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MoNkEy MaGiC
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12th Aug 04 at 16:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

check out the Black "FK" headlights for opel/vauxhall corsa B on this website....
http://www.fk-automotive.de/en/index.php

are these LEGAL?
as the lens is actually very clear colour, its just the plate inside it that is partially black ???
frenchcorsa@work
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12th Aug 04 at 16:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the pic is very dark on their website but overhere they are road legal...(in France)
myke
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12th Aug 04 at 16:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

they look pretty dark.
that wouldn't be a problem as such, but i 'think' fk ones are LHD, hence not street legal in england.
sayng that, plenty of people run with them anyway.
MoNkEy MaGiC
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12th Aug 04 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Left Hand Drive!! what you mean!?? whats the difference?

the FK ones are pretty nice and only decent ones i have found
myke
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12th Aug 04 at 17:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

LHD lights point high on the right, and will blind oncoming traffic at night as they are designed for the continent and would normally be shining at the side of the road.

RHD (brit legal) lights shine down on the o/s, and up on the n/s.
corsa_sri04
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irmsher do them i think
MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
LHD lights point high on the right, and will blind oncoming traffic at night as they are designed for the continent and would normally be shining at the side of the road.

RHD (brit legal) lights shine down on the o/s, and up on the n/s.



yes but it has a electric adjuster and a manual adjusters also on each lamp so it can be put down??
it says the FK ones are TUV approved??
J100RSA
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fk lights are left hand drive spec i beleve cos i got them in mine and dont pass the mot
myke
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TUV is a german standard that all vehicle parts, original or aftermarket have to conform to.
it's apparently a pretty rigorous standard, but still no good for lights because we drive on opposite sides of roads.

you may be able to adjust the lights enough that they are ok, but if an mot tester spots them, you'll get a fail.
MoNkEy MaGiC
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the headlights can be adjusted in terms of how high or low the beam is from the turning knob behind each light and in terms of how much each light shines to the left or right from the screw on the top of the light.... so i really dont see WHY its called a LHD drive light only! when it can be adjusted to work fine in this country???
j0hn
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13th Aug 04 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by myke
LHD lights point high on the right, and will blind oncoming traffic at night as they are designed for the continent and would normally be shining at the side of the road.

RHD (brit legal) lights shine down on the o/s, and up on the n/s.


how shit is this i dont believe it!!!
MoNkEy MaGiC
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13th Aug 04 at 15:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^^

yeh i would have thought the only ilegal would be if it was too smoked! or if you had high wattage blue bulbs with blue sidelights in them as they will be higly visable with the very clear lens
myke
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never seen or heard of these before then?
http://www.roofbox.co.uk/beambend.html
TOMAS
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13th Aug 04 at 18:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Its the ANGLE of the beam... I have LHD FK smoked lights, they are ILLEGAL because the beam bends from high on the left to low on the right. No ammount of adjustment can correct it properly cos its the way the lense is designed... You can try and adjust it out by lowering the angle of the lights but then you cant see more than about 5mtrs in front of you!

They are NOT illegal because they are smoked...

 
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