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Black head lamps?
« on: 03 October 2007, 10:58:56 »
Hello guys....
just read a thread in the Test zone  which states that if you have the Black projector headlamps from Canada they should fail the M.O.T due to the fact they are for left hand drive Omegas only?
i've just orderd a set over the weekend feeling all chuffed with myself but now i want to blub like a baby
will someone please say "there, there it'll all be ok dont worry" :'(
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #1 on: 03 October 2007, 11:07:23 »
Sorry to say looks like your going to need some tissues  :-[
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #2 on: 03 October 2007, 11:13:43 »
I thought there was an adjustment lever for LH/RH kick up on the HIDs? Not sure about ones from Canada?

I must confess I spent a few unsuccessful minutes looking for this before driving across europe without bothering :-[.

If the beam can be adjusted to pass the test you should be OK.

Also, what's special about these lights? Could you replace the innards with those from a UK light?

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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #3 on: 03 October 2007, 11:15:30 »
I've never seen "black" inserts from u.k lights before matey which is why these are coming from Canada
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #4 on: 03 October 2007, 11:30:52 »
If you have projector type lights the lever you mentioned is on the dipped beam relector ie outer bulb there is a lever that the beam just looking in the handbook (page89) it explains the position of the lever  
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #5 on: 03 October 2007, 12:00:51 »
They are for left hand drive applications and the beam adjusters only flatten the beam rather than change it, if you follow....
 
If you park in front of a garage door in the dark with the headlights on, RHD beam pattern is thus:   \__  \__  which, when you use the adjusters to drive on the Continent/Canada/USA becomes ____ ____ .
 
The LHD pattern is:  __/ __/ which, when you convert by the adjusters, also becomes ____ ____ .
 
As stated in the guide it is a temporary adjustment and unsure if it would pass an MOT.
« Last Edit: 03 October 2007, 12:01:43 by hotel21 »
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #6 on: 03 October 2007, 12:16:57 »
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They are for left hand drive applications and the beam adjusters only flatten the beam rather than change it, if you follow....
 
If you park in front of a garage door in the dark with the headlights on, RHD beam pattern is thus:   \__  \__  which, when you use the adjusters to drive on the Continent/Canada/USA becomes ____ ____ .
 
The LHD pattern is:  __/ __/ which, when you convert by the adjusters, also becomes ____ ____ .
 
As stated in the guide it is a temporary adjustment and unsure if it would pass an MOT.

CRACKING EXPLANATION MATE!!!!!! :y
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #7 on: 03 October 2007, 12:26:18 »
I looked at a set of the black headlights for my car, but the add did say that they would fail an MOT due to the incorrect beam pattern (lever will not correct this, only flatten beam) as descibed excellently by Hotel21.
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #8 on: 03 October 2007, 16:10:51 »
Are these the one's your talking about

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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #9 on: 03 October 2007, 16:16:17 »
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Are these the one's your talking about

Mmmmm....  :P
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #10 on: 03 October 2007, 16:22:06 »
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Are these the one's your talking about

Mmmmm....  :P
They look good, but if they wont pass an MOT there useless :'(
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #11 on: 03 October 2007, 16:35:42 »
Makes me wonder if you could transplant the projector bit from a UK headlamp but not worth the bother I'd say.  :(

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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #12 on: 03 October 2007, 17:26:28 »
cant you just use your original for the mot and after the mot put these on for a year? obviosly its not legal but do the police have something to check even once you flattened out light???
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #13 on: 03 October 2007, 19:34:49 »
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cant you just use your original for the mot and after the mot put these on for a year? obviosly its not legal but do the police have something to check even once you flattened out light???
I would think that if you did that it would compromise the efficiency of your headlghts
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Re: Black head lamps?
« Reply #14 on: 03 October 2007, 20:02:20 »
They are no good I'm afraid. Contact seller and cancel.
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