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Hey there from overseas,
I am having a big struggle right now. I am currently driving a '15 Mini One F56 with awful Halogen headlights. It doesnt matter what kind of bulbs I throw in, the headlights emit a horrible amount of light onto the ground. It looks to me that 80% of the light is reflected directly in the first 10m in front of my car - even with the highest possible height setting. IPF LED aftermarket H4 bulbs are for now "okay", but not amazing either.
Since I need to drive a lot in the night in non-illuminated areas I plan to upgrade the light.
The sad thing is, that there are a lot of reasons why it's so hard to me to upgrade. (No, buying a new car is not an option, I love this one.)
- buying OEM headlights and installing them is not possible (full cablework needed), cost would be around 4500(!)$
- installing aftermarket HID projector in OEM reflector-housing is not allowed due Germany's TÜV / ECE regulations (Police will notice faster than your able to tell)
There are plenty of China-headlights with HID kits pre-installed - I have to say that I do not trust them. I dont know what quality those headlights are made off, guess it'll be a waste of money.
Last night I did some research about high quality HID kits from Morimoto and so on, and I found the Morimoto M-LED BILED kit.
I have absolutely no idea if my ideas are possible to realize, that's why I am here now.
- buying two LED OEM headlights (used they're maybe 350$ for both)
- removing LED OEM projectors and LED chips
- painting the inner housing in some decent colours
- removing OEM DRL strip
- installing RGB LED strip
- installing Morimoto M-LED kit with connectors to H4 plug?
Since the OEM headlight will just have some different LED projectors in it, neither TÜV or Police will notice and I finally will be able to see something at night...
Big thanks in advance, I hope my basic english is enough to explain my problems.
Greetings from Germany
Finn
I am having a big struggle right now. I am currently driving a '15 Mini One F56 with awful Halogen headlights. It doesnt matter what kind of bulbs I throw in, the headlights emit a horrible amount of light onto the ground. It looks to me that 80% of the light is reflected directly in the first 10m in front of my car - even with the highest possible height setting. IPF LED aftermarket H4 bulbs are for now "okay", but not amazing either.
Since I need to drive a lot in the night in non-illuminated areas I plan to upgrade the light.
The sad thing is, that there are a lot of reasons why it's so hard to me to upgrade. (No, buying a new car is not an option, I love this one.)
- buying OEM headlights and installing them is not possible (full cablework needed), cost would be around 4500(!)$
- installing aftermarket HID projector in OEM reflector-housing is not allowed due Germany's TÜV / ECE regulations (Police will notice faster than your able to tell)
There are plenty of China-headlights with HID kits pre-installed - I have to say that I do not trust them. I dont know what quality those headlights are made off, guess it'll be a waste of money.
Last night I did some research about high quality HID kits from Morimoto and so on, and I found the Morimoto M-LED BILED kit.
I have absolutely no idea if my ideas are possible to realize, that's why I am here now.
- buying two LED OEM headlights (used they're maybe 350$ for both)
- removing LED OEM projectors and LED chips
- painting the inner housing in some decent colours
- removing OEM DRL strip
- installing RGB LED strip
- installing Morimoto M-LED kit with connectors to H4 plug?
Since the OEM headlight will just have some different LED projectors in it, neither TÜV or Police will notice and I finally will be able to see something at night...
Big thanks in advance, I hope my basic english is enough to explain my problems.
Greetings from Germany
Finn
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