Kriss
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 11:54 AM |
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Dominator Headlights in an MOT?
I hvae 4 inch Dominator headlights.
Can anyone shed any light (ha ha) on if these should pass an MOT? Mounted in the usual place on an MK chassis.
Cheers
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pgtips
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 12:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Kriss
I hvae 4 inch Dominator headlights.
Can anyone shed any light (ha ha) on if these should pass an MOT? Mounted in the usual place on an MK chassis.
Cheers
Cant see nay problems as long as the beam immage is correct on the MOT stations headlamp aim tool.
Are they adjustable?
If I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for the price I told her I bought them for...
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SeaBass
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 01:11 PM |
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I've not had a problem, but I believe as they are motorcycle derived I think there was a question as to whether they have the correct dip
pattern.
A determined MoT tester could pick up on this as a failure point.
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40inches
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 01:25 PM |
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Dominators (flat dip beam)are now ok for IVA, so I would say they are for MOT.
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Hugh_
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 05:10 PM |
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Just for information mine has just failed its MOT on headland beam pattern with Dominator headlights, bastards, it's passed the last 2
fine...
Heres the thread with the modification for the headlights http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=90113
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loggyboy
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 05:24 PM |
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They should pass the american or american/british catagory - http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_180.htm
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russbost
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 06:44 PM |
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I have a better description of the required mods on my website,
Here
You need to scroll down past all the brakeline info & you'll find a section on Dominator headlamps, they are definitely UK legal, the
problem is that sometimes due to a build up of manufacturing tolerances (remember these are a cheap Chinese light, not a pair of £200 Cibies!) the
beam does in fact kickup slightly to the right - this is where testers, both IVA & MoT get the idea they are a continental only light dipping the
wrong way, rectification is dead simple & takes around 10 - 15 mins per lamp (providing you don't fire the little springs round the garage,
in which case it's a 3 hour nightmare!!!  )
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
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Hugh_
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 07:04 PM |
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Russ thanks for the call. My MOT tester wasn't complaining that they were continental, just that they are flat and don't have a pattern.
I've inclined the lenses and printed the link from loggyboy so fingers crossed between those two I'll get it passed!
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snowy2
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:53 PM |
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I have twin dominators on my car and they are fine for mot....the manual actually says a flat beam is ok as are left hand drive dip beams if
correctors are fitted.
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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Hugh_
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| posted on 15/2/12 at 02:37 PM |
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My retest was today, guy still adamant they werent "quite right" even for one of the British American beam patterns, he let it go as being
minor though. Think I'll go elsewhere next year.
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