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Terranosaurus:
Only illegal on post 1985 cars IIRC. Its th lack of E marking that makes them illegal, pre 85 you don't have to use E marked bulbs. Same goes for 100 watt bulbs too, though there are some super expensive E marked uprated ones available from PIAA.

jjsaul:

--- Quote from: "dreadnought110" ---I run bi-xenon H4's and am well chuffed i know they are ?? legal but the headlights are correctly adjusted and i have never had anyone flash me to say they are to bright.... Oh and you deffinetly want BI-xenons the ones with a halogen bulb for main beam are complete Pants.... :?  8)
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where did you get yours from?

Range Rover Blues:
Bi-xenon, thanks.

These are the things they don't tell you on the packaging you see.

Does bi-xenon mean 2 'bulbs' then?

How quick do they switch on, I heard they had to warm up.  If so does flashing your headlights damage them?

Has anyone used these that have a sloenoid in them to flip from dip to main?

dreadnought110:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---Bi-xenon, thanks.

These are the things they don't tell you on the packaging you see.

Does bi-xenon mean 2 'bulbs' then?

How quick do they switch on, I heard they had to warm up.  If so does flashing your headlights damage them?

Has anyone used these that have a sloenoid in them to flip from dip to main?
--- End quote ---
bi-xenon means one bulb but it has a shroud that is operated by a solonoid that gives you main beam and dipped as HID and they work brilliantly 8)  8)

SteveG:
Just to clarify, these are not HID bulbs. The fact that they are direct replacements give this away.

For HID you need a high frequency pulsed charge in the thousands of volts. For HID bulbs you need a separate ignitor and that couple with the bulb is why they cost 400 pounds and upwards a pair.

HID lights are illegal in the uk unless you have some form of self leveling. So they are fine in air suspension shod LR's like the L322, P38a and later Classic LR's etc. Or you can retro-fit them to other vehicles if you buy an HID kit with a self leveler built in.

These bulbs are not HID and will give the same output as Halogens just with a blue/white light. As pointed out by the site they are not approved for road use so can't be legally used.

Cheers

Steve

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