FYI. Yvo's (SELOC) Group Buy on HIDs

[Grinnders]

For those that are interested in seeing where they're going.

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=141987 

[Shnozz]

does anyone know about sorting out the legalities of this?

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadla...

[Grinnders]

Well.... mine had just passed it's MOT with them @ a specialist in Salisbury. It may not answer your question but I think it will answer most other people's concerns.

[RHY 11S]

Shnozz said:

does anyone know about sorting out the legalities of this?

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadla...

Very interesting! So, according to the law, HID headlights should have little wipers on them!? ["vehicle must have headlamp cleaning"].

[Christian43]

they can alternatively have high pressure jet washs fitted.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

AFAIK they only need wipers/washers when fitted from the factory. The concern is that the reflectors in most cars aren't suitable for aftermarket HID conversions - although it would seem that in the Elise they are fine, especially with the lights being so low to the ground compared with a normal car.

[RHY 11S]

It definitely says soeme kind of headlamp cleaning mechanism is a requirement in the DFT article....