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HEADLIGHT by HIGHWAY HAWK
thunderace - 16/2/08 at 10:34 AM

are they uk road legal and could i use two on my kitcar ?

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Miks15 - 16/2/08 at 10:37 AM

im no expert on the matter but they are e-marked so surely yes
but tht is for bikes but i doubt they are dimmer than car headlights so i doubt see why you couldnt

Hammerhead - 16/2/08 at 10:46 AM

I think some guys have passed with them and some have failed. The main problem is that bike lights dip up and down rather than down and to the left. So the beam pattern may fail either sva or mot or both.

I am looking at using bike lights but i've takem them apart to trim the diffuser to make them dip to the left and hopefully shed the same beam pattern as my road car.

rayward - 16/2/08 at 11:12 AM

I asked at my local MOT station, he said they would fail due to wrong beam pattern +not dipping to the left

hth

Ray

RK - 16/2/08 at 02:14 PM

Yes, but I read on here that you can turn the lens in the bucket so they do dip left for you guys on the wrong side of the road. It wasn't a difficult job, apparently, but I haven't done it.

rayward - 16/2/08 at 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by RK
Yes, but I read on here that you can turn the lens in the bucket so they do dip left for you guys on the wrong side of the road. It wasn't a difficult job, apparently, but I haven't done it.


has worked for some people with round lights, impossible on this type

Ray

iank - 16/2/08 at 05:39 PM

An e mark on a motorbike light means it's legal for use on motorbikes. It doesn't mean you can assume they are legal on a car. If they don't dip correctly they won't (or at least shouldn't) pass SVA or MOT and are technically illegal so your insurance is theoretically invalid.

tom_loughlin - 16/2/08 at 07:48 PM

I had them on mine.
Apart from the fact they have no sidelights (unless you have external ones) they are still illegal due to the wrong dip pattern.
Not even sure if they're e-marked.
The dip pattern on mine was weeeeel out!