Fitting HID's to a defender

GINGE · Dec 29, 2012

3.5 efi said:
badly adjusted headlights really **** me off.

Yeah me too

L90 BCM said:
Ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh. Just tilt them down

You need to listen to your own advice. :lol: When you were following me the other night i was going to tell you but i forgot.......They are blinding mate, i had to dip me interior mirror cos i couldnt see ****.

just so you know, before the old bill tell you orft.

My general assumption of HID's are they are very good at being bright but very few retro fitted ones are adjusted correctly.

badly adjusted headlights are high on my list of anoying driving habits, along with people not indicating.

L90 BCM · Dec 30, 2012

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:
Yeah me too

You need to listen to your own advice. :lol: When you were following me the other night i was going to tell you but i forgot.......They are blinding mate, i had to dip me interior mirror cos i couldnt see ****. just so you know, before the old bill tell you orft.

Sorry

I could see the reflection in your rear window, i do need to listen to my self as i have not yet tilted mine down or put the correct lenses in. will get on to it

Ill let you follow me next time lol, the difference in light output was amazing to see as i could see your yellow type bulbs where not half as bright mine, but they have there pro and con's as proven above.

Also did you manage to your side light fixed ?

wiltshire landyman · Dec 30, 2012

ratty said:
until vosa or traffic officer check the production date and inspection sticker and find it was post 2012.

and who has ever been stopped by the traffic wombles to check your lights

clutching at straws me thinks

ratty · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
and who has ever been stopped by the traffic wombles to check your lights
clutching at straws me thinks

Not me.

I just tow em away after they are prohabitioned for having em

goonarmy · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
and who has ever been stopped by the traffic wombles to check your lights
clutching at straws me thinks

Aint the traffic wombles that check em, theyre busy using their own red lights ilegally; traffic plod are the concern.

Jongould · Dec 30, 2012

ratty said:
until vosa or traffic officer check the production date and inspection sticker and find it was post 2012.

But you can replace like for like, if they were fitted before and you broke one you could replace with an HiD as the original conversion was before the law change, the law is to come inline with the EU, in the UK VOSA are not really to bothered by it, they don't want a lot of the new laws as its taking away something that is very British, making stuff in sheds!

ratty · Dec 30, 2012

Jongould said:
But you can replace like for like, if they were fitted before and you broke one you could replace with an HiD as the original conversion was before the law change, the law is to come inline with the EU, in the UK VOSA are not really to bothered by it, they don't want a lot of the new laws as its taking away something that is very British, making stuff in sheds!

The problem is most of the ones on ebay and the like aren't 'E' marked.

Due to chavs racing around public carparks Vosa and Traffic plod do like to have purges on exhausts, lights, tyres etc.

wiltshire landyman · Dec 30, 2012

mine are marked .

mountain-----molehill

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

AT31916 said:
All
I plan to fit a DID headlamp kit to my 2001 TD5 defender, therefore I need to disable the dim dip function on the headlamp as it would mess up the HID kit.
Does anyone know what to do to disable this function
Thanks

Have you got self levelling suspension? Headlight washers?

ratty · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
mine are marked .

mountain-----molehill

Hmmmm

What happened if the lights dazzled an oncoming vehicle causing it to crash and the driver is injured or killed..... Mountain, Molehill or creek with no paddle?

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

L90 BCM said:
Ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh. Just tilt them down

They are illegal and I hope you get pulled over!

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
and the point of washers is?

Dirty lights get diffused, essentialy the beam goes all to pot and the light will dazzle.

wiltshire landyman · Dec 30, 2012

discomania said:
They are illegal and I hope you get pulled over!

no there not

wiltshire landyman · Dec 30, 2012

discomania said:
Dirty lights get diffused, essentialy the beam goes all to pot and the light will dazzle.

thru the dirt

ratty · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
thru the dirt

He is correct.

When you get headlights covered in road salt after the council have been gritting they are blinding to peeps coming the other way but dim as hell to the driver of the vehicle with the dirty lights.

wiltshire landyman · Dec 30, 2012

ratty said:
He is correct.

When you get headlights covered in road salt after the council have been gritting they are blinding to peeps coming the other way but dim as hell to the driver of the vehicle with the dirty lights.

so that's twice a year then

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
thru the dirt

Yes! Get a torch and shine it at a wall, now diffuse the beam and see how it spreads the light indiscriminately.

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
no there not

In the case of the gent I was replying to, there are, unless he has self levelling & washers.

discomania · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
so that's twice a year then

Any dirt will do it.

ratty · Dec 30, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
so that's twice a year then

:whoosh:

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