Headlight: Philips X-treme (Left) vs R56 Mini Stock (Right)

About 18-20 fts behind that tC:

1. Low beam



2. High beam




3. Low beam with fog light

 

wow. impressive when comparing how the ground level lights up. that mound on the left draws my eye first but is misleading since there's not one on the other side. my vision plus didn't make such a difference, but i never took the time to really compare. thanks for the pics!

 

It's tough to tell b/c it's not symmetric. Would you recommend spending the $40?

 

Highly recommend

 

Put it up against a wall and do it again.

The mound of white snow is deceiving when comparing it to dirty snow on the asphalt on the other side.

 

Bad weather for the next few days, but I will give it a try when it's dry.

 

Good idea.

Thanks - I look forward to it.

 

When I look at the assembly in behind the hood, I find the low beams inside the plastic box but it appears that the high beam/day time running light (lower of the two) is a simple twist off fitting outside the box. I tried to twist off the fitting and things are very tight. Before I cost myself a bunch of money, am I approching this properly.

Thanks,
Mike

 

There is only 1 bulb for the low/high beams. The light below is the blinker which is accessed through the wheel well. The low/high beam bulb (9008 / H13) is changed from inside the engine.

 

H8? I've only heard mention of H7 and H13...

 

Thanks wandrur. H13 / 9008 I put them both together to get "H8"

 

Take another look, there are two H-7's in each light assembly. Theupper is the low beams and the lower is for high beam/ running light. The upper bulb is behind the square cover held on with the wire bale, the lower bulb is behind the round screw off cover.

Mike

 

you must got a 1st gen mini. this thread is for 2nd gens. to reiterate. there are not separate high/low bulbs. it takes a single H13/9008 bulb accessible under the hood behind the headlight assembly with a simple twist.

 

I cannot tell a difference between the left and right lights to be honest. One cannot evaluate a headlight shining it at a car right in front of it. You have to look down the road in darkness. And that's hard because the 2 lights will overlap of course.

 

Ok I grabbed the X-treme ones for $20 from a seller on ebay. They definitely shine nice and bright to notice a difference. Now I want to adjust them a little higher....I think I found a plastic screw to do it? Is that it and which way do you turn it to raise the lights? Anyone got a pic of the screw to turn?...I can't find it in the manual

 

^^^^ +1!! I'd like to adjust the height on mine, too.

 

-1 on the headlight bulb upgrades. Went to SilverStar and saw almost no difference. :(

 

What did she say?

Also I agree with everyone else. You knew what you would get charged. If you couldn't do it you might have a friend that is capable. I am not paying anyone $70 to change bulbs.

 

Try Philips X-treme (+80%), it works for me .

http://www.suvlights.com/product_inf...roducts_id=100

 

bump on the height adjustment screw...where is it and which direction is to move the lights up.... (clockwise or counterclockwise)

 

Here's a thread with a picture and direction for re-aiming headlights. Danielsternlighting.com has a nice guide how to properly adjust them. Same adjustment screw for halogens or xenons. Toughest thing for me in nyc was to find a level place and wall to adjust the lights.

 

Thanks lacning - that's the screw I thought it was b/c it looks "alone" down there....clockwise for up it says. next time it's dark and I'm not standing in all of this snow I'll try..

but I don't plan on using a wall...just a straight dark road without lights so I can adjust for as long of a distance as possible.

These new Philips X-treme's are working well - much brighter than stock.

 

no prob. i mentioned the wall and daniel stern's method in the thread to protect me from the "law" here on NAM. i don't think you need to be quite so precise in a mini cause out lights are so low anyway. just be careful not to adjust them too high for the sake of oncoming traffic. it'll be harder to tell on a dark road if it is aiming too high. i guess if you slowly adjust until there's no more extra road lighting up it'll be okay.

 

yeah the "law" doesn't bother me as much as hitting a deer last month (in my other car) bothered me...

if my lights are too high (which most likely will not be the case anyway) then you are taught to use the white line on the right side of the road.

if it comes down to my safety vs. others' safety ......you know who I'm going to choose.

 

ok 3 full turns clockwise for each headlamp and now I've got what I'd consider "real" lights. thanks for the help!