Front spot lights - automatically on? - Page 3

Mike Noc · 28th January 2023, 05:48

I used to do that when driving back at speed from work in the early hours as they made it easier to pick out deer on the verge - until I got a tug at 1 am.
As the officer said " it's thirty quid if we could be bothered with the paperwork". Luckily for me they couldn't.

Matt_75 · 28th January 2023, 07:41

If output from your headlights is poor, there's a couple of things you can do to improve them. If they're cloudy/yellow you can use car polish to remove the oxidised layer. Or for a longer lasting fix, remove the cloudiness with 600 grit sandpaper and water, then 1000 grit (with water) then 2000 grit (with water again). Then coat with a UV resistant clear lacquer. This is what mine looked like before and after:

Then maybe look at upgrading your bulbs. Some advise LEDs but if you have halogen units, this technically shouldn't pass an MoT test as the manual states "Existing halogen headlamp units on vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must not be converted to be used with high intensity discharge (HID) or light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp for light source and lamp not compatible".

MoT manual, section 4.1.4: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-insp...ical-equipment

Something like this should improve output and be legal: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253788011...mis&media=COPY

28th January 2023, 05:48	#21
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,550 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	I used to do that when driving back at speed from work in the early hours as they made it easier to pick out deer on the verge - until I got a tug at 1 am. As the officer said " it's thirty quid if we could be bothered with the paperwork". Luckily for me they couldn't.

28th January 2023, 07:41	#22
Matt_75 Gets stuck in 75 Saloon Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: North Somerset Posts: 548 Thanks: 13 Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts	If output from your headlights is poor, there's a couple of things you can do to improve them. If they're cloudy/yellow you can use car polish to remove the oxidised layer. Or for a longer lasting fix, remove the cloudiness with 600 grit sandpaper and water, then 1000 grit (with water) then 2000 grit (with water again). Then coat with a UV resistant clear lacquer. This is what mine looked like before and after: Then maybe look at upgrading your bulbs. Some advise LEDs but if you have halogen units, this technically shouldn't pass an MoT test as the manual states "Existing halogen headlamp units on vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must not be converted to be used with high intensity discharge (HID) or light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp for light source and lamp not compatible". MoT manual, section 4.1.4: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-insp...ical-equipment Something like this should improve output and be legal: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253788011...mis&media=COPY