hid kits are illegal
 

just seen this posted on another forum never thought they would be illegal
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yVuSSdZNsZw

i always thought they were legal

Passed mot with them a fortnight ago

Got me wondering now about the kits I found on ebay although the seller claims that these are the kits supplied to the manufacturers

That clip mainly goes on about alignment any unaligned lamp will fail the mot ( thats how they get the other 18 quid of you )

the cant be illegal is you can get them on cars form the factory.

Its just, as said, the alignment has to be right, as with any light not just HID's

if you watch the wee video it shows you why

it's to do with the headlight unit being designed for standard bulbs and not HID. New cars with HID have proper HID light units.
So I thought.
Could be bull**** though

Damien

beware of Bull****
 

Ok guys, here it goes as I know it.

HIDs are not illegal if they are fitted correctly and suited to the headlight type to which they are fitted.
there are some kits that cause scatter and dazzling oncoming cars are "Illegal", those cars with head light type projectors as fitted to bug eye sti's will pass the MOT, cuz its this type of headlight that the HIDs were designed for.

but when fitted to headlights must be aligned and set correctly, the standard lens of normal head lights are much harder to set and reduce scatter from the hids, but if you buy a good HID kit this would not be a problem.

After all new evos, jags, audi, beemers have them fitted at the factory..... :confused: :thumb:

hope this helps guys, I have the lows and high beams done with HID coversions kits, I have yet to have anyone flash at me and I set my light s up correctly with the correct equipment. :D

if anyone wants to ave a look by all means give me a shout.

think ill just get good bulbs wouldn t be arsed with people flashing all the time.