are my headlights faulty?

[j mac]

when i am on a motorway at night with no street lights and especially back roads i have really bad visibility.

i have checked the level they are at on the dial but its still bad and need to travel with full beam on and off as i cant see 30 ft in front of me.

is this a common problem or do my lights have a problem!?

any advice would be great

cheers j

[john]

sadly the lights are crap:)

[MartinSullivan]

As John says the mini lights are pretty crap , spotlights will improve the situation a bit.

[john]

quote:Originally posted by MartinSullivan

As John says the mini lights are pretty crap , spotlights will improve the situation a bit.


not on dip they won't:D

[Gismo]

The worst thing about the mini, the lights are utter crap :mad: i'm fed up not being able to see :blackeye:

[Brian_Cooper_S]

Get some spot lights, won't help on dip but should be awesome with main beam.

I got some for Xmas, can't wait to have them fitted. Has anyone fitted these lights themselves, if so how hard is it??

[MartinSullivan]

You could also uprate the bulbs a wee bit , will improve the situation a bit

[j mac]

cheers for the help on this, i'll just need to get used to them!
j

[Scottie]

I don't think my xenon dip is that bad had worse my Lada 4x4 :I:II had now they were crap.

However I have PIAA bulbs in both my main beam and spotters in the Mini and when all are on they are awesome.:D

[Big Col]

I think the xenons are cracking.

[PASL]

the xenons on my 2004 cooper s are poor are the new ones any better

[j mac]

i am putting it in for a service in 2 weeks should i ask them to change something like bulbs??

j

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by j mac
i am putting it in for a service in 2 weeks should i ask them to change something like bulbs??
They probably won't change the bulbs to non BMW standard, but, get an alignment check as a starter, if they are still crap, then fit new bulbs yourself, go for the philips power bulbs

[j mac]

cheers alan i'll ask them to do that.

j

[Burple]

Yip.. the new Xenons are cracking :D

get yourself some of the Philips 50% brighter bulbs. Had them on the last Cooper, MUCH better than standard. And you can chuck a set in the Main beam too ;):D:cool::cool:

[Mini Me]

bmw do supply a buld thats 40% brighter than standard......

[bobafet]

how much?

[Mini Me]

about £4 each i think....

tell me bobafet, the photo of your car,which showroom is it at, cos it looks a bit like mine ???:p

[bobafet]

it was yours, the day i bought it think you where busy with another guy so kenny from the bmw section sold it to me, cracking car

[Mini Me]

coughsbmwsalesmonkeysshouldbeshotcoughs........:p

[bobafet]

you looked as if you had a lot on your plate that day, serving one customer and had a few waiting, i had cash in my pocket ready to spend, so had to be fast.

ill be back there in a week or so need to get the oil change done

[Mini Me]

quote:Originally posted by bobafet

you looked as if you had a lot on your plate that day, serving one customer and had a few waiting


Sound all too familier :(:(:(:I