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Are Hids legal?

FutbolCian · 2018-09-17 22:32:08

Hi folks, Was interested in getting a set of Hids for the car but I'm not sure how it works on the whole legal side of things. Can anyone advise me firstly if they are legal and if so up to what brightness/intensity? Thanks

17-09-2018 10:32pm

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FutbolCian

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Hi folks,

Was interested in getting a set of Hids for the car but I'm not sure how it works on the whole legal side of things. Can anyone advise me firstly if they are legal and if so up to what brightness/intensity?

Thanks

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#2 17-09-2018 10:49pm

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From factory yes
For you possibly not
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057834427
http://www.rsa.ie/PageFiles/4838/HID%2008.05.2017.pdf

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#3 18-09-2018 2:22pm

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Please do not mount HID ballasts to reflector type headlights, as it blinds oncoming drivers even in dipped mode. Projector style headlight mounting should be okay, as long as their aligned correctly.

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#4 18-09-2018 2:24pm

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Just don't bother, guy in work got a set off ebay into a zafira and was flashed everyday he had them on till he removed them

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#5 18-09-2018 4:58pm

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Maybe go for some LED bulbs?

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#6 22-09-2018 10:50pm

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Borderfox wrote: »

Just don't bother, guy in work got a set off ebay into a zafira and was flashed everyday he had them on till he removed them

Older Zafira’s had reclector style headlights, even if he bought the dearest set available they’d still throw the beam all over the place.

Aftermarket HID kits only work in projector lights.

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#7 23-09-2018 12:32am

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DaveyDave wrote: »

Maybe go for some LED bulbs?

I put LEDs into projector lens in a BMW f10, made a massive difference and sailed through nct.

I got these https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/philips-x-treme-ultinon-led-headlamp-h7
But I only use my car off road , never had any problems.

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#8 23-09-2018 11:12am

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HID's are legal and tend to pass NCT's if they're in projector lensed headlights accompanied by headlight washers.

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#9 23-09-2018 11:49am

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mikeecho wrote: »

I put LEDs into projector lens in a BMW f10, made a massive difference and sailed through nct.

I got these https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/philips-x-treme-ultinon-led-headlamp-h7
But I only use my car off road , never had any problems.

I put those in the projectors in my Volvo V50, along with the matching canbus adapters. Made a massive difference to the light thrown on the road, and no one has flashed me. Don’t have another NCT until 2020, but in comparing the projected pattern to the original halogens, I don’t think I’ll hdve a problem.

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#10 23-09-2018 11:49am

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Was getting them for my own car which I was advised won’t get through the nct.

I’ve opted for the 150% brighter bulbs as a result.

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