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Razor 20-07-10 10:21 AM
LED sidelights; are they road legal?
 
if i swap the standard w5w sidelight on my naked to a led unit,will it still pass mot?

Also if i add extra led sidelights, will i get pulled by the coppers?

Luckypants 20-07-10 10:28 AM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Speedy Claire had LEDs in her pointy, passed at least 3 MOTs with them in.

andrewsmith 20-07-10 02:57 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
led sidelights are legal (audi have run them since 2008ish). Full LED lights are illegal (with the exception of audi again on the R8 as a £1500 option)

the_lone_wolf 20-07-10 03:23 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewsmith (Post 2324099)
Full LED lights are illegal (with the exception of audi again on the R8 as a £1500 option)
Quote the legislation that exempts the R8...

andrewsmith 20-07-10 03:35 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf (Post 2324118)
Quote the legislation that exempts the R8...
here is the press http://www.worldcarfans.com/10708133...-with-r8-model

and the anoraks http://www.ledsmagazine.com/news/3/10/23

Stu 20-07-10 03:36 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Depends on the colour of them. They have to be white. (Maybe yellow would be OK :???:, but blue or green or red etc. should fail an MOT, unless the tester lets you off with it)

Preston 20-07-10 03:41 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor (Post 2323783)
if i swap the standard w5w sidelight on my naked to a led unit,will it still pass mot?

Also if i add extra led sidelights, will i get pulled by the coppers?

yes they are legal. and no you wont get pulled for them! so long as they make a nice strong orange light it will pass. how the light is prodused dos not matter.

i have LED onces with clear lences.

99% of the time you will have to eather change the flash relay for an LED flash relay. or just do like it did, just add in a resistor into the indicator cercit. dos the same thing and very cheap £0.0p :P. if you do add a LED flash relay make sure its for Suzuki. others will have diff resistance amounts and will stop them working or they will just flash very fast.

yorkie_chris 20-07-10 03:44 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Sidelight not indicators!

Preston 20-07-10 03:48 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewsmith (Post 2324099)
led sidelights are legal (audi have run them since 2008ish). Full LED lights are illegal (with the exception of audi again on the R8 as a £1500 option)
(with the exception of audi again on the R8 as a £1500 option) law dos not work like that..

full LED lights are not Illegal at all.. how ever there are alot more regulations on there construction/use and alot of cars have LED lights ie main and dip. Audi was just one of the 1st to put them on a road car.

andrewsmith 20-07-10 03:50 PM
Re: LED sidelights,are they road legal
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Preston (Post 2324153)
(with the exception of audi again on the R8 as a £1500 option) law dos not work like that..

full LED lights are not Illegal at all.. how ever there are alot more regulations on there construction/use and alot of cars have LED lights ie main and dip. Audi was just one of the 1st to put them on a road car.
they are not in full approval for the eu but are in the states.

The exemption was given to allow for the rapid development of the technology. Most new cars use halogens or HID's or a mix of the 2


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