Failed MOT, because of light beam!?

[Timmy]

Plus e marks mean nothing as european cars normaly drive on the wrong (right) side of the road. Lighteing patterns i have heard are problematic for many aftermarket kits for fd\'s.

[Prof]

What lamp is used in your projector fitting.
 
I had problems with my first HID\'s as the bulb didn\'t have a cover at the end, so cast light straight forward.  It was only a small percentage, but the MOT places are getting really strict now.  If you drive your car up to a wall (not into :Laugh ), and check the beam pattern, on the dip pattern, most of the light should be cast downwards, and if you draw an imaginery line from the centre of the lamp to the wall, and then a horizontal line on the wall, the light should fall below it on dip and slightly more light off to the passenger side.  Full beam should project straight forward.
 
The following diagram from the MOT test should help:
 
http://www.ukmot.com/1-6.asp#Text_top
 
I found that with the covers over the top of the HID bulb , the pattern is much better.

[Nik da Greek]

Plus e marks mean nothing as european cars normaly drive on the wrong (right) side of the road. Lighteing patterns i have heard are problematic for many aftermarket kits for fd\'s.

What DO they mean, then? Not arguing with you, chap, it\'s a genuine question! I\'ve had endless grief off the plod for having non-E-marked stuff on various vehicles over the years and back in the day it used to be one of their favourite excuses for rousting the M*x P***r brigade and issuing Vehicle Rectumification Notices, so what do E-marks actually prove? Is it a Construction and Use thing, rather than a MOT thing?

[Rotaryguru]

Thanks Prof, thats what he showed me when the car failed, i\'m thinking of using tape to get the desired \'kick off\' effect.....  :2eek

might work....