Is the 2k clearcoat also a UV protector?

 

Yes, it is for the UV protection.... Best to use a good two component spray for this....
You want to use GLOSS

Available from many sources... body shop suppliers etc

Use proper Ventilation and a respirator !!

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-...tte-clear.html

 

How about ECS checking out that lens supplier above??

 

My 04 R53 headlights were hazed over so I paid a shop $50 to "polish" the lenses "clear" = total fail.
A year later I wet sanded progressively with 220, 600, 1200 then polished with a soft brown (?) Scotch Brite pad.
Wiped clean and dried. I then vigorously buffed/applied in an vertical pattern only. Buffed off the
residue and buffed with a clean cloth (T-shirt). Applied a nice coat of ICE car wax polish. Lenses looked totally new.
I haven't been able to find ICE polish since then but I polish my lenses with GM compound every 3 months. Just because.

I love the Mini Rally/Spot lamps. I bought a set a year ago from h.bowers off ebay for around $65 USD (lights only).
I think I bought the R53 light brackets from Out Motoring or ECSTuning for about the same amount ($65 +/-).

I wired the lights myself.
Bought a used R53 dash toggle switch panel (ebay $25), cannibalized one of the OEM toggle switches, drilled out the inside/back of the switch slightly larger,
Removed and disassembled my toggle panel out of my Mini and incorporated (from the inside) a micro switch into the vacant (rear fog switch) by drilling out a hole in that spot. With the micro switch in place, toggle sticking out of that hole;
I snapped in the aforementioned modified switch over the micro toggle and onto it's switch "cradle" on the panel. Wired up, Put it back together and installed. I now have a full row of 6 OEM working toggles.
Looks totally factory.

 

uv clearcoat them

 

Hello,

We have several people we are contacting. Possible in the future.

Good thing is we have some more aftermarket and OEM taillight options coming as the rear tend to get cloudy

Thanks for the heads up.

 

Added them here what we can get:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-cibie-parts/v-mini/

 

Nice

thank you for following up with us here

that was fast !!

Wonder why no one in the US can get the Oscar Mini ??

 

Here's a link to the Valeo/Cibie catalog. The 6" 145mm Mini Oscar is shown as 'soon available', although a couple of UK eBay vendors already list them. I expect ECS will have them in due course.

https://valeoservice.cld.bz/valeo-CIBIE-brochure/24-25

 

Before

Chemical Guys headlight restoration paste with a rotary buffer and wool pad.

 

Thank you...

Sometimes they keep old announcements up for a while... it said that Aug 2020 as well.

The 7" is growing on me... the 9" a bit too big for the MINI IMO.


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Valeo took them over in the USA and looks like limited the offerings. May come down the road.

 

Just repainted my Black headlight trim and refinished the lenses while the trim was drying. Used $13 3M Headlight Restore kit from O'reillys. Worked very well and it was ONLY $13. Don't have any pre pics I can find but they were yellow. Even if it lasts a year...was only $13 and took about 1hr total for both.

 

Just an update we have R60/R61 and F55-F56-F57 Headlight lens. Linked above. We hope to have some Gen 1 MINI options here soon, hang tight guys.

 

hoping it will be soon. really tempted to buy a set of the Spyder or Spec D headlights and steal the lenses from them to use on my factory Xenons.

 

We just got an update, might be a while on the xenon R53-R50 lenses.