New head light bulbs?
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New head light bulbs?
although the rest of my car is notoriously dirty my lights are always washed, but recently i have noticed that when they are dipped it is terrible. i have had my winter service and they work and have new bulbs, the settings are correct too but i think i need something brighter (scooby rock and andy s and paulthejambo have brill lights). are mine just typically bad or is is just my eyes???
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nope, you need some propper bulbs or a HID kit that paul has, they aren't cheap though!
better bulbs start from about 15/pair, HID's are about 90 +, but they are a good move considering the street lighting in the sticks! you can always take them out of this and transfer to another car in the future
https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...-groupbuy.html
better bulbs start from about 15/pair, HID's are about 90 +, but they are a good move considering the street lighting in the sticks! you can always take them out of this and transfer to another car in the future
https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...-groupbuy.html
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A word of warning....CLICKY
If your headlight unit is designed for halogen, it is illegal to fit HID's !
I uprated my Fabia bulbs to Philips Extreme +80% recently and they are very good indeed, but the headlight lens and reflector are superb anyway. Our Octavia headlights were woeful as they have projector lenses, but even they were made much better just with the Philips bulbs. £26 delivered off eBay.
If your headlight unit is designed for halogen, it is illegal to fit HID's !
I uprated my Fabia bulbs to Philips Extreme +80% recently and they are very good indeed, but the headlight lens and reflector are superb anyway. Our Octavia headlights were woeful as they have projector lenses, but even they were made much better just with the Philips bulbs. £26 delivered off eBay.
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A word of warning....CLICKY
If your headlight unit is designed for halogen, it is illegal to fit HID's !
I uprated my Fabia bulbs to Philips Extreme +80% recently and they are very good indeed, but the headlight lens and reflector are superb anyway. Our Octavia headlights were woeful as they have projector lenses, but even they were made much better just with the Philips bulbs. £26 delivered off eBay.
If your headlight unit is designed for halogen, it is illegal to fit HID's !
I uprated my Fabia bulbs to Philips Extreme +80% recently and they are very good indeed, but the headlight lens and reflector are superb anyway. Our Octavia headlights were woeful as they have projector lenses, but even they were made much better just with the Philips bulbs. £26 delivered off eBay.
If they are fitted and the beam pattern is scattered them you do have a problem as ir will fail an MOT
My JDM has HID's as factory fit from japan but my beam has been scattered since i got the car!! its been in for its first MOT today and the standard Subaru mounting hole for the HID bulbs was too small!!! and the bulb was sat at an angle!!! a bit of quick work with a dremmel and the bulbs no sit home perfectly and no more scatted beam
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That's the point they're trying to make, HID's fitted as standard with properly designed mountings, lenses and reflectors are superb, but people are fitting HID kits to headlight units designed for halogen bulbs and the results are unpredictable and potentially dangerous, hence possibly illegal. As for the Scoob lights being badly manufactured, only one place to lay blame there.
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And the BoschHid ones are nothing to do with the real Bosch, they are currently in a court battle that the real Bosch will win!!!
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Also if they are a new fit they should have auto-aligning motors fitted to them and should have head light cleaners! that is law
mine has the auto aligners but no cleaners, but being factory fit before the law i get away with it, thats why the hawk eyes have headlamp washers
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well the kits we have started selling are E1 approved and when we fitt the kits we also re,ajust the light to make sure thay are at the the legal and mot height
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If they are Chinese made they can buy the E1 approval over there and put it on with out going through the tests
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clare !!!!!!!!!
just take a hint from the horses
eat plenty of carrats
or get some better glasses
another alternative would be to get the "massive" torch from BnQ and blind all those ***Kers with hid headlights coming the other way
just take a hint from the horses
eat plenty of carrats
or get some better glasses
another alternative would be to get the "massive" torch from BnQ and blind all those ***Kers with hid headlights coming the other way
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most of us run round decatted, which is also illegal but MOT stations pass them
if you get caught you have not a leg to stand on!
You just have to work out if its worth the risk!!
After all its not like you have murdered someone is it LOL
Althought the police are now in the mind it is!!!
you can now have your car confiscated for driving with your mobile and heavy fines possible 2 year ban!! and if you batter someone you worst case will get a suspended sentance and a small fine!
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Just because it passes an MOT does not mean it is legal!
most of us run round decatted, which is also illegal but MOT stations pass them
if you get caught you have not a leg to stand on!
You just have to work out if its worth the risk!!
After all its not like you have murdered someone is it LOL
Althought the police are now in the mind it is!!!
you can now have your car confiscated for driving with your mobile and heavy fines possible 2 year ban!! and if you batter someone you worst case will get a suspended sentance and a small fine!
most of us run round decatted, which is also illegal but MOT stations pass them
if you get caught you have not a leg to stand on!
You just have to work out if its worth the risk!!
After all its not like you have murdered someone is it LOL
Althought the police are now in the mind it is!!!
you can now have your car confiscated for driving with your mobile and heavy fines possible 2 year ban!! and if you batter someone you worst case will get a suspended sentance and a small fine!
well i kinda av a rapour wiv the police
they leave me alone and i dont tease them lol
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