Comments on: Official Xenon Retrofit PDF for 05+ MINI

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:40:55 +0000

someone please help me out i have an 02 mini and i desperately want xenons on my car i have halogens and have no clue where to look for xenons and i have no idea on how to install can someone please help me out with some info /links ..

By: RonD

RonD — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:55:13 +0000

OK – this is great for those of you with unlimited resources, but some of us are still waiting on the part number for the mystery bulbs Todd referred to a few weeks back. Remember…”next to a MINI w/Xeonons, I couldn’t tell the difference”?

By: seb

seb — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:11:07 +0000

What’s up with MINI’s wiring for lighting products. Driving lights, lighted door sills, and now xenons … all require removal of mulitple interior panels located from one end of the car to the other. I have many years of automotive electrical experience and I am daunted not by the wiring so much as I am by the hassle of it all. I am wiring my auxiliary driving lights to the high beams … no cheesy, hard to see button to press every time I want to use them, and NO interior wiring or panel removal. I guess the xenons serve a retrofit purpose for those who found their dream MINI (sans xenons) sitting on the sales floor available for delivery … but the driving lights and lighted door sills seem too complicated and labor intensive for their own benefit, being that they both are essentially cosmetic personal statements and lack any significant or purposeful function.

By: gmini

gmini — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:45:08 +0000

ooo. .and that brings me to another con: replacement. I went through 5 xenons. OK. 2 were part of a total loss, but the others were lost to deer, wreck, and rock. I’ve been very lucky (knock wood) with these halogens.

By: gmini

gmini — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:31:42 +0000

I used to have a cracked one hanging from my kitchen ceiling, fwiw. Think i kept the bulb, cuz the rest of it’s nowhere to be found.

By: VMMVMMM

VMMVMMM — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:24:59 +0000

good one

By: nervous

nervous — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:04:05 +0000

Great! Now if I can just find someone to steal me a pair… ;-)

By: gmini

gmini — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:22:49 +0000

well it opens fine in safari. with the font warning, but fine.

By: gmini

gmini — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:19:43 +0000

this is the first PDF installation guide that i cannot see the text with preview or acrobat. perhaps a redownload might help…

By: rkw

rkw — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:41:57 +0000

Nearly all of these PDF installation guides from MINI were meant to be distributed only to dealers and not the general public. Dealers already have the custom fonts.

By: gmini

gmini — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:52:58 +0000

well. apparently the text font is not embedded. Or am i the only one without “PAPJMA+MINITypeRegular” in my library?

By: GoodFinder

GoodFinder — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:30:03 +0000

Thanks also for the note on the 15 lbs. I’ve got to decide which route to take on my GP. The official Xenon retrofit is intimidating, and using good Hella units custom flush mounted in the aero grill would be a project, too. So, either route has pros and cons. I guess if I convince myself to go with the Hella HID units, maybe that setup will weigh less, and (if done right) will be totally custom (unique). But, every time I drive my ’05 MCS with Xenons, the light is sooo much better than the normal headlights. Pondering …

By: robble

robble — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:09:08 +0000

Great! I know somone who pretty badly wants to get xenons in his MINI. He is willing/capable of paying the big $$ this is sure to cost.

Now if the local service sept wold be willing to take this on. It looks like a nightmare install.