2003 R50:


I recently had to replace the DRL in my Mini and noticed for the first time there are 2 bulbs (I've had this car a month, cut me a break), the white DRL and the blinker.


Well I got to thinking, is there a housing with just 1 light that I could use a Switchback LED in instead? (White all the time then blinks amber when I use my blinkers)


AND/OR would it be better to just put a switchback in the blinker's place and have 2 bulbs in there still? Would the switchback still light up white when not in blinker mode, or is there no power to it when the blinker is not engaged?


I feel like the single switchback bulb would be a cleaner look.

 

Your DRL is your high beam running at 50% power

 

I must not be calling it the right thing then, but I hoped my description was enough.


I'm talking about the light below the headlights and above where the fog lights go. Where the turn signal is.

 

Ahh the parking light and turn signal light

 

AHHH!!! Yes, that one. Like I said, I'm new!

 

It's all good - we were all new at one time.

Using a switchback will throw an error code and you'll have to rewire. It will also leave a hole for moisture and you don't want that. Just get a bulb that has a silver coating and blinks amber

 

Wouldn't a load resistor be the fix for that? I mean, there is still a bulb there, it just takes less power.



That's why I was trying to see if there was a housing with just one hole or that accepts just one bulb.

 

load resistor poss will work - no other housings I know of