HID's suck

JAMES VTI S

Parked at road works some riceboy in his transporter van >NOT COOL<









:pac: @ law enforcement

Voodoomelon

That's quite the menacing shadow in the last pic. O_O

JAMES VTI S

:pac: how i feel about hids

keithclancy

Is your car 98D70251 by any chance :pac::pac::pac:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056840970

MuppetCheck

Did you report it given the crack at law enforcement?

JAMES VTI S

it would go on a book and never be opened again (i guess) ^

Matt Simis

Times like that I miss my Phaeton's auto dimmable side mirrors (ie not just rear view mirror). That god I still have a car with a rear electric sunshade though! :pac:

Though you wouldnt have liked to be near the Phaeton, it had ultra bright rear lights and Bi-Xenon fronts!

Stealthirl

Why H.I.D. SHOULD NOT BE USED IN REFLECTOR UNITS !
Drives me nuts aswell

JAMES VTI S

Matt Simis wrote: »

Phaeton's auto dimmable side mirrors

www.aliexpress.com/item/Led-Car-Rear-Window-Digital-Display-Indoor-Led-Display-16-64-Dots-Red-Color-Free-Shipping/667661996.html

:P

vibe666

are you sure they were actually HID's and not just a set of ridiculously bright halogens that Halford's like to sell to some of their less evolved clientèle?

TGi666

been looking into HID kits and my research tells me that only h7r bulbs should be used in reflector units to keep the beams low but also cost seems to be double for the bulbs and most people couldn't give a toss

vibe666

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

www.aliexpress.com/item/Led-Car-Rear-Window-Digital-Display-Indoor-Led-Display-16-64-Dots-Red-Color-Free-Shipping/667661996.html

:P

or you could get a motorised projector screen on the parcel shelf and cover it in this stuff and have a button on your dash to wind it up and down.

then you just have to push the button any time you get someone like that behind you and they get a taste of their own medicine.

JAMES VTI S

my cars foglight is bright enough ... that would be good though

JAMES VTI S

Good



Bad

wexie

Now if only you could explain that (with pictures and diagrams) to the average gobsh*te going around with HID's, ultrabright halogen, superextra led or portable F'in H4 nova's

I had some eeejit driving behind me a good distance on the N11 and I decided to see would he appreciate my foglights (rear) as much as I did his headlights.

When he finally got past me he indicated rather aggressively he didn't quite get my point...

Strangely enough when he got in front of me he didn't really like my highbeams either....

bazz26

Sure they make your car look cool and upmarket. They are the modern day equivilant of go faster stripes used back in the 1980/90s.

JAMES VTI S

wexie wrote: »

I had some eeejit driving behind me a good distance on the N11 and I decided to see would he appreciate my foglights (rear) as much as I did his headlights.

Strangely enough when he got in front of me he didn't really like my highbeams either....

exact same situation i had above ...couldnt wait to get past me (rear fog on) then i hitem with the fulls

dgt

Work lamps in the rear window. Strobe effect. Aimed at offending driver. Problem solved

JAMES VTI S

bazz26 wrote: »

Sure they make your car look cool and upmarket. They are the modern day equivilant of go faster stripes used back in the 1980/90s.

well it depends who is looking at them
i think ricer

JAMES VTI S

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Led-Car-Rear-Window-Digital-Display-Indoor-Led-Display-16-64-Dots-Red-Color-Free-Shipping/667661996.html

bazz26

Or get the rear view windscreen tinted with outside mirrored film so they get a dose of their own stupidity.

wexie

bazz26 wrote: »

Sure they make your car look cool and upmarket. They are the modern day equivilant of go faster stripes used back in the 1980/90s.

Really? I must be getting old cause to me they make one** (the person who has them) look like a bellend with severe vision impairment.



** didn't want to say 'you' as wouldn't want anyone to take offense

bazz26

I think some peoples sarcasm detector is malfunctioning.

wexie

bazz26 wrote: »

I think some peoples sarcasm detector is malfunctioning.

It's entirely possible...

dgt

wexie wrote: »

Really? I must be getting old cause to me they make one** (the person who has them) look like a bellend with severe vision impairment.



** didn't want to say 'you' as wouldn't want anyone to take offense

I wanted to see where I was going... I'm a blind bollox :P

JAMES VTI S

kits here for near enough E30 :ban: www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=hid+h4

wexie

dgt wrote: »

I wanted to see where I was going... I'm a blind bollox :P

Thanks for fixing my sarcasm detector!!

(I think? )

dgt

There's a muppet behind us in a Golf with green HID's. I'll put a pic up later when I'm at the laptop.

What a twat :rolleyes:

Borderfox

89 civic around my way with extra bright lights, what a wan*ker. So many cars with badly set headlights or 100w bulbs or badly fitted hid kits, not to mention the one headlight gangs.

gibbon75

Borderfox wrote: »

...not to mention the one headlight gangs.

Driving with one headlight bulb gone is the norm nowadays...
We had a Volvo S80 in our garage not a long ago with a "few" bulbs gone:

JAMES VTI S

gibbon75 wrote:

:eek: ...

JP 1800

gibbon75 wrote: »

Driving with one headlight bulb gone is the norm nowadays...
We had a Volvo S80 in our garage not a long ago with a "few" bulbs gone:

Don't get me started with one headlight or no lights and parking/fog light substitute gang. If I can keep all the lights on a 48 year old Volvo functioning why can't people in newer cars.

JAMES VTI S

^law not enforced enough, dont care, lazy, cant afford bulb/fitting^

gibbon75

JP 1800 wrote: »

Don't get me started with one headlight or no lights and parking/fog light substitute gang.

I always wondered how come that the Garda pass on this opportunity to make money...

JAMES VTI S

The nct pass them

arleitiss

Bulbs are really cheap. How come you see people driving with 1 bulb only? Do they not bother to replace them?
I hate it when some idiot has basic logic:
"I got 1 headlight working? = Not Enough Light"
"Not Enough Light = Turn on full beams"
So you end up blinded.

Is it really hard to replace bulbs in cars? I mean it's pretty much just open bonnet, unscrew old one, put new one in, and done? or is it only for old cars like mine?

JAMES VTI S

arleitiss wrote: »

driving with 1 bulb only? Do they not bother to replace them?

Is it really hard to replace bulbs in cars?

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

^law not enforced enough, dont care, lazy, cant afford bulb/fitting^

And for fitting bulbs DIY

easy on some cars only

example

digitalworldz.co.uk - member: miggy wrote:

Scenic Headlight Bulb Replacement

1) The access to the headlights are in the wheel arches, so first thig to do is turn the wheel into the wheelarch so you have just enough space to take off the cover.

2) This is where you have to work blind as you only have enough room for your arm. Reach into the hole and feel for the large circular cap that covers the back of the bulb holder. It takes a quarter turn (anticlockwise) to come off.

3) Remove the electric connector block that is pushed onto the bulb terminals, and put to one side.

4) The bulb is held in place by a strange W shape spring clip. Try not to remove the whole clip. It is held in place by two circular rings at the base, and clips into a small notch at the top of the mounting. It has two arms that apply pressure to the baseplate of the bulb thereby holding it in place. By moving the top of the clip towards you, it will clear the holding notch and then drop down (still being held in place in the two rings at the bottom).

5) The bulb can how be removed and a new one put in it's place. There is a cut out in the bulbs base plate so that it can seat correctly in the headlight. Once this is in, you need to pull up the clip and then try and catch the top of the clip back in the notch by pulling it slightly towards you and then pushing it forwards to clip in.

6) Push on the electric connector block. An idea at this point is to test the light to see if the connector is on correctly, and that the bulb works.

Replace the plastic circular back of the bulb unit to seal it and you can then refit the wheel arch cover plate.

JAMES VTI S

I have setup a facebook group and would appreciate if people would join

www.facebook.com/groups/125676970930363

ironclaw

At the original poster, was it a silver VW van? I think I met him around Sandyford. It make matter worst, its a sign written auto factors van. Absolute disgrace.

JAMES VTI S

ironclaw wrote: »

At the original poster, was it a silver VW van? I think I met him around Sandyford. It make matter worst, its a sign written auto factors van. Absolute disgrace.

Iirc it was a dark grey colour with no writing.. down here in west limerick

lets not go to autofactots

JAMES VTI S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfuMqfNwBJE

TestTransmission

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

I have setup a facebook group and would appreciate if people would join

www.facebook.com/groups/125676970930363

Fight the powah!

JAMES VTI S

no fight just some helpfull info

JAMES VTI S

VehicleStandards@rsa.ie - 13:38 wrote:

From: James Downes [____________@gmail.com]
Sent: 29 December 2012 19:10
To: Info
Subject: HID headlight bulbs

Dear Mr Downes,

Thank you for your email regarding the glare produced by HID (Xenon) headlamps. In response to same, consideration needs to be given to both new vehicles entering the national fleet and those vehicles already in service.

New vehicles may legally be fitted with HID headlamps, provided that comply with European Type Approval Regulations. The relevant legislation for such approval is ECE Regulation 98 (for the HID headlamps which are tested on a rig in a laboratory) and ECE Regulation 48 (Lighting Installation on the vehicle).

However it is not legal to retrofit a HID (Xenon) bulb into a headlight assembly on a vehicle which was originally only designed and approved for use with a standard halogen bulb. In order to legally carry out this conversion the entire headlamp unit must be replaced with one designed and approved for use with HID (Xenon) bulbs and they must be installed in accordance with the Regulations listed above, i.e. headlamps approved for use with HID (Xenon) bulbs must be fitted with a headlamp cleaning device and a self-leveling system in an effort to reduce glare for oncoming vehicles.

Such a vehicle with HID bulbs in a non-approved headlight would therefore contravene the requirements of our Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations which require a vehicle’s lighting to be maintained in good order, capable of immediate use and constructed and fitted correctly so that it does not mislead or dazzle other road users. Specifically, Article 48 of (S.I. No. 190 of 1963) states:
48.
(1) No lamp which, when lit, is capable of misleading other traffic, shall be fitted to a vehicle.
(2) (a) This sub-article applies in respect of every lamp fitted to a vehicle and when lit showing a light visible outside the vehicle except—
(i) stop lamps;
(ii) direction indicators;
(iii) a lamp within the meaning of sub-paragraph (viii) of paragraph (b) of sub-article (2) of article 41 of these Regulations;
(iv) a ploughing lamp within the meaning of sub-paragraph (ix) of paragraph (b) of sub-article (2) of article 41 of these Regulations;
(v) a movable lamp within the meaning of article 43 of these Regulations;
(vi) a lamp to which article 47 of these Regulations applies.

(b) Every lamp to which this sub-article applies shall be so fitted and constructed as to be incapable of dazzling a person who is on the same horizontal plane as the vehicle at a greater distance than 25 feet from the lamp and whose eye-level is not less than 3 feet and 6 inches above that plane.
Please note that enforcement of the Lighting Regulations is a matter for An Garda Síochána.
I trust this clarifies the situation for you.
Yours sincerely,
Tom Mc Hale
Vehicle Standards

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