Angel Eyes

[glennthrower]

Hi all, my lights are getting very dim now, and they are sealed units.
So i am thinking about getting angel eye lights.

Are they legal? And are the bulbs easy to replace if they go.
Also are they easy to fit?

Cheers

Glenn:rolleyes:

[mini-mike]

if they are E Marked - road legal

[t boy]

there are road legal and the bulbs are very easy to change

[mini-mike]

just be careful when looking on ebay some on there now but not legal

[smorg]

tbh angel eyes dont look that good imo why not get some xenon bulbs or use ur foggys ;)

[Stevedx]

i like mine

[Tommy Cooper]

xenon are much brighter...

although they should be kite or E marked I dont think any MOT inspector is ever going to look on the back of them to see if they are kite or E marked... just make sure your side lights arent blue and that they are aligned at the right angle

[Michelle]

I thought that they were NOT road legal. I know of a few people in the past that failed an MOT with them, because of the lit up surround I think.

[glennthrower]

No ive done some more research and they are not road legal unless E-marked. But there is nothing stopping me putting the sealed beam back in for the MOT next month

[Stevedx]

dunno about this emarking stuff, but mine passed mot with them on.

[t boy]

I thought that they were NOT road legal. I know of a few people in the past that failed an MOT with them, because of the lit up surround I think.
but there put them on new cars :rolleyes:

[smorg]

on new cars they are only seperate angel clusters not 1 big eye but there must be some road legal 1s out for teh mini

[glennthrower]

Steve (or anyone else with them) did you have to cut the plastic bowl from the original lights to put them on the angel eye lights.

Re-wiring was the easy part but putting the actual lights on is the hard part:LOL:

[Stevedx]

mine was on it when i got it

[glennthrower]

Well i tried putting the new lights in and they wont seem to fix on without the oringal bowl so i guess ill have to cut it down tomorrow, where did you get yours from?

[Tommygunn]

xenon are much brighter...

although they should be kite or E marked I dont think any MOT inspector is ever going to look on the back of them to see if they are kite or E marked... just make sure your side lights arent blue and that they are aligned at the right angle

Which is fine until you have an accident or hit a dozy pedestrian and an eagle eyed plod decides to have a closer look as your lights look 'funny' - which is when you wish you'd made sure there was a nice European E marking someplace on the lamps..... :eek:

[Tommygunn]

'an i think the MOT failure is due to the coloured surround - shouldn't have any probs if you don't use the coloured sleeves that come with the kit - incidentally, as TC alluded to earlier, i believe their use is actually an offence under the road traffic act - i believe the actual wording is 'failure to display a white light' - that's what the boys in blue always use to sting those of us on two wheels for when using the coloured headlight covers anyhow.

:rolleyes:

[killermarine]

that sounds like you had it happen to you...?

[Tommygunn]

Let's just say i've taken the headlight cover off my bike :LOL:

[killermarine]

haha great idea