is gonna get HID kits or replacement bulbs this is the place to go:

www.xenonexpert.com