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Author Are people aware that ALL H.I.D kits are going to be M.O.T Illegal next january?
SnK
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24th Nov 10 at 19:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Guy at work (Main M.O.T tester) told me today that as of january VOSA have made ALL types of hid kits illegal. Even the e-marked or supposedly road legal ones. Only projector lights are legal. Obviously because they come standard in cars and hids don't.

Anyway just thought i'd mention something incase people don't know.
harrisp
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Yes there was a discussion on here a while back, Ive never had a set pass an MOT anyway when in standard headlights.
SnK
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Ah sorry, didn't see. cheers.
Jake
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the mongoloidz that dont adjust them are to blame
nathy_87
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Heard this last year aswell tbh.
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GOOD is all I can say. The twats driving down the road with their headlights pointing too high and blinding you are annoying as donkey piss
AndyCorsaSport
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So what about cars the come standard with Xenon's, but not projectors?
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thought it was next December not January
Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
So what about cars the come standard with Xenon's, but not projectors?


Yep like early IS200's and Renault Laguna's.No projectors headlights but factory Xenons.

HID's can be fitted and set-up correctly on the beam setter.
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
GOOD is all I can say. The twats driving down the road with their headlights pointing too high and blinding you are annoying as donkey piss


Thats nothing to do with Xenons.Normal lights can be like that if they arent set correctly.
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
So what about cars the come standard with Xenon's, but not projectors?


Yep like early IS200's and Renault Laguna's.No projectors headlights but factory Xenons.

HID's can be fitted and set-up correctly on the beam setter.


Exactly, only few i could think of is Renault Laguna, some older Volvo's and new Honda Civic's, dont come with projectors.
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24th Nov 10 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So what's the legal alternative then if you have shit standard headlights?
Root
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by Root
GOOD is all I can say. The twats driving down the road with their headlights pointing too high and blinding you are annoying as donkey piss


Thats nothing to do with Xenons.Normal lights can be like that if they arent set correctly.

Well it's usually people with exhausts scraping along the floor behind their car, window tints and HID that have their headlights set incorrectly
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Originally posted by Root
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by Root
GOOD is all I can say. The twats driving down the road with their headlights pointing too high and blinding you are annoying as donkey piss


Thats nothing to do with Xenons.Normal lights can be like that if they arent set correctly.

Well it's usually people with exhausts scraping along the floor behind their car, window tints and HID that have their headlights set incorrectly


No its not, the majority of cars that have headlights out of align are people who have tried to replace a bulb themselves, people who tend to fit HID kits are car midders/enthusiast's that usually have an idea of what they are doing.
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
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Originally posted by Root
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by Root
GOOD is all I can say. The twats driving down the road with their headlights pointing too high and blinding you are annoying as donkey piss


Thats nothing to do with Xenons.Normal lights can be like that if they arent set correctly.

Well it's usually people with exhausts scraping along the floor behind their car, window tints and HID that have their headlights set incorrectly


No its not, the majority of cars that have headlights out of align are people who have tried to replace a bulb themselves, people who tend to fit HID kits are car midders/enthusiast's that usually have an idea of what they are doing.

in my experience it has been, I'll welcome the new law but that's just me
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
So what's the legal alternative then if you have shit standard headlights?


Candles.
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quote:
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So what's the legal alternative then if you have shit standard headlights?


ive got an uprated wiring loom in mine instead of hids
Sam
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This website claims their kits are fully road legal and MOT friendly:

http://www.h-i-d.co.uk/
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
quote:
Originally posted by Sam
So what's the legal alternative then if you have shit standard headlights?


ive got an uprated wiring loom in mine instead of hids


Just decent quality bulbs will help massively.
John G
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ill just take them out and put them back in

[Edited on 24-11-2010 by John G]
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When I fitted my HIDs today I had a wee bit of fiddling about to make sure I had the bulb sitting correctly and not at an angle or too high

Was no different from fitting a normal replacment so cant see why most HID kits are blinding. Its when bulbs (normal or HID or brighter) are fitted incorrectly that dazzle you

[Edited on 24-11-2010 by Mertin]
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
the mongoloidz that dont adjust them are to blame


Never been flashed with mine in 3 years, passed MOT's with no issue.
My standard lights are poor to the point of dangerous. I'm not sure how the Osram Nightbreakers have developed in recent years but I bet they aint as good as HID's.

[Edited on 24-11-2010 by _Allan_]
Graham88
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Standard Xenons ftw
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quote:
Originally posted by John G
ill just take them out and put them back in



BarnshaW
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are they going to refund me the cost of my HIDs then as they were legal when i purchased them and no plans were mentioned to make them illegal

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