![]() The factory Xenons have 4300k xenon D2S burners fitted to them which give off a milky white light, however you can change them to 6000k ones if you prefer the white light with a blueish tinge. I personally would recommend getting some factory xenon headlights and fitting them, saves any hassle or worry over whether the car would pass an MOT or not. The only MOT tester it would be obvious to is one who knows the ballast is at the back of the headlights on factory xenons but then again could go unnoticed. If you were to fit the HID kit's ballast inside the headlight units by taking the headlight lenses off (as there's enough space to fit a ballast inside the headlight) then the MOT tester would have no way of knowing/noticing that a HID kit has been fitted as none of the HID kit's wiring or ballasts would be outside of the headlight to spot. Also, if you hide the ballast and wiring well enough the MOT tester may not even notice. However, in practice you could get away with it as it could be missed by the MOT tester. Ever come across a car heading towards you at night with bright glaring blueish headlights? That's a car with a HID Kit fitted to halogen reflector headlamps.įitting a HID kit to halogen projector headlights shouldn't pass a MOT under the new MOT rules which came in last year, even though the beam pattern would perfectly meet requirements without any issues. When fitted to reflector headlamps the beam scatters and you get bright areas and dim areas on the very poor beam pattern, this is what blinds oncoming cars. ![]() HIDs/Xenons were designed to be used on projector headlamp units, not reflector units. The problem occurs when people fit the HID kit to halogen reflector headlights like the ones found on some mki 75's and ZTs. Fitting a HID kit to halogen projectors DON'T blind oncoming cars. xenon bulb holder holds a d2s burner whereas a halogen projector holds a h7 bulb. In fact the projector units used in factory xenon headlights is exactly the same as the projector used on halogen projectors on our cars, with the only difference being the bulb holder I.e. I personally don't agree with this blanket straight fail criteria, as HID kits correctly fitted to halogen PROJECTOR headlights give a perfect clean cut off beam pattern exactly the same as factory xenons. That's the requirement, that any cars with a HID kit fitted to halogen headlights (whether it's halogen projectors or halogen reflectors) should be a fail. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp." " Existing halogen headlamp units should not be converted to be used with HID bulbs. Mot criteria 4.1.4 compliance with requirements: The halogen quad projector upgrades I offer using halogen headlamps use halogen bulbs (work the same way as the xenon quad projectors but use halogen bulbs instead of xenon burners). My xenon quad projector upgrades are done using factory xenon headlamps. ![]() I don't sell HID kits/conversions for halogen headlamps. MOT) with the HID kits/conversions you sell? So the quad HID conversion I've been planning for my Mk2 will/might fail the MOT? Some.cars factory without auto levelling and washing in the mid to late 90s. (if washers are fitted, they are testable and must work, if not fitted, the owner cannot.be disadvantaged by this and therefore will pass, ie if it cant be tested, it cannot fail lol. Fitting hid into projectors, if using e.marked bulbs should pass, as long as adjustment can ace. This is a topic that has been done to death on these forums. How can it fail if from,the link '(although no government inspection will take place)' ? It's undoubtedly down to the tester in the past, but now it is law. Maybe not when you had yours done but now they have to have "self cleaning and self levelling." I know people who have converted and not had washers and failed MOT's.
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