LED Number Plate

[mannyo]

I need to take one of mine off, hopefully not going to be an issue. One of my plate lights does not work unless I give the housing a gentle tap, so I suspect a dodgy connection on a recently replaced bulb.

[snapdragon]

The regulation for HIDs says self-leveling headlights OR suspension (which we have).

[Conquistador]

Out of interest, do the halogen bulbs swivel and dip up/down?

[HPsauce]

Dunno about D3, but on D2 I think there was a manual adjustment (motorised) for pure halogen headlights.

[ainarssems]

I have passed MOT' for several years now with aftermarket HID's last one in December no problem at all.

The washer and leveling rule is for manufactures of new cars only.

Since last year there is MOT rule that illegally installed /HID's are MOT fail but there are no clear rules what is illegal and on test procedure for testers how to check.

Speaking to my MOT tester he said that as long as lights are producing correct beam pattern are correctly aligned and not bleeding light in areas where they should not and wiring is safe(if visible) he is happy to pass MOT. He did say that in some installations he has had to fail because light is scattering where it shouldn't but that's no different from halogens as it is fail on them as well if light is going where it should not.

[HPsauce]

Whilst not an "official" web site this is fairly clear:
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_170.htm and http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_180.htm

As noted above by Ainars and me the beam pattern seems to be the critical test. But other items should work correctly.

[B17NKA]

my halogens didnt move up and down,my previous D3 did,when you had lights on auto and they came on as soon as the ignition was turned on once the car was started they dipped down and up but they were Oem Hid's
My car now also doesn't have the adjustment on the light switch to lift and raise lights .
Don't know what the crack is there,how does it adjust if you had weight in the back,does it blind on coming cars or have some kind of adjustment ??

[sarg]

My Boxster had xenons with self-levelling, but no wash/clean system.

Apparently this was fine for MOT just as long as that was how it left the factory - had it left the factory with washers, then had them deleted, then it would have failed.

Probably wrong, but that's what my tester told me last March/April time as I put on a new 12m ticket when it sold

[B17NKA]

So the article about if its fitted from the factory it must work for the mot must be correct
Or somewhere near correct
Lots of different grey areas

[M-A8]

The reason why I'm in the middle of retrofitting AFS is coz stupidly halogen lights were chosen when new.
I was thinking about 199pounds Philips HID full kit one, Philips, two, 199 gives you more peace of mind than 40-90quid kit.
But after over a year making my minds up I got a pair of Bi-Xenon AFS Cornering DRL headlights just to be fully legal, and probably more for peace of mind, as then I will be able to retrofit self leveling lights.
Even if self leveling suspension ticks half of the box on the other side this does not work during car height adjustment, no reflection on the beam whatsoever when kit fitted as it doesnt of course offers motors inside the headlights.

Cost so far if you are unfortunate to have Halogens is not small.
2x AFS control units ££couple of hundreds
2x Xenon ballasts ££couple of hundreds
2x Headlights average £700, fully equipped good nick 1500+ but hard to get
1x KUFATEC bi-xenon&DRL harnes, can be done at home, now even I can do it for anyone after few purchases of some bits for this types of work. £50
1x Xenon range control unit, to be fitted behind the clocks (3 types, blue, grey, black 26pin plugs/connector) lucky 50pounds +, normally £100+, I was super lucky and got the latest one needed blue connector for £35
Various wires, I got a little extra but in total just over 50meters, 2 different sizes, 0.5 and 1, at least 7 colours, a lot of runs from under the bonnet to pilars a and b and behind the dash £20
Various electric terminal connectors from 19p a piece to 55p a piece, I invested few quid and I got in total 70 pounds of 10 different types of connectors from washers to can bus wiring, fuses connectors for the fuse boxes and 10s of other applications, but for the retorfit you will need I think 4-6pounds
2x cotton tapes £10
10x plug wire seals, £2
1x bracket £7
1x XRU plug blue £3

PLUS
new set of xenon bulbs more likely £70
2x H8 cornering £15+
makes sense to retrofit and recode LED DRLs and side lights, 15+22=£37
crimps x50 £5


Plus a lot of labour if you don't have a step by step guide printed out ( Available soon, as soon I finish it of course


AND then you are 100% legal and this is the real cost of it, but IF you fit a good kit, properly=professionally even by your self, you get the patter and lenght of the beam, then you should have no problems with MOT, spoke to 2 different stations (big MOT stations and 2 smaller ones and guys said same thing)
Then XRU will collect via 46pin can bus connector data from suspension but also from other components to have xenons always leveled safely, during the breaking, acceleration, change of suspension mode/height, turn if cornering lights etc.


Both, halogen and xenons have manual adjustment, 2 screws. In halogen headlights there was no motors at all, there was room and location for it but the only adjustment you can do was by 2 screws.
Dont think halogen D3 were ever motorised.