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[Burnard]

I think now is a good time to point out that most of these light bolts arent legal, infact, i have only ever found one type which is legal, LED, and E marked.
These are what im useing, and you can buy them from car builders solutions.
i just used some red crimps to bite onto the wires, never had any problems.



On another note, most center brake lights are fitted to bootlids and they are legal???

[chunkomunko]

Thanks for pointing that out Burnard.

I've just ordered some too! Nevermind, i'm still going to fit them. If I run into any problems i'll deal with it then.

[Carlos W]

Loads of required lights are now fitted to the bootlid!

That cannot be against the law or my 09 plate Ibiza is illegal!

Edited by Carlos W, 19 April 2011 - 11:11 PM.

[Burnard]

Im pretty sure its got something to do with the cross over between UK construction and use regs, compared to EU ones.
for example under uk law a fog light cannot be X distance close to a brake light, but it can by eu regs.

Seen as uk, is now in the eu, and they are taking over everything else, i think it would be fair to assume that the EU regs will soon be the one we need to follow.

Dan knows more about it than i do, im just badly repeating what he has said before, with a lack off accuracy

[chunkomunko]

I see what your saying. The EU will get to everything in the end!

Dan does know his stuff for sure!

[Burnard]

Wouldn't surprise me if we became known as part of the united states of Europe to be honest, its definitely heading that way.

[Dan]

I just know where to look stuff up.

On another note, most center brake lights are fitted to bootlids and they are legal???

Third brake lamps are optional, not required. It seems also that the stop lamps are not specifically restricted from being mounted on a bootlid when they are separate from the tail lamps, but if they are a single bulb as in most cars they can't be.

Number plate lamps are only required to have a marking on cars from April '86 onwards. Prior to that they are pretty much free lamps, there are very few requirements covering them. As long as they are white and provide enough light to read the number they are acceptable.

[Brams96]

You could try THESE from ebay. There's pic's of how they would look too.

[markxe]

Thats the ones I have (just visible in the 1st picture)
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[Burnard]

I just know where to look stuff up.

On another note, most center brake lights are fitted to bootlids and they are legal???

Third brake lamps are optional, not required. It seems also that the stop lamps are not specifically restricted from being mounted on a bootlid when they are separate from the tail lamps, but if they are a single bulb as in most cars they can't be.

Number plate lamps are only required to have a marking on cars from April '86 onwards. Prior to that they are pretty much free lamps, there are very few requirements covering them. As long as they are white and provide enough light to read the number they are acceptable.

Please tell me where

Mines an 88, so i knew i needed an E mark, but thats a but i didnt know it was 86 it came in from, thought it was 73.

I would like to see a definition of a 'white' lamp since conventional filiment lamps give out a distinct yellow tinge, yet a white LED bulb has a slight blue tinge.
Neither of them are actually 'white'.

[MiniGT5]

Can these be used to hold the plate on as I see some people have fitted them above the plate and some are using them through the plate ???

N.

[markxe]

Yes they can but you need to ensure that they dont beam light out all over the place, thats why mine are where they are.

Edited by markxe, 21 April 2011 - 07:14 PM.

[chunkomunko]

Thanks for all the replies on this topic, it's really helpful.