"Eddie" <eddie@deguello.org> wrote in message
news:vi2orb.7c.ln@deguello.org...
> I've just taken possession of a Vitara which has been fitted with a
> nudge bar, with some extra lights of some sort fitted to the nudge bar.
>
> For some reason, I'm under the impression that to pass an MOT, any extra
> (forward-facing) lights fitted to a vehicle must be operable, and must
> only be operable when high-beam is selected - is that correct?
>
> If it is, then I'm not sure that the MOT it came with is actually valid...
>
> You see, these lights aren't operable at all. There's no electrical
> connection between these lights and the rest of the vehicle - it seems
> as though whatever wires were connected to the lights have been snipped
> off, close to the shell.
>
> So... seeing as they're there, I might as well get them working, else I
> think I'll have to take them off and be left with two empty brackets on
> the nudge bar.
>
> I want to have a switch on the dash, which I guess will need to be
> connected to the main beam switch, and then go to a relay which will
> control the lights.
>
> I assume someone round here's done this sort of thing before - care to
> offer any tips?
>
> --
> Eddie mailto:eddie@deguello.org
>
My new Grand Vitara has Suzuki accessory fit, driving lamps, mounted in the
bumper some 250mm below the main head lights and they are not wired to the
main beam dip switch. They have an independent switch for on or off.
How do these fit into this discussion.....are they legal as they do not
switch with the main lights and they are lower than the head lights.
clanger
