XENON SIDE LIGHT BULBS

[james666]

HI all just thought would give little waring if u have got xenon side light bulbs fitted u would be better off takin them out and putting normal white ones back in. as i got pulled over by mister and mrs traffic last night for having them, i was lucky not to get £30 fine for them coz they show a kinda blueish tint to them. not happy chappy, then got pulled by wooden top to tell me my reg plate is for my bmw doohh i have just transfered them, but some unlucky guy in a white fucus got pulled outside peters last night at same time for booting it up george st.[:@][6]

[david_taylor]

I got pulled for the same thing the other week. They were writing me a ticket when I went to the boot and got the packaging for them. This has the British Kite Mark, hence they are street legal! Cops were well p!ssed off. This is not the first time I have proved the traffic feds wrong!

Drove away from them with a large smile.

[james666]

nice to kno i'm not the only one

[the squiggle]

The guy in the White Focus was giving it big licks up George St all night, serves him right

During our wee sprint back from the weighbridge at the crack of dawn, the Blue tinge to your lights does seem to catch the eye for some reason

[james666]

well after i came oot the shop fpr fags, went up new st and down storie st followed by polis van wae nae lights on and then they pulled me coz my number plate still shows up as bmw

[scooby doom]

Just PM'd James666 with the full SP on this one.

Bottom line for all lights is - white or yellow only visible at the front and red at the back. Always a few exemptions such as white reversing light at back but merely preferring a different colour won't do it unfortunately.

dtabbit777 sounds like you got lucky mate. The offence is the colour showing and from what you said it wasn't white. While I accept they had a BS Kitemark, that is representative of the manufactured quality. Basically it means they have been made or produced to a standard worthy of a kitemark. Which is an indication to you the comsumer that they are good gear. Unfortunately it doesn't change the fact they were the wrong colour and a ticket would have stood up.

If anyone can be bothered to trawl through the nightmare that is traffic legislation you'll find all the lighting gen in the - Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989.

[maxpower]

How does this work with HIDs? They have a blueish tinge....

[twofourdonkey]

The fuzz would be more interested in the "show lights" i have mounted in the grill. Used for fast motorway progress at night, and on the track.

Why people think they are being chased by the cops on a track is beyond me []

[james666]

that was my point hid bulbs have blueish tinge to them, I also had a look at those regulations and bugger that there is a lot to read there and me not good reader.