HID upgrade kits

[daveydave]

Right gents, I know 99% of the legality surrounding upgrading to HID's but I have come across something which is puzzling me...

There are now aftermarket HID's on the market with blacked out strips and I can only assume these are so they can be fitted without a projector lens (i.e. to a simply reflector lens)...is this the case?

Many of these sites offering guarantees that these HID bulbs will not be the reason for a MOT failure.

So does anyone know if its safe to use these "blacked-out-strip" HID's without blinding other road users?

Cheers

 

[daveydave]

I have HIDs on my Alfa and it passed MOT and has had no problems with the police at all. I have headlight washers as standard too which helps I guess. It's a reflector lens, but works beautifully.

Ah my new car (to be reveled on thursday when I collect it) has washers too...so do your HID's have the black strips?

 

[daveydave]

Well I got the full kit from HIDs4U and they passed their MOTs at a BT Fleet workshop

This is where i will be getting the kit from and also where i'll be getting the car MOT'd and serviced

Nope - they just fitted into the "reflector" shield inside the light cluster, and produce a sharp line at the end of the beam, don't dazzle, and I can adjust the pitch anyway. The beam is sharper, the light is clearer, and it makes a huge difference.

What car do you have?

I retro-fitted HIDs to my Focus, on reflectors and they worked, as advertised. As cleanly cut beams as projectors? Obviously not. But far far far more light on the road. Was worth the money I paid for them twice over. No black strips here.

Ballasts and bulbs, direct fitment into lense with a little drilling of plastic to route cables.

How old is your focus? I'm thinking that in newer reflectors that can be adjusted to point down it may be fine

 

[daveydave]

This is where i will be getting the kit from and also where i'll be getting the car MOT'd and serviced



What car do you have?



How old is your focus? I'm thinking that in newer reflectors that can be adjusted to point down it may be fine

OP here...asking his question again...