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[4l1x]

i have seen a few minis with these, i pressume its the film thats being used. has anyone with a flame red mini done this so i can see roughly what its like please

[creakyjaws5533]

Lucas made headlight convertor lenses I believe they are very hard to get hold of like these http://www.theminifo...adlight-covers/

[jcullenuk]

what's the law. On these headlight covers???

[Noah]

what's the law. On these headlight covers???

They designed to change the beam for when driving abroad.

There is no law against using a Yellow Lamin-X tint on them however, ASFAIK.

[jcullenuk]

I have a wypack h4 conversion. Is there any covers for them?

[Dan]

The yellow covers with beam deflectors are from way back when you had to have yellow headlamps to drive in France, they did beam converting and colouring in one. They aren't illegal, but they kill your dipped beam because that's what they are designed for.

[jcullenuk]

Awww lol I see.

[Ivor Badger]

what's the law. On these headlight covers???

They designed to change the beam for when driving abroad.

There is no law against using a Yellow Lamin-X tint on them however, ASFAIK.

The yellow convertors were originally made for France where yellow headlamos were required, but not now. Unless the law has been changed, it is illegal to display anything but a white light to the front. This obviously does not include flasher lamps, but does cover permanently on lights.

So there probably is a law against them and yellow film.

Question! Since Mini lights in modern terms are so poor, why do you want to use anything that reduces the glow from them?

[jcullenuk]

Just fort it would look good for day time and take covers of at night time

[vtec_miniestate]

I have the lamin-x film on mine. Very easy to fit and perfectly legal :)

[vtec_miniestate]

http://lamin-x.co.uk

[Cooperman]

Mini headlights are bad enough already when compared to modern car lights and to lose around 14% of the available light with a yellow filter is not exactly advisable.
Anyway, who wants to look like a 1960's French person?
When we used to go to France when they had to haqve yellow lights how they hated our white (and thus better) lights. It was never a requirement for a UK registered (or a German or Dutch one, etc) car to have yellow lights and whit elights were legal in France for foreign (to them) cars, so long as the dip beam was adjusted to prevent a RHD car from causing dazzle.

[vtec_miniestate]

Each to their own

[Cooperman]

When we got thick fog back in the early 60's a guy we knew fitted yellow bulbs to his fog-lights. he said that he got much less glare with the yellow ones in thick fog. My great Mini-driving buddy pointed out that yes, less light = less glare.

[tiger99]

He would have solved his problem completely by fitting black bulbs!