Took a site car for an MOT this week, and was informed by our MOT garage that from the 20th would have failed, as it has aftermarket lights with zenons and no light wash facility. If his helps anyone. WTF is going on?
New MOT rules - HIDs *UPDATED*
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Darkangelv2 said:Ewazix said:
That's a massive oversight when creating such a big overhaul! Can't believe they couldn't just refer to non-standard or something
The actual wording of the failure in section 4 (lamps) refers to lighting components being "incompatible", the draft training manual explains specifically that HID lamps in a standard unit are incompatible and "must fail", but I suppose there might be latitude for a tester to determine that LED are incompatible? who knows, but they are not singled out like HID.
Good news...she passed! :yeah:
Sailed straight though with only an advisory on a windscreen chip :roll:
With regards to the HID headlights, the tester said he would pass them under the new rules due to the fact that the washers are fitted. Hopefully he's still of the same opinion this time next year! Good bloke, knew his BMW's very well and let me have a good old poke around underneath the car while he was carrying out the test.
A couple of photo's for your enjoyment (although, rather stupidly, not of the headlights :slaphead: )...
Sailed straight though with only an advisory on a windscreen chip :roll:
With regards to the HID headlights, the tester said he would pass them under the new rules due to the fact that the washers are fitted. Hopefully he's still of the same opinion this time next year! Good bloke, knew his BMW's very well and let me have a good old poke around underneath the car while he was carrying out the test.
A couple of photo's for your enjoyment (although, rather stupidly, not of the headlights :slaphead: )...
That's great news about the hid's and washers possibly being ok 
On another note. It always pleasantly surprises me how clean and relatively rust free Z4's are. Even mine at 15 years old is pretty clean underneath.
I've seen Ford's still under manufacturers warranty covered in rust underneath
On another note. It always pleasantly surprises me how clean and relatively rust free Z4's are. Even mine at 15 years old is pretty clean underneath.
I've seen Ford's still under manufacturers warranty covered in rust underneath
Good news
I had the same results last week :wink:
I had the same results last week :wink:
ben g said:That's great news about the hid's and washers possibly being ok
On another note. It always pleasantly surprises me how clean and relatively rust free Z4's are. Even mine at 15 years old is pretty clean underneath.
I've seen Ford's still under manufacturers warranty covered in rust underneath
Yes, it wasn't half as bad as I feared it might be. There were a few areas that I'll keep my eye on, but given she lives in a garage and is seldom driven in the wet, I'm happy enough. Thankfully the boot has been replaced, so no rust there. The rear wings on the other hand will need attention. Hopefully won't be too expensive though and considering I budgeted £300 for the MOT and it only cost me £50, there's extra funds in the kitty for getting that done
ben g said:That's great news about the hid's and washers possibly being ok
On another note. It always pleasantly surprises me how clean and relatively rust free Z4's are. Even mine at 15 years old is pretty clean underneath.
I've seen Ford's still under manufacturers warranty covered in rust underneath
All except the manifold to exhaust bolts, the nuts on mine are barely there anymore! Fully expect it will let go and start blowing at some point but not touching it until that point, I've seen how hard the buggers are to drill out!