I tried those same ones - not bad in projector headlights but don't even think about using them in reflectors or you will just get horrendous dazzle.

The focal geometry is all wrong and the point of origin is spread over too wide an area to get any kind of beam pattern. Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White

RazMan wrote:

jules wrote:

Ive just been reading through the May 2018 MOT rules.

https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/doc...class3457/

4.1.5 Levelling devices
Make sure any manual headlamp levelling devices (driver controls) work by:

.switching on the dipped beam headlamps
.operating the manual levelling device
.checking that the headlamp beams move up and down
.returning the levelling device control to its original position
Vehicles with high intensity discharge (HID) or LED dipped beam headlamps may be fitted with a suspension or headlamp self-levelling system. If these systems have been fitted, they must work.

Sometimes it isn't easy to determine if the self-levelling systems work. In such cases you should give the benefit of the doubt.

So with regard to HID lights it appears both auto-levelling or manual levelling are acceptable as long as they are working.

Also, and new to me, you'll fail your MOT if your 13 pin trailer socket doesnt work correctly .

4.10 Trailer electrical socket
On vehicles fitted with a trailer 13 pin Euro-socket, use an approved device to check that the socket is wired to correctly operate the trailer:

That's interesting - I always thought that hid aftermarket kits would be a fail if you didn't have auto levelling but that would suggest that a manual adjuster is ok. Not sure if you would pass without headlight washers though