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4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:03 pm

Recieved a special notice yesterday on vts, all the changes to mot are due to come in to effect as of 20th march. So all you boys running HID lights beware

snuffbox · Post by **snuffbox** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:40 pm

maybe finally i won't be getting blinded by every HID installed SUV behind me now.

4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:40 pm

yep

no more chavs with cheapo hid lights

synXero · Post by **synXero** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:04 pm

You reckon?

Most shitty HIDs are probably in cars owned by people who know bribe friendly testers.

I hope it makes some difference but I don't expect much.

4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:09 pm

bribing testers lol

dan4 · Post by **dan4** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:02 am

Beware of....hid's aren't a failure

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:01 am

dan4 wrote:Beware of....hid's aren't a failure

This is my understanding also.

madbasshunter · Post by **madbasshunter** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:39 am

Taxi company in town just fitted aftermarket HID's (cheap ebay kits in standard lenses) in all their cars as they told me whilst buying 8 packs of DRL's from us

4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:13 pm

Hids are not a failure. You need to have washers fitted and the correct lenses fitted and a leveling system fitted

craig · Post by **craig** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:16 pm

Proper HID lights with cut off shields, and the correct beam pattern are not an MOT fail.

Peter Gidden · Post by **Peter Gidden** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:21 pm

RedMR² wrote:Proper HID lights with cut off shields, and the correct beam pattern are not an MOT fail.

Correct. If the manufacturer fitted them, they will have projector lenses and cut-off shield as part of their construction.

If the manufacturer did not fit washers and levellers, then they are obviously still legal.

Let's hope MOT testers do their job properly and get the ebay shoppers with their Chinese poo HID kits off the road. Every single one of them.

craig · Post by **craig** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:29 pm

Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:

Let's hope MOT testers do their job properly and get the ebay shoppers with their Chinese poo HID kits off the road. Every single one of them.

thomp1983 · Post by **thomp1983** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:56 pm

it's not going to happen is it, they'll just reconnected the stock bulbs for the test and remove them after

chris

scooby seb · Post by **scooby seb** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:23 pm

They've changed a bit haven't they?? you can only fail a shocker if it's leaking, not on the bounce test and it's ok to have a broken road spring now???

Peter Gidden · Post by **Peter Gidden** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:31 pm

scooby seb wrote:it's ok to have a broken road spring now???

Really? Source please.

4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:40 pm

Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:
scooby seb wrote:it's ok to have a broken road spring now???

Really? Source please.

Wrong it was acceptable to have an end tag broken if it didn't effect the strength as of the 20th any broken spring fails again

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:26 pm

What are people's opinions on decent hid kits from the likes of hids4u?

scooby seb · Post by **scooby seb** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:34 pm

4ndee wrote:
Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:
scooby seb wrote:it's ok to have a broken road spring now???

Really? Source please.

Wrong it was acceptable to have an end tag broken if it didn't effect the strength as of the 20th any broken spring fails again

Ah that was it, i was only half listening when the tester at work was reading it out

rev3gtturbo · Post by **rev3gtturbo** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:38 am

Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:
RedMR² wrote:Proper HID lights with cut off shields, and the correct beam pattern are not an MOT fail.

Correct. If the manufacturer fitted them, they will have projector lenses and cut-off shield as part of their construction.

If the manufacturer did not fit washers and levellers, then they are obviously still legal.

Let's hope MOT testers do their job properly and get the ebay shoppers with their Chinese poo HID kits off the road. Every single one of them.

I have seen nearly new vehicles dazzle with me their hids. It is not just SUVs either. Seems to be mostly audis, beemers, mercs that ought to have decent quality factory fit hids. (Apparently if you get done for marginally speeding due to being distracted while dazzled by hids, that is no excuse! No, it has not happened to me)

Not sure what the levelling system takes as a level reference but it does not seem right. The drivers dont notice if they are lighting up the inside of my car roof...

e.g. some are worse when accelerating and the front end lifts. Others dazzle while driving at a constant speed so I wonder if there is some driver operated level adjuster like there used to be in very old cars to adjust the beam when towing or heavy load in the back etc.

4ndee · Post by **4ndee** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:55 am

Most of them have self level devices that when you dtart the car calibrate themselves thenadjust whilst driving.

The big audis and things like x5s blind me too its horrendous, but not as bad as chavs with e bay special kits thst drive me mental. Its them who need targeting.

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