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[VX1]

This is my car with the new lgihts in.

This is the before look.




And now after the fitment.........




And with the side light LED's




Paul  

[ngrainqey]

are those led sidelights standard fitting?

[VX1]

No I got them with the hid kit I bought. The kit I bought and the bulbs I wanted  the guy was out of stock so he gave me the led side lights free of charge cos I waited a little longer for the right kit.

Paul  

[ILKU]

It's illegal to fit thouse chineese HID sets to normal H1 or H4 headlamps.
Thouse headlamps are designed for normal H1 or H4 bulbes only.
It's much better to buy oryginal set of used D2S headlamps...

[VX1]

There not chinese hid kits uk supplier uk made.

[Humpy]

So Paul, does that mean you have HID dipped and HID main beam then? Or just dipped like the standard?

Humpy

[VX1]

Ah......... just dipped for now. Trouble is not much room in the engine bay of a 3.0ltr, found it a bit difficult to find somewhere to put the ballasts' but found somewhere.

Paul  

[ILKU]

There not chinese hid kits uk supplier uk made.

That doesn't matter. Those are not oryginally fitted. The optical parameters of your headlamps are not designed fot HID. Thats very important. In case of car accident you may be accused of blineding opposite driver. It's danger for others drivers.

[VX1]

They are totally legal to have aftermarket hids kits fitted as long as you have high pressure washer jets,which I have on the car as standard as its an elite, The xenon headlights on a 98 model elite are exactly the same as normal projector haedlights as the pattern is the same through out so making them not illegal. If they are e-marked they are legal if they are not e-marked they are not legal. I have done my home work and investigated into this and I am not the sort of person who would fit some that is illegal. I have spoken to someone who is in this line of business and has told me that it is perfectly to fit aftermarket hid kits to a vehicle as long as the vehicle is fitted with high pressure washer jets, which mine has.

Paul

[VX1]

It's illegal to fit thouse chineese HID sets to normal H1 or H4 headlamps.
Thouse headlamps are designed for normal H1 or H4 bulbes only.
It's much better to buy oryginal set of used D2S headlamps...

As you have stated thats it's illegal to fit chinese hid sets then you say it doesn't matter whether theyre chinese or not, slight contridiction there don't you think?

[ILKU]

The xenon headlights on a 98 model elite are exactly the same as normal projector haedlights as the pattern is the same

They are not the same. I've striped them both down.
Well, it's up to you...
Good luck.
P.S If you get 55W-bulb headlamp and put 110W bulb inside it, they would be still e-marked headlamps. Is it OK for you??

[VX1]

The xenon headlights on a 98 model elite are exactly the same as normal projector headlights as the pattern is the same

They are not the same. I've striped them both down.
Well, it's up to you...
Good luck.
P.S If you get 55W-bulb headlamp and put 110W bulb inside it, they would be still e-marked headlamps. Is it OK for you??

Thats right it would be illegal if you put bulbs in a headlight that are 110w as these type of bulbs are for off road use only not for normal driving an normal roads. The hid kits are 35w instead of 55w, so the bulb is a lower wattage. The headlights are the same the only difference is the ballast pack that is fitted to the headlight directly, on omegas from 98 onwards, and thats the high spec cars. If you have stripped both lights down you will see that its the only difference between them. If you think that this is illegal then you should let other forum members that have them fitted know about this too plus there cars have passed there mot in this country without any problems. It may be different in your country but not here.

P.s I have projector headlights fitted to my car as well.

[amba]

What type of LED bulb did they supply as the picture makes them look really bright.I am trying to source a decent set of side light bulbs that are close to the Xenon headlights fitted to Elites (h.i.d.)
Do you know if the side light leds are legal and would pass MOT.?

[VX1]

are those led sidelights standard fitting?

Sorry mate missundersttod what you said. Yes they are standard fitment. They are the 501 bulb.
HTH
Paul

[VX1]

What type of LED bulb did they supply as the picture makes them look really bright.I am trying to source a decent set of side light bulbs that are close to the Xenon headlights fitted to Elites (h.i.d.)
Do you know if the side light leds are legal and would pass MOT.?

They supplied me with the six led bulb which is the 501 sidelight bulb. There not any brighter just have 6 leds on the bulb which makes it look brighter, still only a 5w bulb. HTH

Paul