Coloured Headlights - Saxperience

Hudson26 · 6th December 2012, 00:21

i see all these people driving round with different coloured headlights and know you can get tinted bulbs, but would it be ileagal to put a couloured tinting film over the actual units themselves?

Bedford126 · 6th December 2012, 00:24

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Originally Posted by Hudson26

i see all these people driving round with different coloured headlights and know you can get tinted bulbs, but would it be ileagal to put a couloured tinting film over the actual units themselves?

This is you're first ever thread on sax p?

White is the only legal colour. Do what you want its all on your back but it's £30 fine for each head light bulb that is illegal (not white).

Prickle^p · 6th December 2012, 00:36

Yellow/white.

Any other colour isnt..

Bedford126 · 6th December 2012, 00:45

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Originally Posted by Prickle

Yellow/white.

Any other colour isnt..

Edit....

That's wrong info John.

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989
SCHEDULE 2 (Regulations 18 and 20)
PART I
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OBLIGATORY FRONT POSITION LAMPS AND TO OPTIONAL FRONT POSITION LAMPS TO THE EXTENT SPECIFIED IN PART II
7. Colour:
White or, if incorporated in a headlamp which is capable of emitting only a yellow light, yellow.

So unless you have a car that only takes sodium bulbs white is the only colour that is legal.
But lets face it yellow head lights?

Prickle^p · 6th December 2012, 00:47

I was just about to add the link aswell

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1...chedule/5/made

I like them alot. Look great when you stand off and look at them..

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I had a rant with a dude on a local forum i was on. His lights are purple (LMFAO). Because it passed a MOT he says its legal. Have a laugh..

Said lights;

Bedford126 · 6th December 2012, 00:55

Wow that is amazing.

Nothing shouts bum me like a pair of purple headlights.

Prickle^p · 6th December 2012, 00:58

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Originally Posted by Bedford126

Wow that is amazing.

Nothing shouts bum me like a pair of purple headlights.

It was a page long rant. My posts ended up getting deleted aswell. Says it all about the forum really.

They look awful, no matter what way you look at it and they scream "police, here look at me". He says hes never been pulled up but hes not going to be honest about that is he.

Bedford126 · 6th December 2012, 01:00

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Originally Posted by Prickle

It was a page long rant. My posts ended up getting deleted aswell. Says it all about the forum really.

They look awful, no matter what way you look at it and they scream "police, here look at me". He says hes never been pulled up but hes not going to be honest about that is he.

Maybe he likes being "pulled" by the rozzers?

Karlb1 · 6th December 2012, 01:01

Guy around here with a shitty little polo had 30,000k HIDs, literally purple, he said he used to have 15000k which are verging purple from blue but preffered these..WTF?!

But yeah, The coloured lights you see are most likely HID kits (high intensity discharge) which are not meant to be retrofitted to a car, and must come as standard from the factory, if they do not then they are legally required to have washers and automatic levelling for the headlights and projector lenses.

Or, as you've said, you can get coloured bulbs but they'd need to be brighter than the standard 55k since the colour film on the bulb will have a shielding effect on the light being emitted, making it dimmer than required.

Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong anyone, i think that's about right..roughly?

Karlb1 · 6th December 2012, 01:03

I know Halfords sell the Bosch 100w bulbs with blue tinting, so i guess they'd be the same effect...but obviously for legal reasons on the packs it says 'for off road use only'

Prickle^p · 6th December 2012, 01:06

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Originally Posted by Bedford126

Maybe he likes being "pulled" by the rozzers?

Hes a full blown faggot i think

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Originally Posted by Karlb1

Guy around here with a shitty little polo had 30,000k HIDs, literally purple, he said he used to have 15000k which are verging purple from blue but preffered these..WTF?!

But yeah, The coloured lights you see are most likely HID kits (high intensity discharge) which are not meant to be retrofitted to a car, and must come as standard from the factory, if they do not then they are legally required to have washers and automatic levelling for the headlights and projector lenses.

Or, as you've said, you can get coloured bulbs but they'd need to be brighter than the standard 55k since the colour film on the bulb will have a shielding effect on the light being emitted, making it dimmer than required.

Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong anyone, i think that's about right..roughly?

I think my bulbs emit the same as the standard bulbs 2500k iirc and are enough.

God knows why he needs 15k

I hate HID's and its not because i dont have them. I actually hate them. Been blinded so many times and yes even at my car height i still get it

Karlb1 · 6th December 2012, 01:11

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Originally Posted by Prickle

Hes a full blown faggot i think

I think my bulbs emit the same as the standard bulbs 2500k iirc and are enough.

God knows why he needs 15k

I hate HID's and its not because i dont have them. I actually hate them. Been blinded so many times and yes even at my car height i still get it

In the MR2 i got blinded by ANY passing cars being that low...but it's not the aftermarket HID kits that bother me..it's the ones that come on new Mercs, beemers etc..they blind me in the Leon no end.

Karlb1 · 6th December 2012, 01:12

I had HIDs in my Morettes on the Saxo..bt it's cool.i had projector lenses