H7 LED’s or HID kit

wullie480 · 12th November 2020, 14:48

I’ve got myself some projectors and have been thinking what bulbs to fit whether it’s an HID kit or go LED.

Loads on eBay and Amazon etc with a lot of mixed reviews so any suggestions decent reviews of either.

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minty2 · 12th November 2020, 15:11

HIDs in original halogen projectors are now an instant MoT failure! LEDs are not apparently, but I'm not sure how easy they would be to fit and you may still fail an MoT.

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Originally Posted by wullie480

I’ve got myself some projectors and have been thinking what bulbs to fit whether it’s an HID kit or go LED.

Loads on eBay and Amazon etc with a lot of mixed reviews so any suggestions decent reviews of either.

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Rick-sta · 12th November 2020, 15:33

As above, HID kits fitted to halogen projectors is a mot failure. However this is a visual inspection and the MOT tester can't take the bulb access covers off so if you hid the ballasts well then the tester can't fail it.

LED headlight bulbs aren't part of the MOT at the moment so as long as they give the correct adequate beam pattern they'll pass.

sewerman · 12th November 2020, 15:55

Mine has LEDs in and passed thr MOT cant remember what make they are though

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wullie480 · 12th November 2020, 18:37

I’m swaying towards HID I had a lot in the zt years ago that was pretty decent.
Had a quick look and there is loads to choose from so will check out some reviews and see what I can pick up.

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steve-45 · 12th November 2020, 18:49

LED’s sound interesting, do they work OK with our lights monitoring system ?

suzublu · 12th November 2020, 19:11

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Originally Posted by steve-45

LED’s sound interesting, do they work OK with our lights monitoring system ?

Need to be canbus friendly

I had led main beams, really good. Still have them somewhere

Tried to fit some to a set of projectors, but couldn't find any which fit properly

Falcon Flyer · 14th November 2020, 14:10

I was about to buy H9 LEDs for my main beam on my MK1 HID lamps.......do the main beams need to be Canbus friendly?

suzublu · 14th November 2020, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Falcon Flyer

I was about to buy H9 LEDs for my main beam on my MK1 HID lamps.......do the main beams need to be Canbus friendly?

Yep. The only lights which don't need canbus are fogs, reversing, and side repeaters

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wullie480 This is my second home 1 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Banned Posts: 5,195 Thanks: 528 Thanked 1,022 Times in 786 Posts	I’m swaying towards HID I had a lot in the zt years ago that was pretty decent. Had a quick look and there is loads to choose from so will check out some reviews and see what I can pick up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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