b. the light output is not unduly
reduced
I stand corrected? I suppose that's the key phrase above

HN03 already said that driving with the beam flattened was like "he had a bulb gone". As with alot of things MOT related, it's down to interpretation. I just seem to remember Mr DTM stating that he wouldn't pass a car with the beam flattened...or words to that effect.
cheers
i just won't drive my car at night then and put old ones back on for mot lol 
Craig, you'll just have to make sure the beam pattern is flat, as we have been discussing above, perhaps the units may have the switches required?
If not, I wonder if it is worth trying to modify. There are literally LOADS of people that have looked at buying these units, only to bring up the topic for discussion and back out. You may be able to take it further??? There's even folks that have looked at painting the reflector backing of the original lights black to achieve the same effect!
