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wailiam

By wailiam,
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wailiam

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Hi

I am in the process of bringing over a stagea M35 from East.

I have the option of keeping the factory HID's in but I'm not sure if it will pass pits when i get the car registered.

Has anyone ever been over the pits lately with factory HID's still in their import car?

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Wil

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cool i will give it a try but technically they dont comply with adr's.

Factory items don't have to comply with ADR rules do they? If it was like that from factory then they can't make you change it. Like carbon fibre bonnets are illegal, but the GTR V-Spec II came factory with one and it is legal.

Anyway, worst case senario they make you change the bulbs, not that big a deal. I would try to pass it

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Leaglly if you have HID then you need to have water spayers on your headlights to clean them, similar to your windscreen ones.

Im pretty sure you don't, thats only over east. I was told the same thing by a cop, but the inspector at the pits told me you just need to make sure the ballasts are secure if you have a conversion kit.

Before i bought my kit i actually emailed WAPOL to find out if they were illegal, and the reply said that no they are not illegal, even 12000K ones are legal in WA, but they would recommend you have washers/wipers because the heat of the light can bake dirt onto the headlight. Which is a load of crap, ive had my HID's for 6 months now, and my headlights are still crystal clear.

But anyway, point is that both WAPOL and the pits said they were legal, and i passed the pits with them, they just made me secure the ballasts better. Thing is, if a cop decides they want to give you a sticker, they will sticker you for HID's, simply because they can

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