Smoke damage in a headlight assembly

[AJO]

I am very confused about these comments about how illegal the after market HID kits are....

i too have one of these kits fitted by myself, and never had any problems...
The MOT went well with them too even though the inspector did say that he would be checking them well.

because the A6 has clear glass the pattern is not disturbed and therefore does not blind other road uses...

no one ever flashes me due to my lights being blinding and they light up the road so much better than the standard lights.

needless to say mine went through an MOT with the conversion

[Eshrules]

excuse my hijacking of this thread and my ignorance guys, but why is retro fitting HIDS illegal?

[Herbiv4]

Hello there Sean,

Thanks for your reply.... I've been offline for a while due to house hunting and other related stuff.

I sent the burnt out HID part back to Autobulbs Direct by Special Delivery on the 7th March and have heard nothing since.

I phoned their 0870 number this morning and was put on what seemed like a permenant hold so in the end I gave up paying for nothing and put the phone down.

I have just e-mailed them sayin g that if I do not get a refund I'll be contacting Trading Standards and showing them the two version of the HID FAQ... the first version saying that it wasn't a problem and that HID conversions were fine for MoT purposes.

I've found a place that will sell me a an OEM sealed headlight unit for about £220 although as I found them over the Net I'm now not sure if what I'll be buying will be as good as the genuine article.

This is the first time I've been stung like this aside from the time that an Audi parts employee suggested I could upgrade the cassette/tuner in my Mk1 Audi A3 to the CD/Tuner they put in the facelifted model by buying a replacement on e-bay and simply swapping it over.

How wrong he was...... but luckily I got a refund from the e-bay seller. Due to that experience I have not used e-bay since.

Anyway, if I have any progress with Autobulbs Direct I'll post it as and when.

Cheers,

Stephen.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I am very confused about these comments about how illegal the after market HID kits are....

i too have one of these kits fitted by myself, and never had any problems...
The MOT went well with them too even though the inspector did say that he would be checking them well.

because the A6 has clear glass the pattern is not disturbed and therefore does not blind other road uses...

no one ever flashes me due to my lights being blinding and they light up the road so much better than the standard lights.

needless to say mine went through an MOT with the conversion

I have stated the legal opioion very clearly on previous threads, and I am not going to type it all over again. User the search funtion: https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/search.php.

Also, take a look at this thread: http://www.forum.golfgti.co.uk/index.php?topic=53715, and also this one: http://www.forum.golfgti.co.uk/index.php?topic=52902.

HTH, rgds