I wonder what the fit and finish is like with these non-factory "OEM style" european lights. In my experience with past vehicles, I've found that aftermarket lenses don't always have the same fit/finish quality as OEM...

Anyone w/ a set of these care to put in $.02?

 

the fit and finish is BETTER than oem.

 

Really? Wow. I might just have to bid on a set then.

Happen to have any good pics w/ these tail lights on the Mini?

 

i'll see what i can dig up...

 

 

That's just awesome! Bet those would look sweeeeet on my IB MCS! Does it have a spot for the rear fog lamp too? Thanks for the pic!

 

yep, they are exact replicas of the oem ones, they even have the oem DOT stamp!

 

Tinted pre-05' tails are the best!

-Cody

 

Just FYI for those of you looking at the Std Euro lights (05+ at least), the STANDARD is a white bulb with yellow lens. The OPTIONAL lens (in Europe) is the white lens with yellow (or Silverstar/Diadem) bulb I learned this the hard way when I ordered the std spec clusters and got the yellow lens Using my crappy German I was able to convince the parts dept. to exchange them for these:



Pic (of my car) "Stolen" from Magic Mini

 

Drillslinger: That's the Nurburgring (N + GP) under your Cooper S logo, right? Have you driven a MINI on it? woohoo...

 

Dude, I drove THAT Mini on it Fortunately (for me) it was a rainy, crappy day, so I pretty much had the track to myself For the last 10+ years I've lived about 90 minutes South of the Ring so I've been there often. I only JUST got to drive it because my German insurance expressly listed the Ring as not covered

 

I like my rear lights, standard facelift items but suitbly modded

 

I got these and had them color matched to match the astro black paint on my mini.. they look hott! butt they are not on the car yet.. lol

I need to have the 04 sockets wired to my mini to have them installed.. maybe after SEMA they will be put on

 

Do you still run the amber bulb? Or have you switched to white?

 

I ran white bulbs for week or two then switched to the chromed amber bulbs,

 

These are stock lights, heavily tinted.

 

Damn Agro, heavily tinted indeed Are your blinkers even visible during the day?

 

totally custom, tinted interiors not exteriors

 

I'm going with these:

http://new.minimania.com/invdetail.c...terior%5fparts

but I'm buying them here :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-03...QQcmdZViewItem




What do you think? I know some will suggest a black background but I'm thinking I already have chrome surround headlights, chrome door handles , chrome trunk lid handle, chrome emblems and soon chrome backed Hella FF200 driving lamps so these should tie in nicely!

 

Custom is the way forward

 

These are my personal fav's!

 

I'm STILL waiting for someone to make tails like these for the '06. These, dispite appearances, do not have reverse lights in them, and I don't want to bother with the whole reverse-lamp on the lower bumper MOD on the '06 - I LIKE having my backup lights up high.

(Sigh...) maybe some day...



Until that day, I'll keep my tinted OEM tails...

 

ImagoX, those are the ones I want on my car too. If only the top light was a lens instead of a reflector (wastes my "brake light mod"), they'd be on my car already and the tinted 03 factory lights would be up for sale.

 

These rock!!! (On the right MINI )

 

You got a lot of crap for those, Batgirl, as I recall, but I still say they look good...

...on YOUR car.

They're certainly not for every MINI, but then again neither is pink stripes. Kudos for you on doing something different AND stylish!