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Old 11th April 2021, 17:38   #8
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Originally Posted by Mike Trident View Post
I think the new MOT Rules on headlights have put paid to that.
Correct. The following was posted by Mickyboy earlier this year.

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Direct from my online testing manual.

4.1.4 Headlamps - Compliance with requirements - Changed sentence from 'Existing halogen headlamp units should not be converted to be used with HID bulbs. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp.' to 'Existing halogen headlamp units should not be converted to be used with high intensity discharge (HID) or light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp.'

So Yes it would be a fail, our VOSA guy told me a few days ago that they are going to get tough on conversions.


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