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Hey all!

I recently purchased a '02 Stag as a family car. When it finally arrived from interstate and I had taken it to the local MVR to go over the pits for rego the guy there said that the HID on my low beams are illegal because they don't have auto leveling and the ability to wash the headlight cover.

I am sure a few of you out there that may know or work in the industry can shed some light on this.

The headlights list being fitted with H1 55W 12V globes by a company in QLD I assume at the time of compliance into the country (I will take a pic and post it in a few mins, thought I had one on my phone :domokun: )

I found a level adjust switch in the cabin and noticed that when I had taken it to the MVR it was on it's highest level setting; I think that's what started this whole auto leveling fiasco.

My brother-in-law is a dirty dirty :no: Chaser owner and he has the same setup, HID on low beams with the manual adjuster and has never had any problems with going MVR pits.

Any information on the matter would be fantastic. Even if it's a link to a topic that covers this that I couldn't find.

Cheers!

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How are there soo many Stagea's and other imports rego'd and passing compliance if they don't have "auto level" HIDs?

The guy was nice enough to allow me to have 1 month rego so I can get it fixed (also got to put my rims on a diet).

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Because complience people are dirty hillbillies.

Cow boys that will blame you for changing it back if you ever get caught.

The guy who complied mine didn't do anything other then put the baby seat mounts and he done a shit job of that. He even complied it with snow tyres on it.

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Make sure you keep the setup, and just change the bulbs over so you can change back to OEM. Halogen lamps are not designed for our reflectors and throw a crap light pattern. How dare they force you to ruin such a well designed part of the car.

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Because complience people are dirty hillbillies.

Cow boys that will blame you for changing it back if you ever get caught.

The guy who complied mine didn't do anything other then put the baby seat mounts and he done a shit job of that. He even complied it with snow tyres on it.

This!, lol, mine got complied with one headlight working, back brakes on metal to metal and snow tyres, gave the car to them

steam cleaned and polished, got it back with inside back area covered in big greasy patches where they laid to do seat mounts, and greasy marks all over hoodlining..cowboys .lol

cheers

darren

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Is there an easy way to tell if they have been converted or not?

From that it says they are converted yeah? I'm not crazy?

Halogens don't run on ballasts.

If ballasts are hooked up to the lights, they're HIDs, if not you're fine.

If the ballasts aren't hooked up and they are indeed halogens, just take the ballasts out.... And keep them to install another day :ninja:

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Well I do in fact have HIDs.

I was looking at it tonight and going to cut the wires running to the ballast and put a connector on there so i can wire up halogen's when I need to get rego check and if the fuzz picks up on it; but apart from that I will swap out and plug in my HIDs.

But now I have another question; Friday last week the car started playing up (diagnosed to be the Throttle Motor - fixed!) and since then the HIDs flicker one and off like a strobe light. also the parkers flickers (like too much current is being drawn - similar to when you see those ppl with big subs and not adequate power supply). I tested the connectors and they are fluctuating power; between 6 and 7 volts; and I am pretty sure that ain't normal. Just can't figure out why.

Any ideas?

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I will check but the in-car volt guage shows over 12v when not running and 14v when running. I didn't even think to test the any other circuits with the multimeter. Also I forgot to mention the high beams don't work at all.

One a related note; does anyone know how to convert from HID to Halogen? such as where i can get the globe terminal from that will fit the Stagea. I am hoping not to hack anything up (except the wiring) so that i can switch between HID and halogen.

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