Don't think you will get through MoT equivalent if you go that route.
Nobody is going to spot 100w halogens.
Don't go "super Japanese technology " route. Mine exploded, can't adjust cut-off shutter now after dipped beam one threw bits of glass everywhere..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
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7th Feb 2022 10:34 pm
urhunden
Member Since: 15 Jan 2010
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 817
But the high beam fill in halogen is in a separate bulb compartment.
I am in Sweden and i believe our MOT would not notice if I made a change.
There are conversions sold here. Halogen to LED or Xenon.
Have someone done this change and with what result?Discovery 4, MY2011, TDV6 Auto
Discovery 4, MY2013, SDV6 Auto
You could ask your local friendly MoT tester ... I intend doing that on Friday as it happens ... but for high beam, xenons wouldn't be great as they don't provide instant light.
To be useful, whatever you go for needs to produce light in the same 3D pattern that a halogen lamp does, because that's what the reflector was designed for.
Someone on here did some diagrams showing why LEDs wouldn't be good ... but that was a few years ago and the LED units are better designed in many cases..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
8th Feb 2022 8:01 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8230
urhunden wrote:
But the high beam fill in halogen is in a separate bulb compartment.
I am in Sweden and i believe our MOT would not notice if I made a change.
There are conversions sold here. Halogen to LED or Xenon.
Have someone done this change and with what result?
Problem with LED in my experience for long range is they will not focus on a spot beam, type of bulb for the high beam is irrelevant for the mot as they go out when lights are dipped.
I don’t know what type of bulb are fitted to some late model cars as they absolutely blind you even on dipped beam It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
8th Feb 2022 8:37 am
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 914
urhunden wrote:
But the high beam fill in halogen is in a separate bulb compartment.
I am in Sweden and i believe our MOT would not notice if I made a change.
There are conversions sold here. Halogen to LED or Xenon.
Have someone done this change and with what result?
I reckon 100W halogens for full beams are good enough already. Alternative is something like Osram Nightbreakers. I actually thought that pre facelift D4 headlights were pretty good as they have this separate halogen bulb to supplement the xenon full beam.. Not so for the facelift modelsD1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
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8th Feb 2022 11:14 am
notyalc
Member Since: 07 Mar 2020
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 75
M3DPO wrote:
notyalc wrote:
There are 2 screws, one for up down and one for left right.
You need a very long narrow flat blade screwdriver for the up down screw.
Search headlamp adjustment on here, there are a few threads from memory.
As others have said, when you get good dip pattern, full beam is too high; shame the shutter can be adjusted on the xenons..
A flat blade screwdriver will damage the plastic/nylon adjuster, you need a large Philips driver
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