HID's..

[Nova_Tek]

My bro's Cav passed MOT the other day with HID kit fitted. Tester said nothing only how nice and white/bright they were.

[Jack]

Surprised at that, as the HIDs I had on mine were shocking. Yet in the Celica they work perfectly

I've been led to believe if HID's are fitted to a car (aftermarket), unless there is headlamp washers fitted as well, they will fail. Thats the way my message from VOSA read anyhow

Nope. Those requirements come from EU regulations which came into force sometime in the early-mid 2000's. The MOT merely states if auto levellers and headlight washers are present, they must work (not that they must be present). HIDs are just mentioned as an aid to finding auto levellers and washers.

[JonnyNova360]

Read all of this thread now, Ive run HID's on the last 5 or so cars ive had. Normally i have found that the beam pattern is not really affected. All you are really doing is changing a bulb for a brighter one. Its in the same place so why should it be affected? If the beam pattern is drastically affected though; it is possible to set it up correctly at an MOT station.

When i bought my 2nd (current) Nova, the beam pattern was terrible. However, an hour or so later with my friendly MOT inspector, this is how we got the beams of light:



(Phone Qualitly Pic sorry)

Anyway, he says this would pass MOT perfectly now. I never get flashed or called abusive names for having brilliant lights =]

[Nova_Tek]

^ That looks pretty good to the other Nova examples I've seen. They do need fettling to get right.

[Jack]

Its in the same place so why should it be affected?

Its not though; the light source for a HID is often in a different place to the light source for a halogen, which can muck up the light distribution in the lamp/lens and resultant beam pattern. Also, I've found with H4s, the shields don't reflect the light very well and it spills into the main beam part of the lens.

I have made improvements on my cav by using the pre-facelift lamp housing which had a builtin bulb shield that stops some of the light going straight outwards though.


[edit] At home now so can see the pic you posted Looks MUCH better from other pics I've seen (most of which are just blobs of light ) but there's still a lot of light splash and artifacts. What did you do to get the pattern that way?

[Andy]

Jack,your a hid champion mate

[Curtoise]

yes i would also like to know how you got them like that as i would be doing that asap

[Dave.]

Im running HID's in my Corsa B, with the beam benders on the glass
How it looks, nice and straight?



And on the open road, phone quality is poor

[Jack]

Not an ideal beam pattern pic but still

What kit did you use Dave, and what colour temp is that?

[Dave.]

I gpot told it was 6000k but i dont think it is, think its the 4500k kit, ill find out later on when i go out its only a cheap kit