is it illegal to have single beam headlights if its a h4 bulb... like just have the hid h4 instead of the hi-lo beams.

Chris

You wouldnt pass an MOT, I would just stick the Hi/Lo Standards in it found here :-

http://www.xenonsonline.com/magento_new/h4...rsion-kits.html

Regards

Nathan

dont have tht kind of money m8 lol

could i not just put standard bulbs back in for MOT lol

Chris

na 35quid m8 off ebay :) lol

If thats the case Id save up some more and buy a decent kit from a UK supplier.

If thats the case Id save up some more and buy a decent kit from a UK supplier.

whats not decent bout the ones off ebay lol?

whats the legal requirments for them aswell ... like what does my car need to have ??

Chris

Id save and get hi/lo beam ones as i supose it could be dangerous on non lit country roads etc. once you switch your high beam on the lights will just turn off as they are ment for projector headlamps which run a seperate bulb for high beam .

Also the legal requirements for HIDs are to have projector headlamps with self leveling and headlamp washers.

Edited 21 December, 200916 yr by mattyc53

so this the asks the question .. why do they sell single beam H4 bulbs if al H4's ar hi-lo beams ??

Chris

so this the asks the question .. why do they sell single beam H4 bulbs if al H4's ar hi-lo beams ??

Chris

The Lo beam hids are meant for projector headlamps with a seperate high beam bulb

oh i see lol

thanks for helping me out guys

Id save and get hi/lo beam ones as i supose it could be dangerous on non lit country roads etc. once you switch your high beam on the lights will just turn off as they are ment for projector headlamps which run a seperate bulb for high beam .

Also the legal requirements for HIDs are to have projector headlamps with self leveling and headlamp washers.

Thats not exactly true, as pointed out 1000s of times over 1000s of forums and websites, some cars from factory do not have projectors washers or self leveling. Does this now make them illegal? Surely if this was the case those said cars would be recalled?

Id save and get hi/lo beam ones as i supose it could be dangerous on non lit country roads etc. once you switch your high beam on the lights will just turn off as they are ment for projector headlamps which run a seperate bulb for high beam .

Also the legal requirements for HIDs are to have projector headlamps with self leveling and headlamp washers.

Thats not exactly true, as pointed out 1000s of times over 1000s of forums and websites, some cars from factory do not have projectors washers or self leveling. Does this now make them illegal? Surely if this was the case those said cars would be recalled?

You'll Obviously know better than me, but thats what i was told by an MOT tester. they really put hid's in non projector headlamps?? they're blinding..

They can be blinding no doubt about that, however so can HIDs behind projectors. As many have said before, when all cars have HIDs from the factory people will stop whining on about them. When halogens were first introduced to cars people would have been saying the same back then.

You no in my post above, i meant the projectors and headlamp washers and self levelers were requires for HID's? is tht what you corrected me on

i know quite a few people with HID's on there polo's

with standard headlights ...

could i buy a cheap 35 set of ebay and then get hi-lo beam bulbs .. or would tht not work ?

Chris

i know quite a few people with HID's on there polo's

with standard headlights ...

could i buy a cheap 35 set of ebay and then get hi-lo beam bulbs .. or would tht not work ?

Chris

I'm pretty sure your car will run Lo/Hi beam off one bulb

i know quite a few people with HID's on there polo's

with standard headlights ...

could i buy a cheap 35 set of ebay and then get hi-lo beam bulbs .. or would tht not work ?

Chris

I'm pretty sure your car will run Lo/Hi beam off one bulb

yer my car does ... has H4's but what I'm saying is can i buy this kit ... then buy the H4 hi-lo beam bulbs seperate for the kit ??

Chris

By then your not going to be far off what decent UK suppliers are charging. By all means buy the it off ebay for £35 but make sure they accept returns at no cost to yourself, how long the warranty is if any and how long returns take.

The majorrity of my custom comes from people replacing broken parts from cheam kits bought on ebay, by the time they have replaced parts they could have bought two decent kits.

See it day in and day out and still people go and purchase them.

No doesn't work like that I'm afraid

the ballasts should work with any kind of bulb, single beam, or hi/lo beam. You may require a wiring harness if you want to change over at a later date depending on what bulb type you choose to purchase.

But yes is the answer.

No doesn't work like that I'm afraid

No advice is better than bad advice.

By then your not going to be far off what decent UK suppliers are charging. By all means buy the it off ebay for £35 but make sure they accept returns at no cost to yourself, how long the warranty is if any and how long returns take.

The majorrity of my custom comes from people replacing broken parts from cheam kits bought on ebay, by the time they have replaced parts they could have bought two decent kits.

See it day in and day out and still people go and purchase them.

true tht.

i suppose i should just stop being a cheap skate and fork out for the good stuff lol

Chris

how will it switch over to the high beam when it only has one output?

edit: Or is it a full high low kit with just a single beam bulb?

Edited 22 December, 200916 yr by danny6n

its the bulbs that determine how many beams they have, ballasts are only used to ignite the bulbs on initial statup.

Can I trouble you for a circuit diagram?

i know quite a few people with HID's on there polo's

with standard headlights ...

could i buy a cheap 35 set of ebay and then get hi-lo beam bulbs .. or would tht not work ?

Chris

Why not just get the appropriate kit for your car?

The bulbs alone would be another 30 or 40 quid so you might aswel get the correct kit in the first place.

And yep, alot of people do run HID's in regular Polo headlamps, including me, up until last week, as I'm upgrading to the GTI projectors.

google should find a diagram I do have some knocking around but I'm waiting for the lappy to die then thats it for me today.