MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: golfgti10 on February 16, 2017, 11:16:48 pm
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has anyone fitted these headlights, I'm told there plug and play and the leveller will work with the current one in the car?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301204859556?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
would I need headlight washers for these or not
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You upgrading from standard halogen lights?
If you get these I would recommend a HID kit as standard bulbs in these are pants.
And no you don't need washers, and won't fail mot if you don't have washers either.
My manual leveler in the car doesn't work with my projector headlights, but I just aligned the beam on a white wall the same height and distance as my old halogen beam pattern.
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Don't need washers apparently if you have them they have to work but if not it doesn't matter, it's a very strange situation. But make sure you print out the MOT rules just before an MOT so you can argue your point with the laws.
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Mainland UK can get away without having washers, but if they are there, they need to work.
Also, if you're in Northern Ireland you DO need to have washers and they need to work. I did similar to below - just ran a T piece from the windscreen washer pipe to 2 pipes (1 to each headlight). It quite literally cries onto the headlight, but that's a pass! No rule about amount of pressure.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1169094 (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1169094)