11 replies to this topic

[tomsbluemini]

Hi Guys

As some of you know, I crashed my mini on Sunday. It's not a bad crash, but has done a fair amount of damage to the cosmetics on the front of the car.

I've already had a set of numberplates made so that I can drive the car again, but I need new spotlights too as I broke all of them.

My curent set is a set of angel eye spotlights from Huddersfield Spares (cliky linky)

I need to replace them, but wondered which ones to get? I could just get another set of what I had, but perhaps there are better ones out there that don't cost the earth?

Advice please mini people?

Cheers

Tom

[WiredbyWilson]

Hi Tom,

Speak to Martin / Debbie @ MRA...

They do these for £22.50 a pair!!


Or stainless ones for £36.

[Bungle]

fitted a set of cibie's to mine 20 years ago

they still look as good as new and no signs of rust, you get what you pay for

[tomsbluemini]

fitted a set of cibie's to mine 20 years ago

they still look as good as new and no signs of rust, you get what you pay for

Seen the price of Cibies, i'm not made of money

20 years? they'd outlive the rest of my car! hehehe

[daveholman]

I've had a set of Hella Comet 500s for the past 12 (ish) years. They've been on three mini's, two 205 GTis and my mates fiesta and have outlasted all the cars so far. They have stone chips in the lenses and everything but still work like a dream with no fogging of the lens at all. They're bright and will attach to original mini spotlight brackets. My only complaint is that they're spotlights and as such have a beam of light rather than flooding the road ahead.

Edited to say: Scrap that actually, I just googled them and they're now £130 a pair with covers. That far exceeds the £28 I paid in 1998!!!!!

Edited by daveholman, 04 March 2010 - 06:38 PM.

[andymini123]

Wipac or Cibie are the best spotlights in terms of looks and use

[tomsbluemini]

David

Those spotlights look like a viable option...

Will the fit in the standard MPi spotlight brackets? They're still on my car... Obviously my Rover spots fitted and the angel eye ones did aswell.

Cheers

Tom

[WiredbyWilson]

I assume they will Tom - just rign MRA and go from there.

[tomsbluemini]

I assume they will Tom - just rign MRA and go from there.

Well I e-mailed them yesterday afternoon, no reply as yet...

[WiredbyWilson]

I assume they will Tom - just rign MRA and go from there.

Well I e-mailed them yesterday afternoon, no reply as yet...

Martin & Debbie at MRA are really busy - did you pm or email?

Failing that give them a bell, spoke to Debbie yesterday, and the order arrived today - fantastic service but they are flat out Tom

[MiniMonty]

Go RETRO !

Proper chrome lamps (not painted plastic) and twice as bright as the modern jobs.
Got mine as a pair for £20.

[leaky]

Go RETRO !

Proper chrome lamps (not painted plastic) and twice as bright as the modern jobs.
Got mine as a pair for £20.

Now they look mint. Have you got those wired up to come on with main beam? Or as foglights on their own switch?