MADAUTOPARTS 

      PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS TEXT FROM OUR USA CUSTOMER - HE BOUGHT A MK2 FULL SET FROM US AND LEFT THIS FEEDBACK.

''So I have been looking around for a set of Driving Lights that would give me a little more high-beam visibility. I searched "Driving Lights", "Rally Lights", "Long Lights", "High Beam Lights", "Bumper Lights", "Jeep Lights", "Mud Lights", "Spot Lights". After buying a few different aftermarket lights I realized what I wanted was the OEM Driving Lights Kit. They just seem to "fit" the car nicely, just as MINI expected to do so when they made the kit.

I looked around at a few sites that had a good discount on the kit compared to the dealer. I had prices from $450-$625. Honestly, still way too expensive for my blood. I couldn't seem to find a set of lights like the OEM and then I would still have to figure out the bracketing. BUT OF COURSE after a day of looking around at a bunch of threads on this site I finally found what I was looking for. Thanks ammodave for your post on one of the threads.

Wipac makes a set of lights that are identical to the OEM BMW ones. Quickly I realized that no one in the US sells these lights. They have to be shipped out from overseas. I went onto eBay.co.uk and found a few sellers quickly. One of the best pricing for a full kit came from MadAutoParts. He also had a website so I looked around to make sure it wasn't fishy. Good feedback. I sent a message to Martin and he let me know that it was a good kit, complete with everything I needed (lights, brackets, wiring, relay, switch), but they only sold the Brushed Steel finish at the moment. I really wanted black but at the price I didn't care. It came out to £106.99 GBP shipped to me (Royal Mail). From payment to in my hands it took exactly 8 days (Kesgrave, Suffolk UK to 20 minutes outside of NYC). Everything came in proper working order, well packaged, couldn't really ask for more.

So I drove over to my dad's shop. The kit came with simple instruction and a template drawing to know where to cut your front grill. The brackets were on in 1 minute, designed nicely. We took a while to measure and the front grill. We wanted to make sure we didn't overcut so we just kept making adjustments and trying it back on for about 20 minutes. Finally the grill fit nicely with the brackets. One of the mechanics at the shop ran the wiring their and had it hooked up to my highbeams in literally 15 minutes. He secured the wiring with a ziptie and it was done. I couldn't believe how quickly it was knocked out.

I am going to detail the car this weekend and but a nice coat of polish on the driving lamps. There is pollen everywhere and we had a little rain so everything just looks filthy. Anyway, just adding some information to the site. The kit cost around $170 I think but it did come with everything. I really only needed the brackets and lights but I still think it was a great deal.''