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[phoenixbruka]

Does anyone have any flush rear lights on their mini.
Apparently everyone is preferring the standard look these days so they’re proving very difficult to find 🤦🏼‍♀️
Photos for inspiration would be great and any links to availability!

Many thanks 😁

[nicklouse]

They were all done as one offs by each person. Never seen a set made for the job.

 

David Brown used some readily available 55mm light units (carbuilder solutions) and will have made housings to house them.

[mab01uk]

 

https://www.davidbro...ini-remastered/

 

Edited by mab01uk, 27 September 2023 - 10:40 AM.

[Designer]

 

https://www.davidbro...ini-remastered/

To me that look is bordering on the line of the Three Pin Plug Wheels on a E Bini in another post. Sorry but that is my opinion just call me a traditionalist or old fashion or a silly old f--t. I don't mind which. 

 

It puts me in mind of a few famous people having plastic surgery and looking bloody awful aftwards. But at least with that Mini it can be reversed.

Edited by Designer, 27 September 2023 - 11:38 AM.

[KTS]

To me that look is bordering on the line of the Three Pin Plug Wheels on a E Bini in another post. Sorry but that is my opinion just call me a traditionalist or old fashion or a silly old f--t. I don't mind which. 

 

 

It puts me in mind of a few famous people having plastic surgery and looking bloody awful aftwards. But at least with that Mini it can be reversed.

 

 

which puts me in mind of the maxim:  opinions are like a***holes;  everyone's got one

[Designer]

which puts me in mind of the maxim:  opinions are like a***holes;  everyone's got one

 

LOVE IT

Edited by Designer, 27 September 2023 - 02:34 PM.

[phoenixbruka]

https://www.davidbro...ini-remastered/

[phoenixbruka]

I really like these!
I want new lights if the back if my shorty so being traditional isn’t really an issue 😂😂😂

[bpirie1000]

Sure someone has done some 3d printing for some whacky rear lights.

[stuart bowes]

I've got nothing against the flushed look but I don't like that particular surround they've made, it sort of clashes being halfway between the chrome and the body colour, nothing else is in that style so it stands out 

 

I'd probably grind off the odd lumps down each side and paint it the same colour as the body, or chrome it, either way, that would be an improvement for me

 

and the fixings would be better on the inside so it's clean and smooth outside

 

actually if it was me and I was going flushed, I'll french them in so they were sort of horizontal across the back of the car, not on the corners poking out each way at an angle like that,  and I prefer square lights I think, but each to their own

 

that's what makes modifications great you can do whatever you want

Edited by stuart bowes, 27 September 2023 - 05:28 PM.

[sonscar]

The Fiat Bravo or Brava had nicely frenched lamps in one of its iterations,Steve..

[mab01uk]

The Fiat Bravo or Brava had nicely frenched lamps in one of its iterations,Steve..

 

Edited by mab01uk, 29 September 2023 - 05:37 PM.

[mini-mad-mark]

 

https://www.davidbro...ini-remastered/

 

Do the lights actually point backwards? They look like they point out sideways a bit - personally not a fan

 

Flush lights would need some custom lenses and a revised light unit behind them I guess - pretty sure I saw something on one of the US car shows where they had lenses 3-D printed to make flush lights - for a Yank-Tank though not a mini

 

Anyone got a 3-D printer with translucent red/amber/clear plastic?

[Vinay-RS]

There are some local conversions using Corsa or first gen BMW MINI lights. I'll look for some pictures.