Hi All,
Glad to find this site! I've just bought some HIDs
www.hids4u.co.uk for my TDI90. Then I came across an MOT requirement for self-leveling headlamps if HIDs are fitted. And stopped my installation plans.
Can anyone confirm if this is the case? DO HIDs have to be self-leveling to get through the MOT?
And if it IS the case, can one of the members that has fitted HIDs come online and describe how you arranged the self-leveling? Thanks ... I look forward to a productive conversation!
M
Going by the letter of the law, yes, you need both self-levelling and headlamp cleaning equipment in order for your car to comply with the MOT regulations, however, I have not heard of a car failing the test because of a lack of this, AS LONG AS the beams are well defined and preoperly adjusted.
I have gone to town and fitted bi-xenons, self levelling and headlamp washers to my TDi 90, mainly because I'm a perfectionist and also as a technical exercise, to see if it could be done.
The answer is yes, it can be done, but it is very tricky and costly. Tricky because the self levelling was never available for the A2, so all the mounting points had to be created and adapted from other Audi parts. The headlamp washers can be retrofitted as per standard A2 kit, but you'll need a new bumper, all the cover caps and plates, 2 pressure vessels, loads of tubing, a new washer bottle, with a second pump, a new relay and lots of wiring!
The self-levelling kit consists of a bit of welding to create 2 brackets for the linkages to the wishbones, 2 level position sensors, a central controller and loads of wiring. All the self-levelling kit was sourced from a Mk1 TT, as the wheelbases are pretty much the same as the A2.
You could put all this lot in and then just fit a retrofit kit, as per the one you mention, but I chose to go the whole hog and fit a pair of bi-xenons from a salvage RS4.
Total cost was approaching 4 figures and time to fit was about 4 months, on and off.
Cheers,
Mike