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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: dbug on 23 September 2007, 16:22:43

Title: Lights and MOT
Post by: dbug on 23 September 2007, 16:22:43

HI
1998 Elite 2.5V6 Auto
Have xenon HIDs & all working OK.
Have fitted - 2 x xenon filled H7s to main beam, 2 x xenon filled H1s to fogs and 2 x xenon filled sidelight bulbs.  Lighting now excellent but a bit blue.  Any probs likely with MOT?

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: PaulW on 23 September 2007, 16:24:25

As long as the bulbs are 'E' marked and not labelled for show use only, they should be fine  :y

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: dbug on 23 September 2007, 16:54:05

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As long as the bulbs are 'E' marked and not labelled for show use only, they should be fine  :y

Thanx. Yes all e marked.  Would MOT tester check 4 this? thought they couldn't dismantle anything.

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: hotel21 on 23 September 2007, 16:59:03

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As long as the bulbs are 'E' marked and not labelled for show use only, they should be fine  :y

Thanx. Yes all e marked.  Would MOT tester check 4 this? thought they couldn't dismantle anything.

Correct, cannot dismantle.  

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: Dazzler on 23 September 2007, 20:03:58

The MOT rules state that headlamps must be prodominently of white light...so as long as they don't look mainly blue then they should be fine. Just bare in mind that some testers are a little funny about this.

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: Padster on 29 September 2007, 22:57:46

I just had mine MOT'd and have fitted aftermarket HID's...... They are of 6000K so quite distinctively blue but still passed. In hindsight 4500K (Whiter and Brighter) would be a better option, so will do so when i come to replace them. FYI

Title: Re: Lights and MOT
Post by: hotel21 on 29 September 2007, 23:02:22

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I just had mine MOT'd and have fitted aftermarket HID's...... They are of 6000K so quite distinctively blue but still passed. In hindsight 4500K (Whiter and Brighter) would be a better option, so will do so when i come to replace them. FYI

True HID's or 'standard' H1 or H4 halogen fitment with sooper dooper xenon gas within??   :-/