BJT Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Hi does anyone have any experience using either Autobeams H7 HID dipped beam bulb or CEUKS HID bulb. Also has anyone tried changing the dipped beam bulbs to HID in the New Fiesta MK8 as it uses a different bulb holder to the MK7. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbell Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Mot guidance explicitly mention HID conversions result in a fail (major - headlight not compatible with headlamp) while they don't yet explicitly mention LED conversions. I'd go for the LED h7 performance set rather than HID personally. That route you will have a better chance of passing MOT without swapping bulbs until the guidance next changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonro2009 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I’ve got a feeling a lot of testers will be glad of this new addition to the handbook, many of the ones I know will be only to happy to fail cars on their headlights. Some of them say that they are just as dangerous to other road users as a defective seatbelt is to the occupant of the car. Having spoke to a few they have said they would most likely fail an LED upgrade too on the same grounds as HIDs i.e. “Light source and lamp not compatible”Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 17 minutes ago, Jonro2009 said: I’ve got a feeling a lot of testers will be glad of this new addition to the handbook, many of the ones I know will be only to happy to fail cars on their headlights. Some of them say that they are just as dangerous to other road users as a defective seatbelt is to the occupant of the car. Having spoke to a few they have said they would most likely fail an LED upgrade too on the same grounds as HIDs i.e. “Light source and lamp not compatible” Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I'm happy to fail cars on anything, not just headlights. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonro2009 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 38 minutes ago, iantt said: I'm happy to fail cars on anything, not just headlights. Lol And right you are too! We have MOTs for a reason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJT Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Ok Thanks guys for the guidance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbell Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Jonro2009 said: Having spoke to a few they have said they would most likely fail an LED upgrade too on the same grounds as HIDs i.e. “Light source and lamp not compatible” It's a shame really. I do fully expect the next revision of the guidance book to explicitly fail LED conversions and current status to be at the discretion of the tester - but, correctly positioned retrofit LEDs in a projector lamp will give a much nicer beam than any old rust bucket with reflectors and also generally better than a lot of factory HIDs or LEDs (*cough* Mini's). If someone sticks LEDs in a reflector lamp they deserve a fail without a doubt (beam will clearly be wrong), I just wonder what we're doing failing projector lamps for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonro2009 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Totally agree pal, projectors with well adjusted bulbs are fine imo but poor bulbs or reflector lamps are just a definite no for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 So..... Is there a totally legal and easy way to ugrade the Fiesta headlights (I'm actually talking mk 7A in my case) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonro2009 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Magenta said: So..... Is there a totally legal and easy way to ugrade the Fiesta headlights (I'm actually talking mk 7A in my case) ? To be legal you would need to upgrade the whole unit, aprox £350 if you use eBay but I’m guessing a lot more from a dealer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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