astraz said:
Nope, no washers or levellers. That's not good. Looks like I'll have to put the old bulbs in for the MOT, then put the HIDs back in. What a pain!
And the bad news is if you do put them back in then you will get pulled by the police. Ive read a couple of posts on another forum where people have been given 14 days to get a mini mot because they put them back in.
Good news is aftermarket projector headlights will take the headlight level motors and can use the manual system (if i read the new rules correctly).
**Lighting (taken from http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/04/changes-to-mot-rules-in-2012-are-you-ready/)**
Products on the lens or light source that obviously reduce the light's intensity or change its colour will become a reason for failure – applies to front/rear position lamps, registration plate lamps, stop lamps, rear fog and direction indicators,
Headlight requirements are updated to take account of the particular characteristics of High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps.
HID headlights can cause dazzle if they are dirty or aimed too high so car manufacturers must fit headlamp cleaning and levelling systems. A car will fail if a mandatory headlamp cleaning or levelling system is missing, doesn't work or is obviously defective.
Vehicles fitted with aftermarket HID systems must also be fitted with properly working washer and levelling systems. <----- Does NOT say AUTO-LEVELLERS.....?
If a headlamp bulb is not seated correctly the resulting beam pattern will be indistinct and this will result in a test fail.