I'm looking to get a 8000K replacement bulb for my xenon headlights, but need to know which type of bulb the Cooper's use. Does anyone know (H1,H3,H4,H7,H8,H9,H10,H11,H13,9004,9005,9006,9007 ,D2R,D2S,880,881)?

 

Do you have the factory Xenon lights? If so, there's no bulb to upgrade. A true Xenon light works by arcing high voltage through Xenon gas, which excites the gas and causes it to release photons.

If you have the standard halogen lights (which are a filament that is heated to produce light), you can replace them with halogen bulbs of different color. Some of those are called Xenon bulbs, because they either replicate the light of a true xenon light by using a higher wattage and/or because they put some xenon gas in the bulb. That doesn't make them the same as "real" Xenon lights.

 

dneal, xenon lights have bulbs too

usman88, ALL factory xenon's on the market today use either D2S or D1S bulbs, and a few D4S type bulbs

all of the above fit in the same socket, PC32-D, which means all of them are mechanically compatible

all the bulb types you listed: H1,H3,H4,H7,H8,H9,H10,H11,H13,9004,9005,9006,9007, 880,881, except for D2S/D2R are all halogen bulbs

if you have the factory halogens, you're looking for xenon-MATCH (xenon colored) bulbs in H4

and if you have the factory bi-xenons, you should just take out a bulb and look at what it is, it will be printed on the side of the bulb

and most likely it will be a D2S type bulb

you should still check though



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also, why are you going for 8000k's?

are you doing this for more color or more light?

if its color there's no other way than to replace the bulb, but you'll lose light (lumens)


but if its more light you're after you should look into custom projector units and also a 50 watt or custom 75w boosted ballast and a pair of DL50's

5300 lumens vs ~3200 lumens for the d2s/d4s bulb types

the ballasts are pricy but its a LOT more light if you're at 75 watts, something like ~8000-9000 lumens

and if its a bixenon setup, you can adjust low beam output by playing around with the light shield in the projector

and when its time for the high beams, 9000+9000 lumens = 18000 lumens vs 3200+3200 lumens = 6400 lumens

or 3X as bright, or by light intensity, about ~9X as intense a light

so with a custom projector setup AND custom boosted ballasts, low beams will not blind incoming drivers if your cutoff is right, but if you do need to blind them, you'll proally permanently ruin their night vision

at 75 watts and a conical reflector, you can set newspaper on fire with your headlights at the right focal point



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what are you guys talking about.... factory mini xenons are all D2R type xenon bulbs.... as others have said already, they are availiable from variety of sources, everyone from PIAA to ebay vendors sell them

 

yeah, but the d2r's are for the R53, don't know exactly what the r56 uses, should be d2s's not d2r's

don't know because my r56 hasn't arrived yet


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Sorry, didn't mean to say that there's no bulb at all. I see how it could read that way.

When he started mentioning H series bulbs, I thought he was talking about the halogen bulbs labeled as "Xenon"...

Seems to me that the purpose of those xenon-like bulbs are to give the appearance of true xenon lamps. Why bother if you really do have xenons...?

 

I have the factory bi-xenon's, but want a darker shade of bluish-purple. Do you know why some bmw's and other high end cars have so much of a darker shade of blue than other vehicles (like the mini)? My friend has a Honda S2000 and his also came with factory xenon's and he upgraded the bulbs to 8000K which he bought from this website:http://www.hidworld.com/cart.phptarg...ategory_id=259. His lights now look like the below attachment..they're what inspired me haha.

 

nice S2k... Spoon bumper?

back on topic... on a 'showy' purpose car, you are right.. though my upper limit is 6 k, past 6k and i think it just looks too blue, personal opinion though... furthermore, if you drive alot on country roads without lights, 8 k can become too dark to see anything, yes you have the looks, but you will not get the lumens on the ground

 

well by the way...how to take the bulb out??? am i stupid??

 

Inside the front wheel well is an access.

 

You have BMW bi-xenons already. Why would you possibly want to mess it up?