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Title: 30,000k Hid Bulbs..are these road legal??
Post by: MongyUk on April 09, 2009, 10:41:32 pm

As above...I currently have 12,000k bulbs but one has just gone and I was thinking of a change.
Has anyone ever seen any 30,000k bulbs in the light?? :signLOL:

Title: Re: 30,000k Hid Bulbs..are these road legal??
Post by: MongyUk on April 09, 2009, 11:09:53 pm

here is a link..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PHILIPS-BURNERS-HID-REPLACEMENT-XENON-BULBS-H7-30000K_W0QQitemZ150337520926QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item150337520926&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I was thinking of the purple ones....P.S by street legal I mean will it pass the MOT?

Title: Re: 30,000k Hid Bulbs..are these road legal??
Post by: MongyUk on April 10, 2009, 12:18:09 am

I have just bought them, I will see how stupid i look when they come!!

Title: Re: 30,000k Hid Bulbs..are these road legal??
Post by: JPC on April 10, 2009, 01:13:20 am

i wouldnt even touch 12k bulbs, they must be useless at night!

there is no way of getting a bulb to even 12k without seriously diminishing the output of light

Title: Re: 30,000k Hid Bulbs..are these road legal??
Post by: MickMc on April 10, 2009, 10:14:04 am

They are going to be worse than the standard halogen bulbs , also there are not road legal and will probably not pass an mot (can get away with 6k or 8k). Philips also dont make and HID components so who knows who makes them , also afaik 30k are more a bluey-green than purple