alistairolsen

I'm trying to find out whats needed for sidelights. I'm fitting some HID projectors from the retrofit source to my headlamps and they will obscure the existing sidelight, leaving me without one. I have three options:

1) Fit some chavvy DRL style LEDs in the headlamp

2) Feed the foglight with a lower voltage to gain a dim 'sidelight' - the fog is in the headlamp housing

3) Just connect it up so the sidelight position brings on the headlights.

The only rules I can find say that position lights must come on on the first switch position, but its it necessary for them to be separate from the headlight bulbs? If so, will dim fogs suffice?

Cheers

nicksaph

this is the page from the mot testers guide about side lights.

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m4s01000101.htm

alistairolsen

Thanks fella, I'd read that and from what I can see:

Obligatory front and rear position lamps are lamps required by Regulations to be fitted to a vehicle to indicate its presence and width when viewed from the front or rear. Two front position lamps must be fitted, one on each side and show a steady white light to the front (or yellow if incorporated in a yellow headlamp).

Im fine for that using any of the options, but:

f. adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp, e.g. dual-function lamps on foreign vehicles

Not sure if I fall foul of that one if the sidelight turns into a foglight or dip beam with a further switch movement

nicksaph

it will all depend on how anal your tester is. catch him on a good day it might pass but on a bad day he might fail it.
i think if it was me just to be safe i'd put some separate side lamp bulbs in then you know it will be right

RichieST

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Put some pics of your install up mate, I've put a set of the morimoto bi xenon mini h1's in my mondeo, awesome setup!

alistairolsen

Yeah thats what worries me, CBA with the hassle, but I dont want gay LEDs

Will do when I get it together, how easily did the H1s go in? Any pics?