December 21, 2006:
Xenon retrofit
The GP doesn’t come with Xenon headlights - presumably to save weight; but many people would like them and there’s been active discussion on MINI2 and elsewhere.
The MotoringFile DIY page has a Xenon retrofit pdf but it only addresses replacing the pre’05 design Xenon unit with the more futuristic ‘05+ design.
However, I’ve recently “acquired” the official retrofit instructions to install Xenon headlights in a car which has halogens (many thanks!)
There are two versions, this older version covers retrofitting the original Xenon unit and this version covers the new headlight design and is specific to cars built after 09/2003 … beware of reading these instructions, they’ll really put you off doing the retrofit!
Posted by GPMINI at 09:09 pm |
GP4Life (2006/12/22 @ 8:07 pm)
The Xenons do add ~15lbs to the front end. And only the low beam bulb is different, correct? Seems like a pointless, value-killing upgrade to me.
Smooth is Quik (2006/12/27 @ 11:17 am)
I have a set of 05 Xenon headlights for sale if anybody is interested in doing the MOD. They are not cheap!
PM me in NAM: Smooth is quik