#1: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: supercows, Location: stoke on trentPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:20 am ---- hiya,
just wonderred if anyone has / had a pull from the boys in blue for having the HID kit done.....
thinking of getting an install but wanted to gauge oppinions ....
regards
alex
#2: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Big_Rich180, Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:22 am ---- Ive personally never heard of anyone being pulled over but I do know you wont pass an MOT with them in.
#3: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:24 am ---- my mates has had them for over a year, been stopped for his number plates few times (digits in wrong place) but never said nothing about the HID's
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
#4: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Ghosty, Location: WiltshirePosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:34 am ---- i have not been pulled yet, fitted them 2 days after i got the car, there even 2 different colours (one is white/blue 6000k, the other was listed as the same but appears white/yellow) i think as long as there not to blue, you should be ok. look at the new 5000k pure white ones, i think it the seller dont sort out the issues im having im gonna go to a set of 5000k in both the heads and fogs. as for the mot well thats not due till october, so i have plenty of time to sort it out.
#5: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Golfguy206, Location: PeterboroughPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:37 am ---- I have had mine for about 3 years and never had ANY problems with the policy or MOT's.
#6: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Lecktorious, Location: ScotlandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:46 am ----
NorthantsBen wrote:
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
Think the change over is in April.
#7: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Mrs_Howey, Location: WorthingPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:46 am ---- The regulations for HID in MOT has only come in this year, so thats why no previous problems have been had, but you need to have headlight washer fitted and i think they need to be fully adjustable to pass an MOT now
#8: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bu Author: supercows, Location: stoke on trentPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:48 am ---- thanks guys,
was just chatting to a local mechanic who fits them and he was saying they on about bringing in a law to make them illegal from march he had heard....
but if no one has really been pulled up on them then its all good....
ive got the moonstone / light blue colour so was thinking about the blue / white ones... .....
thanks
#9: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:49 am ----
G. wrote:
NorthantsBen wrote:
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
Think the change over is in April.
thats explains it then
#10: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:38 am ----
NorthantsBen wrote:
G. wrote:
NorthantsBen wrote:
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
Think the change over is in April.
thats explains it then
The change came in on Jan 1st, although it is supposed to be an advisory until April. By then the message will have got round the chav world so they can't say they weren't warned when their car fails.
supercows wrote:
was just chatting to a local mechanic who fits them and he was saying they on about bringing in a law to make them illegal from march he had heard....
but if no one has really been pulled up on them then its all good....
You've sort of answered it yourself. No one is being pulled for them as they are not illegal. When they do become illegal plenty of people will be pulled. Think of all those £60 fines going into the police Christmas party fund.
#11: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:23 am ----
G. wrote:
NorthantsBen wrote:
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
Think the change over is in April.
All we need now is for them to be banned from sale / import in to the UK
#12: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:04 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
G. wrote:
NorthantsBen wrote:
even passed its MOT last friday with them fitted, was at a main dealer also
Think the change over is in April.
All we need now is for them to be banned from sale / import in to the UK
I second that.
#13: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:27 am ---- What I don't understand is how on earth they can be legal from factory, a range rover went past me the other day and absolutely blinded me with them
#14: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:32 am ----
Harry wrote:
What I don't understand is how on earth they can be legal from factory, a range rover went past me the other day and absolutely blinded me with them
I've never had a problem with factory HID lights.
Are you sure someone's not done a DIY conversion on this Range Rover?
Correct legal factory HID install for the UK will have:
Headlamp designed for the HID bulb.
Automatic headlamp leveling either built in to the headlamp unit OR it can use the cars self leveling suspension system
Headlamp washers.
#15: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Golfguy206, Location: PeterboroughPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:35 am ---- I disagree, I don't think they should be made illegal.
(waits for all the the haters to comment.... )
I think if they are fitted to projector lamps (not reflector lamps) and fitted with washers and correctly aligned, I don't see the problem. Last edited by Golfguy206 on Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:36 am; edited 1 time in total
#16: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:35 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
Harry wrote:
What I don't understand is how on earth they can be legal from factory, a range rover went past me the other day and absolutely blinded me with them
I've never had a problem with factory HID lights.
Are you sure someone's not done a DIY conversion on this Range Rover?
Correct legal factory HID install for the UK will have:
Headlamp designed for the HID bulb.
Automatic headlamp leveling either built in to the headlamp unit OR it can use the cars self leveling suspension system
Headlamp washers.
No idea it was an 11 plate with a 40 / 50 year old guy driving so I highly doubt it was a conversion, I see them all the time but this time it was just impossible to see when he was coming towards me.
#17: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:48 am ----
Golfguy206 wrote:
I disagree, I don't think they should be made illegal.
(waits for all the the haters to comment.... )
I think if they are fitted to projector lamps (not reflector lamps) and fitted with washers and correctly aligned, I don't see the problem.
Take it up with the department for transport then.
Car manufacturers have to stick to the rules, what makes you so special you can just ignore them then?
#18: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:58 am ---- If they are installed right there are no problems. Admittedly most people don't. I have mates with them fitted properly. Even in reflectors they not blinding in the slightest as they are the reflector designed bulbs and they point right down. Got one mate though with them pointed dead level in reflectors with standard bulbs in not the anti-glare ones and they are deadly.
I get pulled over quite a lot and nobody has ever said anything. Rule of the road keep your car maintained and be polite and 90% of police will be reasonable with you.
#19: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: rttam, Location: devonPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:01 pm ---- the mot only states that if hid lights are fitted and has washers and/or auto levellers they have to work it doesnt say that it has to have the washers/levellers to pass an mot with hids. looked at the new ministry print out last week. BUUUUUT design and construction i.e. what the police will do you for is a whole different matter
in my opinion if in any doubt about the legality of mods dont bother then that saves the worry and hassle
#20: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: jimjam19927, Location: PortsmouthPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:22 pm ---- What do you mean fitted with washers?
#21: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:30 pm ---- Ban better lighting systems, real smart.
Want to ban better road tyres too?
They are not illegal, you have ballasts which adjust as per the HID kit dont you? Just whack some headlamp washers on or dont bother and say they are uprated bulbs
#22: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:38 pm ---- Banning an product that makes millions for the UK and world economy...real smart in a global recession
#23: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: tomd0801754, Location: MoscowPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:45 pm ----
Lee wrote:
Banning an product that makes millions for the UK and world economy...real smart in a global recession
So should the government legalise drugs and tax them?
Actually if it lowers fuel price...
#24: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:10 pm ---- They should legalise weed.
If things like that were legal, then they would be a lot easier to combat....eg the amount of people who smoke
#25: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: judgey93, Location: Burnley EnglandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:52 pm ---- Why ban them at all they are much better than s**t standard bulbs my dads Lexus has them
Standard with levelling and washers, and sent me to get some for the pug fitted and levelled by kwikfit never been pulled not a second look by police about them ever! You can see much more with them than normal bulbs the first "mod" I/dad approved of! Just a quick one does that mean even with angel eye projector headlights they're illegal unless they have self levelling and washers??
#26: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Golfguy206, Location: PeterboroughPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:53 pm ---- Depends.
But here comes the answers....
#27: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: judgey93, Location: Burnley EnglandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:58 pm ---- Haha yeah everyone is entitled to their opinions but I think they are a good invention/mod and as lee said they make the uk millions, everyone has them and if not fitted correctly blind people yes they shouldn't be as easy to get hold of should only sell them and where you buy them from make it mandatory that they fit them if they're "qualified" (what ever you want to say) to do so then happy days no one is blinded people can see more and making money for the suffering economy!
#28: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: dtm_martin24, Location: BasingstokePosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:39 pm ---- My dad has got a 2011 Mercedes E63 with factory xenons and the difference in night vision they make is astonishing, i have also passed him several times going the other way and they are no brighter than halogen, so I definitly agree with judgey on this, they are a massive improvement if they are fitted correctly
#29: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: judgey93, Location: Burnley EnglandPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:45 pm ----
dtm_martin24 wrote:
My dad has got a 2011 Mercedes E63 with factory xenons and the difference in night vision they make is astonishing, i have also passed him several times going the other way and they are no brighter than halogen, so I definitly agree with judgey on this, they are a massive improvement if they are fitted correctly
And you have a 1.4hdi like me great minds think alike hahaha!
#30: Re: anyone ever been pulled for having HID conversion kit/bulbs Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:53 pm ---- They are a brilliant idea.
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