Does anyone make them? I think it would give the exterior a unique look!

 

I have gotten several LED bulbs from http://autolumination.com/.
I have replaced the red and amber corner markers with clear ones. When I did this I had to replace the clear bulbs with red and amber bulbs.

For this I used LED bulbs instead of regular colored bulbs.They do look really cool.

The bulbs for the corner markers are the 194 bulbs. I also replaced the front side marker bulbs with super white LED bulbs, also the 194 LED bulbs. Further more I have replaced the interior bulbs with the Xenon Super White Festoon Dome Light Bulbs # 212.

Here is a bulb chart they say are the numbers for all of the lights for a 2004 MINI Cooper With HID headlamps:

Low beam headlamp
HID-D2R

High beam headlamp

H7
H7ST Silverstar High Performance Halogen Upgrade: The Look of HID: Whitest, Brightest H7CB Cool Blue Halogen Upgrade: White Hot; Super Cool; 100% Street Legal

H7LL Long Life Halogen: Lasts two and a half times longer

Parking light
2825

Front turn signal
7507A
7507AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

Rear turn signal
7506
7506L Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Tail light
7528

Stop light
7528

Fog/Driving light
H11-55W

License plate
6418

Back up light
7506
7506L Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
2825

Dome light
6418

Step/Courtesy light
2825

 

Wow SCMCS,

Thats a great freakin post!

 

will that H11 fog light make it brighter or just change color of light? i've been told that it will not make it brighter at all....

 

Wow, Thanks! I just ordered a bunch!

 

any pics of these installed? that would be the final seller to me...

-Josh

 

well it's 1 pm...if you can wait till about 7 pm or so AZ time I'll get you some pics...I have had them for about 8 mos....and people are always stare casue it looks so strange and I hope kewl

 

nope can't wait...

MUST HAVE NOW!!!

but while your there send me some pics of your ride interior!

-Josh

 

bump...

pics please

-Josh

 

hey sorry forgot to take pics last night...I'll have to try for tonight

 

SCMCS, did you use the 194 Matrix or one of the single LED options? If single, which one and are they as bright as the original bulbs? Thanks.

Steve

 

I ordered 4 194 Oval Wide Angle Lenses Signal/Marker Bulbs (2 amber and 2 red) along with 2 194 Clear Focused Lenses Signal/Marker Bulbs (Super White). Installation was a breeze but I notice the following:

When the car is turned off the 194 Oval Wide Angle Lenses Signal/Marker Bulbs (both the amber and red color) periodically faintly glow, not like they are fully lit up but I can see that they are glowing. They do not all come on at the same time and some stay on longer then others. Eventually they turn off but will come back on again and then go off. The 194 Clear Focused Lenses Signal/Marker Super White Bulbs do not do this.

When I asked the seller about this he said:

The leds require almost no power to light. You can actually ligh them thru your fingers if you touch one end of a battery.

The light is from a small trickle voltage that is in that circuit for some reason. There is a place somewhere in the circuit where a small amount is voltage is jumping the switch. It is not enough to light the filament bulb, but it lights the led. It will not hurt anything.

Actually it’s kinda cool to see them on at night. They look like faintly glowing computer L.E.D.’s marking the corners of the car.

Sorry don’t have pictures yet. This is something I really need to do soon.

 

I've been waiting for some of our vendors to bring over some of the goodies from Japan. One of them is a whole replacement for the side marker lens that contains several LED's and looks pretty sweet but no such luck yet.



VENDORS ARE YOU LISTENING!?!!?!??

 

well it stormed pretty good last night so...no pics yet sorry...LOL...

 

Thanks, SCMCS. There were a lot of choices and I wanted to know if you were happy with the ones you chose.

Steve

 

Heya Tuls..

Do you have a pic yet?
I ordered the smoked side lens from Moss and the ultra-violet from your light guy. I'm anxious to see how it looks.

 

give the poor guy a break! the weather isnt working for him! damn weather!!!

-Josh

 

Heh heh...yeah...we'll see what's to happen tonight...if no rain then I'll see what I can do...

 

Received my bulbs today, To be honest I am a little dissapointed with the packing. All of my 9 bulbs were thrown into one bag. No labels....

Packing was good and shipping was fast. I am a little suprised however that I did not get any business cards or at least an invoice???

 

So, you just changed the regular filament bulbs to LED's? I didn't think that could be done??? Are they 'real' LED's or are they 'look alike' LEDs? Do they have the instant on/off response of the LEDS? I thought that since LED's require so few amps, that tehy will get burned out in the stock locations? At least with teh G35, when someone tried to make the front blinkers LED, tehy needed a bunch of resistors up there. Any help would be greatly appreciated since I love the look of LED's but thought they were too difficult to do!!

 

Looking at the website, they look like real LED's. Plus, depending on how you wire them (series, parallel) and the type of resistor you use), it should be possible to package them this small. I also think you would only need one or two resistors - just need to buy the right resistor. He could even have a voltage regulator in there, or something to that effect. Analog-Digital makes em.

 

The quality of the bulbs is good. The colors are very vibrant! I cant find my manual. Does anyone know how to remove the red and amber side markers?

FYI - L.E.D 's will pretty much run forever. the flash the same as regular bulbs but they are much brighter.

 

they are all REAL...every light on my Mini blinkers and all are LED except the front blinkers and head lights...All marker lights and interior lights have been changed...even the brake lights and blinkers...since i have clear side markers I got the super white lights for the sides and rear...all blinkers amber and brakes red...rocket since huh...LOL...all interior bulbs are blue...it's great....they are so bright and have that odd glow that LEDs do cause they are acually electericity passin between two wires insted of the ussualy filiment...

 

This is going to be one of the first mods I do (well, except the euro shelf and aux input).

And it's relatively cost effective!

Thanks for pointing them out.

 

it's kinda a pain but not too bad...

the rear is a REAL PAIN

front...
open the bonnet and look at the bumper...you will see a bolt stick up near the side marker...it's an 8 mm you can access it but turning your wheel...use an extention...then near the RAD you will see a torx bit bolt...take that off as well...do one side at a time for ease...after yo utake those off you should be able to pull the bumper away on the side where the bulb is...twist and pull out the fixture from the marker..tada!

the side blinkers...
you have to get you hand/fingers in between the fender and the strut tower...feel for the grill and just PUSH...I almost always hit my finger on the part that sticks out...it hurts a little buuut oh well

the rear...
I found it easiest to jack up the rear a little...take out the two pop screws...which are a pain...then you have to find a way to hold the wheel well out of the way while you try to change the bulb...


DO ONE AT A TIME! make sure each one works everytime...

that's all for now!!