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Apr 19, 2012 12:08:03 GMT
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not sure about this i have done a quick bit of googlefu, and found this, 7. Colour: White or yellow on this link www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/contents/madebut the issue is that afew of my friends have been pulled over that last few weeks saying that mr plod has made them remove the laminx. and on talking to my god friend mr MOT, and he said as on the 1st of april they are now a MOT fail (infomation dropped in passing not 100% sure on details) so i was wondering as ive been running yellow head lights for years and I'm worried about not being able to run them no more!! please get back to me adam. picture for the troubles!!  |
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Gem
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Apr 19, 2012 12:38:02 GMT
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They are an mot fail.. a mate's got some on his golf and was made to remove them.
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Apr 19, 2012 12:46:30 GMT
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Hi, not sure what laminx is, is it a coating or a cover?
The lighting regs clearly show you can have white or yellow,
'but' they also say after 1986 the lights should have type approval marks
its possible you could argue that if the lights were type approved 'white'
and you change them to yellow they no longer comply with the approval mark.
like alot of things, its proportionate like blue tinted lights and hid's look lights. if your cars generally ok I'm sure the police wouldn't really bother
but it may draw attention and cause them to take a deeper look.
Sorry, not sure about the mot issue
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brc76
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Apr 19, 2012 12:53:10 GMT
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That cannot be an MOT fail on a car used before 1986, can it?
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Apr 19, 2012 18:22:28 GMT
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Laminx is the MOT fail. You are altering the light output of the lense.
Buy the E marked yellow lights and install them, and they shouldn't fail.
** This is my interpretation of the MOT book **
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Apr 19, 2012 19:05:38 GMT
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I always believed that any variation of white to yellow to amber was ok for a headlight or sidelight?
Amber sidelight and running light bulbs, and often plus yellow headlight and/or foglight bulbs have always been a little fave mod of mine. Had a few cops ask about them, but were too puzzled to actually do anything about them!
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Apr 19, 2012 20:45:06 GMT
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Don't forget this also means Fly eyes and other such headlight treatments wil fail MOT, likewise anything that has been added to lights , from memory I think it is any light NOT just headlights.
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crazymonkey
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ummm....what was I doing again???
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Apr 19, 2012 22:55:48 GMT
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what about foglights because see loads of cars (newer than 1986) with yellow foglights/driving lights
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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Apr 19, 2012 23:23:52 GMT
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only headlights are testable (ie main & dip)
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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Apr 20, 2012 10:03:21 GMT
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It should be those HID that get banned, never been blinded by yellow headlights!
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Ryannn
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Apr 20, 2012 11:17:27 GMT
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It should be those HID that get banned, never been blinded by yellow headlights! They are illegal on most applications already  |
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ikon31
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Apr 20, 2012 23:21:25 GMT
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i've had flyeyes pass an mot, it says in the tester book (last time i looked so whether its changed) that only if somthing added to the headlights effects the beam pattern that it was an issue.
i'm suprised the flyeyes i had passed, they where as dark as anything, so much so i actially used it at night once and they where completely hopeless, if i'd really driven at night they would have had to come off
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van life is the high life
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