On my 2015 Cooper when switching to high-beams the low beams go out.Now the area just in front of the car goes black,about 40ft. My R53 did't operate that way. Did MINI change something in the newer generations?

 

What kind of lights do you have? LED or halogen?

 

halogen

 

I have 15 S with standard headlights and mine operate the same way. Lows seem to go out when hi beams are activated.

 

Yea, I used them on the 14' and its seems its either high beams or low beam are on , unlike the Gen 1 MINIs.

 

My '15 LEDs have highs that add to the low beams. Something doesn't sound right to have lows go out.

 

yeah, this freaked me out the first time with high beams. Thought I had a bulb problem

got the Sylvania ultra. helps a lot, but miss the low with the highs. You know,

The reason I was told about this it is a non-blinding high beam. Try it, you wont get flash backs from on coming drivers like the regulare high beams found on most cars

 

Yeah, my hi-beams reach out there and although I lose the low beams, It's not like I can't see what's on the road between the high beam focus point and my car. Different, but still quite functional IMO.

 

Thanks for all the reply's everyone. This an odd setup,I may have to come up with my own lighting mod?

 

Normal, unfortunately.

 

Ive noticed on my current car it does that if you push the stalk away from you to activate the high beams. The one that 'locks' the high beams in use. If I pull the stalk toward me for the temporary high beams, both the low and the high beams stay on. I rarely leave my high beams on for longer than a few seconds so I always have the lows on when I use them. Give it a shot, it may work on the mini too.

 

Thanks D Nyholm, I'll give it a try.
Happy Motoring, Jeff

 

Ye, you can get both to turn on temporally , but you have to hold it in the middle.

I would try the sliverstar to improve the stock H4 halogen bulbs.

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