DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
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DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
Anyone no what the law/MOT is in respect of the use of front white LED driving lights.(1) Do they have to be on a seperate switch etc.Cheers
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
Hi, I fitted these a while ago,
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 44&t=49286
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261017106095? ... 3D1&_rdc=1
Looks pretty smart too
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 44&t=49286
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261017106095? ... 3D1&_rdc=1
Looks pretty smart too
Bongo no more........... ;-(
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
They're only a requirement on new vehicles from Feb 2011 onwards, so personally I wouldn't bother with the cost / effort (initially quite expensive for the smart ones Dandemann has fitted, although they've come down a lot in price now). They need to be switched on / off with the ignition and I think they should dim when the side lights are switched on.
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
Spot on Simon, these dim when the side lights are switched on and take about half hour to install , well worth the forty quid
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
I did treat myself to some LED front sidelights which are proper white ones, so they should be fine at MOT time.
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
So these lights are only needed on the front of your vehicle? Not the same then as the daytime driving lights that used to be fitted to old Saabs like the one I use to have on which both front and rear side lights went on and off with the ignition.
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
Saabs, Volvo's alike.......DRL's are now compulsory on New vehicles from February 2011 I think, these don't really do a lot but I think they bling it up abit
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
tboy wrote:Anyone no what the law/MOT is in respect of the use of front white LED driving lights.(1) Do they have to be on a seperate switch etc.Cheers
Hi,
Additional lamps/lights are not subject to the MOT test.
Cheers.
Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
I fitted some Ring DRLs from Maplins for £20.They are on a switch so can be turned on/off but the Bongo flew through the MOT recently with no problems. Tester even commented on how nice they looked!
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dandemann8 wrote:Saabs, Volvo's alike.......DRL's are now compulsory on New vehicles from February 2011 I think, these don't really do a lot but I think they bling it up abit
Let's admit that it's far more about bling than safety. In the early days of Volvos it seemed as though it was specifically to rub other peoples noses in it.
Don't strings of LEDs look naff, though, on prestige cars? Have people no taste whatsoever?
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Re: DAYTIME FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS
They have to be fitted but they don't have to be on.
Most new vehicles have the option to turn them off.
I agree with Tony, like the old Saabs and Volvos, doesn't seem to make sense to me to only have them on at the front.
I believe that in Austria they have found that the accident rate has increased since the legislation, may be coincidence, who knows.
Most new vehicles have the option to turn them off.
I agree with Tony, like the old Saabs and Volvos, doesn't seem to make sense to me to only have them on at the front.
I believe that in Austria they have found that the accident rate has increased since the legislation, may be coincidence, who knows.