Car lights /MOT.

[t-tony]

Sorry mate we're in the market for Morris Marina.

Just had permission to get something now instead of waiting till the house is sold but given a smaller budget cos I can't wait, Aston Martin looks well out the pic, so I'm afraid it's looks like another Z, not that I'm complaining.This will be my last car purchase by the looks of things as my 70th is not that far off. I'm really sad my son doesn't want my Z3, he's just got back into bikes and bought a lovely Triumph. I just can't see any way of keeping two.
Yours up for sale?................

My mate, you couldn't afford it (well, I'm sure you could but I wouldn't sell it anyway), a Marina, now then, we had a basic 1800 at a place I used to work and it was lots of fun, no where near a Z though Roy.

Tony.

 

[Pingu]

And that is total b*******s Roy. Ask him to show you in the Tester's Manual where it says they have to be exactly the same colour.

Tony.

https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/documents/manuals/m4s01000101.htm

Only mentions that light must be white (or yellow if fitted to yellow headlight unit).

 

[Bozzy]

You really going to sell your zed Roy ?.
Seems a shame after all you've done to it mate but if you're enjoyment is modding and getting a car to you're own spec, then fair play .
I just hope your next car is another zed... ....fancy a part ex ?.

 

[Rha]

You wouldn't need to part ex Steve, yours is worth every bit as much as mine and I wouldn't be asking silly money anyway, just what a 2.8 in good condition is worth at the moment. Never going to get back what I've paid out and I've always known that's the name of the game. Defo be another Z but pretty sure it can't be a "M" nice Z4 will probably get the boss back in a Z again. ( IF I don't mess with the suspension and that's a big IF.)

Roy.

 

[Stevo7682]

Lights dont have to be exactly the same colour

as long as they are substantially the same its a pass

 

[t-tony]

Like I said Steve, some people do take things to an extreme. Scared to pass a vehicle. SAD. We're looking for the MINIMUM standard and tester's do lose sight of this fact.

Tony.

 

[Redline]

Substantially the same colour is not an objective measurement. Colour of light is a complex subject.
Everyone's eyes sees colour a little differently, even seeing a slightly different colour with each of your own two eyes.
A colour temperature difference between 5,500k and 6,000k is not a substantial difference numerically but is quiet noticeable. Surely the test should biased towards the light intensity and not the colour. Their purpose is to help you see effectively not to be aesthetically pleasing.