Added these on bav's thread so figured I might as well throw them in my own. HID's/LED running lights. Full LED interior bulb swap.

 

I want that light set up so bad. I've got crap halogens

 

the Zizas are a great upgrade for us halogen guys. Comparable to the hids, love mine and the are a great price.

 

High and low are h7s correct

 

yes, I have some photos of them on my thread if your interested

 

Got this 02 mini cooper s a week looking for ideas for upgrades

 

Those are HIDs in halogen headlights. I know some frown upon it but it's less than $20 and makes a gigantic difference in visibility. And yep H7s.

I would love to see the Zizas compared to HIDs beside each other for comparison. It's highly likely they're better I've just always used the eBay HID kits with great success so I just stick with them.

 

I wanna change the ambient lighting color to blue but can't find a diy on it. How hard do you think it would be

 

Oh and how did you do led running lights

 

All you do is change the bulb which is attached to the front bumper cover. I did it while I had it off to do the supercharger oil. I can't remember off the top of my head if you can reach it with it on or you could possibly just loosen up and pull back the plastic wheel well and get to them.

As for the blue:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016G...n+blue+led+t10

You would need those and I'm sure they carry the festoon type for the dome light.

 

Had a random spurt of awesome weather today and hopefully the next few days so got a wash/wax in. To top it off, the mail lady and UPS guy brought some presents. Looking at a fun weekend ahead of fixing oil leaks and upgrading the suspension(again).

Ran out of light so crappy garage pics beware.

 

I've got koni yellows. BIG TIP Mark and cut hole in boot above the shock so you can adjust them without removing them

 

Where did you cut yours? I've heard you can cut a hole where the seats fold up and sit against the interior plastics but I haven't had a chance to look closely yet.

 

I didn't get a chance to cut mine. I'd drill a pilot hole softy from underneath when removing the old

 

Quickest and easy change to improve sight and seeing things on the inside.

 

Out of curiosity, which kit that you carry is for pre-facelift R53s? I tend to have some derp moments on y'alls website from time to time with the way your products are labeled.

 

Not a full kit for the pre facelift (-7/2004), but we do some cross over kits .

https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2003-Cooper-R53-S-Coupe-L4_1.6L_W11B16A/Lighting/LED/

 

A bit rich for my blood but thank you. If I need one of these that I can't find elsewhere I'll definitely reference that link.

 

You are welcome. If you need anything else let me know the Ziza are good , had them for years with no flicker and nice and bright.

 

Absolutely.

 

Thanks

 

Btw marines? I just got out of the army as an 11b infantry squad leader

 

Yep, 0352 AT missileman here. Good to see a fellow grunt on here.

 

Replaced the suspension for the second time in a month, but I'm definitely happy with how the Koni's turned out. Had a little hick up here and there with the hilariously vague instructions and ended having to get a spring compressor finally, but all in all it went relatively smooth.

For some reason I completely forgot to get a shot of the whole car but I took a few for informational purposes just in case anyone is ever doing the install and is a bit ignorant on the process(as i was..) since I figured these would just be a plug and play application so to speak.


TSW springs on Koni yellows. Would recommend.

Crazy little washer that I had to look up its function but it apparently keeps the piston from bottoming out and damaging the seal if you were to run in to a huge bump or have the dampening to soft I suppose.

Rear top hats and the large washer won't work without a little modification. The hole is 10mm and it needs to be widened to 12mm. I didn't have a metric drill bit set so a 1/2 drill bit will work just fine.

Both top hat and washer drilled out to fit. Perfectionists please excuse the holes as I had to do all of this by hand since I don't own a drill press. I smoothed the holes out with a dremmel so that's the little run away trails you see.

 

Did you drill the holes to adjust the rears?